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John V, Duke of Brittany

1389 - 1442

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John V, sometimes numbered as VI, (24 December 1389 – 29 August 1442) bynamed John the Wise (Breton: Yann ar Fur ; French: Jean le Sage), was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort from 1399 to his death. His rule coincided with the height of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John V, Duke of Brittany has received more than 163,197 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John V, Duke of Brittany is the 380th most popular nobleman (up from 413th in 2019), the 1,841st most popular biography from France (up from 1,889th in 2019) and the 66th most popular French Nobleman.

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  • 160k

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  • 58.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, John V, Duke of Brittany ranks 380 out of 1,415. Before him are Elias, Duke of Parma, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily, Igor Svyatoslavich, Leotychidas, and Princess Elisabeth of Saxony. After him are Beatrice of Silesia, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, and Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1389, John V, Duke of Brittany ranks 4. Before him are Cosimo de' Medici, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, and Isabella of Valois. After him are Philip II, Count of Nevers, Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Antoninus of Florence, and Zbigniew Oleśnicki. Among people deceased in 1442, John V, Duke of Brittany ranks 5. Before him are Elizabeth of Luxembourg, Yolande of Aragon, Al-Maqrizi, and Pierre Cauchon. After him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg, John, Constable of Portugal, and Margaret of Nevers.

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In France

Among people born in France, John V, Duke of Brittany ranks 1,841 out of 6,770. Before him are Christian Boltanski (1944), Elias, Duke of Parma (1880), Pierre Soulages (1919), Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (1524), Antoine Baumé (1728), and André Jolivet (1905). After him are Jean Chapelain (1595), Medardus (470), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (1594), Michel Bouquet (1925), and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, John V, Duke of Brittany ranks 66. Before him are Blanche of Bourbon (1339), Joseph Fesch (1763), Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319), Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (1711), Theobald V, Count of Blois (1130), and Elias, Duke of Parma (1880). After him are Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645), Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207), Princess Louise of Orléans (1882), Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), Edward, Count of Savoy (1284), and Hugh Magnus (1007).

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