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Jacques Cœur

1395 - 1456

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Jacques Cœur (, French: [kœʁ]; c. 1395 in Bourges – 25 November 1456 in Chios) was a French government official and state-sponsored merchant whose personal fortune became legendary and led to his eventual disgrace. He initiated regular trade routes between France and the Levant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Cœur has received more than 128,022 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jacques Cœur is the 7,515th most popular politician (down from 7,312th in 2019), the 2,207th most popular biography from France (down from 2,187th in 2019) and the 526th most popular French Politician.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacques Cœur ranks 7,515 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles de Freycinet, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Fyodor Okhlopkov, Mandukhai, Jusuf Kalla, and Hyon Yong-chol. After him are Zillur Rahman, Arthur Phillip, Deng Yingchao, Jan Tschichold, Nominoe, and Alfred Escher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1395, Jacques Cœur ranks 7. Before him are Jan van Eyck, Vlad II Dracul, Pisanello, Sigismund Korybut, Michelle of Valois, and Niccolò de' Conti. After him are Margaret of Prades, Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg, George of Trebizond, John Jacob, Marquis of Montferrat, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, and Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua. Among people deceased in 1456, Jacques Cœur ranks 8. Before him are Đurađ Branković, John of Capistrano, Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Ulrich II, Count of Celje, and Vladislav II of Wallachia. After him are Lawrence Justinian, and Juan de Mena.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Cœur ranks 2,207 out of 6,770. Before him are Ivo of Chartres (1040), Rudolf Schmundt (1896), Bernard Palissy (1510), Charles de Freycinet (1828), Mathieu Kassovitz (1967), and Philippe Nahon (1938). After him are Élisabeth Depardieu (1941), César Baldaccini (1921), Nominoe (800), François-Marie Raoult (1830), Thomas Merton (1915), and Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins (1642).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jacques Cœur ranks 526. Before him are Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne (1756), Catherine Charlotte de Gramont (1639), Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe (1747), Pierre Messmer (1916), Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne (1727), and Charles de Freycinet (1828). After him are Nominoe (800), Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins (1642), Catherine of Burgundy (1378), Maurice Couve de Murville (1907), Géraud Duroc (1772), and Joseph Darnand (1897).

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