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Henry Beaufort

1374 - 1447

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Henry Beaufort (c. 1375 – 11 April 1447) was an English Catholic prelate and statesman who held the offices of Bishop of Lincoln (1398), Bishop of Winchester (1404) and cardinal (1426). He served three times as Lord Chancellor and played an important role in English politics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Beaufort has received more than 377,000 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Beaufort is the 7,858th most popular politician (down from 7,623rd in 2019), the 2,317th most popular biography from France (down from 2,291st in 2019) and the 545th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Beaufort ranks 7,858 out of 19,576Before him are Jonas Basanavičius, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Xu Shichang, Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Ismail Khan, and Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. After him are Yuriko Koike, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Fazlollah Zahedi, Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, and Carmen Pereira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1374, Henry Beaufort ranks 9Before him are Jacopo della Quercia, Martin I of Sicily, Eleanor of Alburquerque, Pir Muhammad, John III, Duke of Bavaria, and Guarino da Verona. After him are Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria, Yury of Zvenigorod, and Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March. Among people deceased in 1447, Henry Beaufort ranks 7Before him are Pope Eugene IV, Vlad II Dracul, Shah Rukh, Filippo Maria Visconti, Masolino da Panicale, and Mircea II of Wallachia. After him are Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and Colette of Corbie.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henry Beaufort ranks 2,317 out of 6,770Before him are Natalia Pavlovna Paley (1905), François Faber (1887), Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125), Henri Duparc (1848), Catherine Breillat (1948), and René Louiche Desfontaines (1750). After him are Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Alain Connes (1947), Louison Bobet (1925), Jean de Chelles (1200), Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria (1374), and Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161).

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