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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 7,064,438 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Henry IV of France is the 109th most popular politician (down from 92nd in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from France (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 8th 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry IV of France ranks 109 out of 19,576. Before him are Boris Yeltsin, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Darius the Great, Heinrich Himmler, Angela Merkel, and Franz Joseph I of Austria. After him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Murad IV, Pepin the Short, Harry S. Truman, Silvio Berlusconi, and Hadrian.

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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, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, Prospero Alpini, Nicolò Contarini, 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, Anna of Sweden, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, and Hasegawa Tōhaku.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henry IV of France ranks 40 out of 6,770. Before him are Alexandre Dumas (1802), Charles Baudelaire (1821), Pierre Curie (1859), Émile Zola (1840), Stendhal (1783), and Gustave Flaubert (1821). After him are Simone de Beauvoir (1908), Octave Mirbeau (1848), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Eugène Delacroix (1798), Louis XIII of France (1601), and Philip IV of France (1268).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Henry IV of France ranks 8. Before him are Louis XIV of France (1638), Louis XVI of France (1754), Louis XV of France (1710), Napoleon II (1811), Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807), and Napoleon III (1808). After him are Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Louis XIII of France (1601), Philip IV of France (1268), Cardinal Richelieu (1585), Francis I of France (1494), and Claudius (-10).

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