MILITARY PERSONNEL

La Hire

1390 - 1443

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Étienne de Vignolles, Sieur de Montmorillon, Chatelain de Longueville (French pronunciation: [etjɛn də viɲɔl]), also known as La Hire (French: [la iʁ]; 1390 – 11 January 1443), was a French military commander during the Hundred Years' War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of La Hire has received more than 384,973 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). La Hire is the 404th most popular military personnel (down from 383rd in 2019), the 1,114th most popular biography from France (down from 1,069th in 2019) and the 44th most popular French Military Personnel.

La hire is most famous for the story of the shepherd who finds a baby in a basket and takes it home to his wife. The wife takes the baby in as their own and they raise it as their daughter. The baby grows up to be a beautiful woman and the king falls in love with her. He asks for her hand in marriage, but she refuses because she is not of noble birth. The king decides to send her to a convent to see if she changes her mind. She does not, so the king sends her back home to live with her adoptive parents.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

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  • 67.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, La Hire ranks 404 out of 2,058. Before him are Alexander Samsonov, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Günther Rall, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl, and Heinrich von Vietinghoff. After him are Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Ernst von Mansfeld, Laskarina Bouboulina, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Pierre Augereau, and Reinhard Scheer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1390, La Hire ranks 2. Before him is Rogier van der Weyden. After him are João Gonçalves Zarco, John Dunstaple, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, Elizabeth of Görlitz, John Cantius, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Al-Musta'in, Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and Bengt Jönsson. Among people deceased in 1443, La Hire ranks 2. Before him is Zeami Motokiyo. After him are Erasmo of Narni, Tvrtko II of Bosnia, Ferdinand the Holy Prince, John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, and Niccolò Albergati.

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In France

Among people born in France, La Hire ranks 1,114 out of 6,770. Before him are Odile of Alsace (662), Étienne Gilson (1884), Charles III of Navarre (1361), François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577), Georges Ernest Boulanger (1837), and James II of Majorca (1243). After him are Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), Alain de Lille (1117), Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), Albert Roussel (1869), Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1202), and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, La Hire ranks 44. Before him are Henri Giraud (1879), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), Nicolas Chauvin (1790), François Achille Bazaine (1811), Lazare Hoche (1768), and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762). After him are Pierre Augereau (1757), Guillaume Brune (1763), Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), Aegidius (450), Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), and Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476).

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