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Joseph Fesch

1763 - 1839

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Joseph Cardinal Fesch, Prince of the Empire (3 January 1763 – 13 May 1839) was a French priest and diplomat, who was the maternal half-uncle of Napoleon Bonaparte (half-brother of Napoleon's mother Laetitia). In the wake of his nephew, he became Archbishop of Lyon and cardinal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Fesch has received more than 146,730 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Joseph Fesch is the 358th most popular nobleman (up from 405th in 2019), the 1,777th most popular biography from France (up from 1,871st in 2019) and the 61st most popular French Nobleman.

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  • 64.10

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.84

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  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Joseph Fesch ranks 358 out of 1,415. Before him are Prince Nicholas of Romania, Blanche of Bourbon, Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia, and James II, Count of La Marche. After him are Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, Charles, Duke of Brittany, Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Theobald V, Count of Blois, and Henry II of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Joseph Fesch ranks 15. Before him are Augustin Robespierre, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Kobayashi Issa, Guillaume Brune, Xavier de Maistre, and Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Étienne Méhul, Franz Danzi, Simon Mayr, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, and François de Charette. Among people deceased in 1839, Joseph Fesch ranks 11. Before him are Friedrich Mohs, Ranjit Singh, William, Duke of Nassau, Princess Marie of Orléans, Pehr Henrik Ling, and William Smith. After him are Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, Charlotte Bonaparte, William Murdoch, Lord William Bentinck, Ferdinando Paer, and Mikhail Speransky.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Fesch ranks 1,777 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822), Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Anne Desclos (1907), René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), Lambert Wilson (1958), and Pierre Belon (1517). After him are Joseph Bertrand (1822), Hervé Villechaize (1943), Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (1434), Julian the Hospitaller (700), Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319), and Maurice Herzog (1919).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Joseph Fesch ranks 61. Before him are William III, Duke of Aquitaine (910), Anne Geneviève de Bourbon (1619), Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy (1197), Eustace III, Count of Boulogne (1060), Charlotte of Albret (1480), and Blanche of Bourbon (1339). After him are Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319), Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (1711), Theobald V, Count of Blois (1130), Elias, Duke of Parma (1880), John V, Duke of Brittany (1389), and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645).

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