1763 - 1839
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 136,403 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Joseph Fesch is the 407th most popular nobleman (up from 415th in 2019), the 1,878th most popular biography from France (up from 2,023rd in 2019) and the 68th most popular French Nobleman.
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Among noblemen, Joseph Fesch ranks 407 out of 842. Before him are Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran, and Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont. After him are Philip II, Count of Nevers, José, Prince of Brazil, Thierry, Count of Flanders, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, Margaret, Maid of Norway, and Otto-William, Count of Burgundy.
1204 - 1252
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 401
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 402
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 403
1522 - 1545
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 404
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 405
1704 - 1723
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 406
1763 - 1839
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 407
1389 - 1415
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 408
1761 - 1788
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 409
1100 - 1168
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 410
1847 - 1893
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 411
1283 - 1290
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 412
958 - 1026
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 413
Among people born in 1763, Joseph Fesch ranks 16. Before him are Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Kobayashi Issa, Guillaume Brune, Xavier de Maistre, Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden, and Étienne Méhul. After him are Simon Mayr, Franz Danzi, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Domenico Dragonetti, and François-Joseph Talma. Among people deceased in 1839, Joseph Fesch ranks 13. Before him are Ranjit Singh, William Smith, Princess Marie of Orléans, Pehr Henrik Ling, Charlotte Bonaparte, and Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia. After him are Ferdinando Paer, Lord William Bentinck, Joseph Anton Koch, Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Aloysia Weber, and Mikhail Speransky.
1763 - 1806
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 10
1763 - 1828
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 11
1763 - 1815
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 12
1763 - 1852
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 13
1763 - 1830
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 14
1763 - 1817
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 15
1763 - 1839
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 16
1763 - 1845
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 17
1763 - 1826
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 18
1763 - 1827
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 19
1763 - 1834
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 20
1763 - 1846
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 21
1763 - 1826
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 22
1780 - 1839
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 7
1769 - 1839
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 8
1813 - 1839
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 9
1776 - 1839
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 10
1802 - 1839
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 11
1819 - 1839
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 12
1763 - 1839
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 13
1771 - 1839
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 14
1774 - 1839
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 15
1768 - 1839
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 16
1795 - 1839
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 17
1760 - 1839
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 18
1772 - 1839
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 19
Among people born in France, Joseph Fesch ranks 1,878 out of 6,011. Before him are Guy Mollet (1905), Yves Rocher (1930), Hervé Villechaize (1943), Félix Gouin (1884), Philip of Milly (1120), and Youri Djorkaeff (1968). After him are Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano (1721), Philip II, Count of Nevers (1389), Pierre Beauchamp (1631), Robert Brasillach (1909), Pierre Janssen (1824), and Peter the Venerable (1092).
1905 - 1975
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 1,872
1930 - 2009
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,873
1943 - 1993
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,874
1884 - 1977
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 1,875
1120 - 1171
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 1,876
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 1,877
1763 - 1839
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 1,878
1721 - 1778
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 1,879
1389 - 1415
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 1,880
1631 - 1705
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 1,881
1909 - 1945
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 1,882
1824 - 1907
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 1,883
1092 - 1156
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,884
Among noblemen born in France, Joseph Fesch ranks 68. Before him are Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (1498), Theobald V, Count of Blois (1130), William III, Duke of Aquitaine (910), Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon (1844), Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (1428), and Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649). After him are Philip II, Count of Nevers (1389), John V, Duke of Brittany (1389), Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846), Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans (1648), Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (1609), and Hugh Magnus (1007).
1498 - 1519
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 62
1130 - 1191
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 63
910 - 963
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 64
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 65
1428 - 1483
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 66
1649 - 1734
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 67
1763 - 1839
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 68
1389 - 1415
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 69
1389 - 1442
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 70
1846 - 1927
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 71
1648 - 1664
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 72
1609 - 1631
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 73
1007 - 1025
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 74