NOBLEMAN

John of Montfort

1294 - 1345

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John of Montfort (Middle Breton: Yann Moñforzh, French: Jean de Montfort) (1295 – 26 September 1345, Château d'Hennebont), sometimes known as John IV of Brittany, and 6th Earl of Richmond from 1341 to his death. He was the son of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany and his second wife, Yolande de Dreux. He contested the inheritance of the Duchy of Brittany by his niece, Joan of Penthièvre, which led to the War of the Breton Succession, which in turn evolved into being part of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Montfort has received more than 145,805 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. John of Montfort is the 902nd most popular nobleman (down from 703rd in 2019), the 3,230th most popular biography from France (down from 2,802nd in 2019) and the 133rd most popular French Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, John of Montfort ranks 902 out of 1,415. Before him are Otto II, Count of Habsburg, Anne of Burgundy, Guy I, Count of Blois, William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Frederick III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Ageltrude. After him are Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, Herman IV, Duke of Swabia, Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Otto III, Count of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1294, John of Montfort ranks 7. Before him are Charles IV of France, Kusunoki Masashige, John, Duke of Durazzo, Simonida, Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy, and Chungsuk of Goryeo. After him are Hugh IV of Cyprus, and Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut. Among people deceased in 1345, John of Montfort ranks 8. Before him are Jacob van Artevelde, William II, Count of Hainaut, Alexios Apokaukos, Sati Beg, Constanza Manuel, and Sancia of Majorca. After him are Al-Ashraf Kujuk, Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, and Richard de Bury.

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In France

Among people born in France, John of Montfort ranks 3,230 out of 6,770. Before him are François Bayrou (1951), Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629), Michel Blavet (1700), Jean-Louis Pons (1761), Bernard Lacombe (1952), and Charles Percier (1764). After him are Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou (1040), René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou (1714), Flodoard (894), Jean-Christophe Grangé (1961), François de Créquy (1625), and Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (1770).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, John of Montfort ranks 133. Before him are Princess Françoise of Orléans (1902), Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (1941), Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908), Anne Henriette of Bavaria (1648), Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza (1909), and Anne of Burgundy (1404). After him are John II, Count of Nevers (1415), Prince Dimitri Romanov (1926), Princess Marie of Battenberg (1852), Othon de la Roche (1200), Sophie, Countess of Bar (1018), and Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1586).

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