MILITARY PERSONNEL

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne

1611 - 1675

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Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11 September 1611 – 27 July 1675), commonly known as Turenne [ty.ʁɛn], was a French general and one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. The most illustrious member of the La Tour d'Auvergne family, his military exploits over his five-decade career earned him a reputation as one of the greatest military commanders in history. Born to a Huguenot family, the son of a Marshal of France, he was introduced to the art of war at a young age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne has received more than 208,236 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne is the 202nd most popular military personnel (up from 229th in 2019), the 624th most popular biography from France (up from 656th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turennes by language

Over the past year Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne has had the most page views in the with 48,937 views, followed by English (48,165), and Chinese (20,837). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (462.71%), Azerbaijani (275.76%), and Basque (75.34%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne ranks 202 out of 2,058. Before her are Date Masamune, Dietrich von Choltitz, Aleksei Brusilov, Bai Qi, Maximilian von Weichs, and Andrey Vlasov. After her are Oskar Dirlewanger, Sun Jian, Henning von Tresckow, Lavr Kornilov, Yue Fei, and George Armstrong Custer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne ranks 6. Before her are Pope Innocent XI, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Chongzhen Emperor, Evliya Çelebi, and Johannes Hevelius. After her are Safi of Persia, Marie Louise Gonzaga, Cecilia Renata of Austria, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jan Fyt, and Antonio de Pereda. Among people deceased in 1675, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne ranks 3. Before her are Johannes Vermeer, and Gerrit Dou. After her are Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, James Gregory, Thomas Willis, Gilles de Roberval, Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, Guru Tegh Bahadur, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, and Leopoldo de' Medici.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne ranks 624 out of 6,770. Before her are Julie Clary (1771), Pierre de Ronsard (1524), Charles II of Navarre (1332), Marina Vlady (1938), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), and Juliette Binoche (1964). After her are Guy Debord (1931), Marie of Anjou (1404), Paul Claudel (1868), Louis Renault (1877), Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372), and Siméon Denis Poisson (1781).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne ranks 24. Before her are Auguste de Marmont (1774), Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769), Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712), Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753), Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766), and Syagrius (430). After her are Maurice Gamelin (1872), Bertrand du Guesclin (1320), Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), Robert Nivelle (1856), and Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40).

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