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Henry I, Duke of Guise

1550 - 1588

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Henri I de Lorraine, Duke of Guise, Prince of Joinville, Count of Eu (31 December 1550 – 23 December 1588), sometimes called Le Balafré ('Scarface'), was the eldest son of François, Duke of Guise, and Anna d'Este. His maternal grandparents were Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Renée of France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry I, Duke of Guise has received more than 552,029 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Henry I, Duke of Guise is the 1,384th most popular politician (up from 1,406th in 2019), the 503rd most popular biography from France (up from 511th in 2019) and the 120th most popular French Politician.

Henry I, Duke of Guise is most famous for being a Catholic leader and supporter of the Catholic League during the French Wars of Religion.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry I, Duke of Guise ranks 1,384 out of 19,576. Before him are Vlad II Dracul, Amenemhat III, Emperor Kōkaku, Maria II of Portugal, Justinian II, and Arghun. After him are Gyeongjong of Joseon, Omar Bongo, An Lushan, Teti, Harold Wilson, and Ezer Weizman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Henry I, Duke of Guise ranks 6. Before him are Safiye Sultan, Charles IX of France, John Napier, Willem Barentsz, and Charles IX of Sweden. After him are Camillus de Lellis, Jang-geum, John Davis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Stanislaus Kostka, and Karin Månsdotter. Among people deceased in 1588, Henry I, Duke of Guise ranks 4. Before him are Mimar Sinan, Paolo Veronese, and Frederick II of Denmark. After him are 3rd Dalai Lama, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Qi Jiguang, Henri, Prince of Condé, Bernardino Telesio, Johann Weyer, Abtai Sain Khan, and Alonso Sánchez Coello.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henry I, Duke of Guise ranks 503 out of 6,770. Before him are Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727), André Citroën (1878), Frédéric Bazille (1841), Paul Sabatier (1854), and Jean-François Lyotard (1924). After him are Paul Langevin (1872), Aristide Briand (1862), William of Rubruck (1220), Carlos Gardel (1890), Elisa Bonaparte (1777), and Arthur Honegger (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Henry I, Duke of Guise ranks 120. Before him are Charles-Henri Sanson (1739), Carus (230), Antoine of Navarre (1518), Christine Lagarde (1956), Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928), and William II of England (1056). After him are Aristide Briand (1862), Elisa Bonaparte (1777), Carloman I (751), Gaspard II de Coligny (1519), Marie Louise d’Orléans (1662), and Childebert I (497).

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