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John the Fearless

1371 - 1419

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John I (French: Jean sans Peur ; Dutch: Jan zonder Vrees; 28 May 1371 – 10 September 1419) was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State from 1404 until his assassination in 1419. He played a key role in French national affairs during the early 15th century, particularly in his struggle to remove the mentally ill King Charles VI and during the Hundred Years' War against the Kingdom of England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John the Fearless has received more than 860,169 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). John the Fearless is the 942nd most popular politician (down from 698th in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from France (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 89th most popular French Politician.

John the Fearless was the Duke of Burgundy from 1404 to 1419. He was most famous for his military accomplishments during the Hundred Years' War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John the Fearless ranks 942 out of 19,576. Before him are Arnulf of Carinthia, James A. Garfield, Robert F. Kennedy, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Reuven Rivlin, and Gediminas. After him are Sigismund I the Old, Onan, Paul Barras, Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Alberto Fujimori, and Petronius Maximus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1371, John the Fearless ranks 1. After him are Mary, Queen of Hungary, Vasily I of Moscow, Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg, Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans, Pierre Cauchon, Leopold IV, Duke of Austria, Sophia of Lithuania, and Shō Hashi. Among people deceased in 1419, John the Fearless ranks 3. Before him are Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, and Antipope John XXIII. After him are Jeongjong of Joseon, Vincent Ferrer, Je Tsongkhapa, Jobst of Moravia, Edigu, Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, and Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, John the Fearless ranks 343 out of 6,770. Before him are Chrétien de Troyes (1135), Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1010), Charles Messier (1730), Louis de Broglie (1892), and Claude Bernard (1813). After him are Raymond Kopa (1931), Fernand Braudel (1902), Paul Barras (1755), Antonin Artaud (1896), Françoise Sagan (1935), and Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, John the Fearless ranks 89. Before him are Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Anne of Brittany (1477), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), Louis VI of France (1081), Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), and Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1010). After him are Paul Barras (1755), Édouard Daladier (1884), Adolphe Thiers (1797), Louis IV of France (920), James I of Aragon (1208), and Dagobert I (611).

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