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Henry IV of France

1553 - 1610

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Henry IV (French: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. He pragmatically balanced the interests of the Catholic and Protestant parties in France as well as among the European states. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry IV of France has received more than 6,471,468 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Henry IV of France is the 92nd most popular politician (down from 84th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from France (down from 29th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Politician.

Henry IV of France is most famous for being the first Bourbon King of France. He was also a key figure in the French Wars of Religion.

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  • 82

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry IV of France ranks 92 out of 15,577. Before him are Philip II of Spain, George Washington, Heinrich Himmler, Leonid Brezhnev, Louis XV of France, and Giuseppe Garibaldi. After him are Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Murad IV, Uthman, Mary, Queen of Scots, Theodosius I, and Kim Il-sung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1553, Henry IV of France ranks 1. After him are Margaret of Valois, Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, Archduke Ernest of Austria, Louise of Lorraine, Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Luca Marenzio, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, Prospero Alpini, Nicolò Contarini, Vitsentzos Kornaros, and John Florio. Among people deceased in 1610, Henry IV of France ranks 2. Before him is Caravaggio. After him are Matteo Ricci, Ludolph van Ceulen, François Ravaillac, Honda Tadakatsu, Adam Elsheimer, False Dmitry II, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Anna of Sweden, and Hasegawa Tōhaku.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henry IV of France ranks 33 out of 6,011. Before him are Alexandre Dumas (1802), Antoine Lavoisier (1743), Paul Gauguin (1848), Édith Piaf (1915), Louis XV of France (1710), and Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807). After him are Marcel Proust (1871), Denis Diderot (1713), Pierre Curie (1859), Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), and Simone de Beauvoir (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Henry IV of France ranks 7. Before him are Napoleon (1769), Louis XIV of France (1638), Louis XVI of France (1754), Napoleon III (1808), Louis XV of France (1710), and Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807). After him are Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Philip IV of France (1268), Louis XIII of France (1601), Claudius (-10), Francis I of France (1494), and Cardinal Richelieu (1585).

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