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Joan of France, Duchess of Berry

1464 - 1505

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Joan of France (French: Jeanne de France, Jeanne de Valois; 23 April 1464 – 4 February 1505) was briefly Queen of France as wife of King Louis XII, in between the death of her brother, King Charles VIII, and the annulment of her marriage. After that, she retired to her domain, where she soon founded the monastic Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where she served as abbess. From this Order later sprang the religious congregation of the Apostolic Sisters of the Annunciation, founded in 1787 to teach the children of the poor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan of France, Duchess of Berry has received more than 509,314 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Joan of France, Duchess of Berry is the 91st most popular nobleman (up from 108th in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from France (up from 593rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Nobleman.

Joan of France, Duchess of Berry was a daughter of King Charles VI of France and Queen Isabeau of Bavaria. She was the wife of John II, Duke of Burgundy. Joan is most famous for being the mother of Charles, Duke of Orléans, who was the father of King Louis XII of France.

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry ranks 91 out of 1,415. Before her are Arthur, Prince of Wales, Roger I of Sicily, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Maria Alexandrovna, and Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After her are Fatma Sultan, Pyotr Wrangel, Louise Élisabeth of France, Élisabeth of France, Felipe VI of Spain, and Ramesses V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1464, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry ranks 1. After her are Emperor Go-Kashiwabara, Dayan Khan, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Philippa of Guelders, Barbara of Brandenburg, Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Hayır Bey, and Sonni Ali. Among people deceased in 1505, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry ranks 2. Before her is Ivan III of Russia. After her are Al-Suyuti, Hongzhi Emperor, Jacob Obrecht, Elizabeth of Austria, Gülbahar Hatun, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Heinrich Kramer, Ascanio Sforza, Johannes Widmann, and Jean Hey.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry ranks 563 out of 6,770. Before her are Rashi (1040), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Suger (1080), Yolande de Polastron (1749), Claude Louis Berthollet (1748), and Philippe Pinel (1745). After her are Auguste de Marmont (1774), Bernard Tapie (1943), Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), René of Anjou (1409), Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769), and Joseph Black (1728).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry ranks 17. Before her are Robert Guiscard (1016), Philip the Bold (1342), Charles, Count of Valois (1270), Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), Jeanne d'Albret (1528), and Roger I of Sicily (1031). After her are Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), Élisabeth of France (1764), Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383), William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372), and Chlodomer (495).

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