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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 355,892 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). La Hire is the 383rd most popular military personnel (down from 362nd in 2019), the 1,072nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,050th in 2019) and the 45th 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

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, La Hire ranks 383 out of 1,468. Before him are Erich Kempka, Usama ibn Zayd, Horatius Cocles, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, and Georg-Hans Reinhardt. After him are Xiahou Yuan, Omar Pasha, Georges Picquart, Günther Rall, Prokop the Great, and Gerhard von Scharnhorst.

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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, Elizabeth of Görlitz, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, Contessina de' Bardi, John Cantius, Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and Petr Chelčický. Among people deceased in 1443, La Hire ranks 1. After him are Erasmo of Narni, Zeami Motokiyo, 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 1,072 out of 6,011. Before him are Arnulf of Metz (582), Madame de La Fayette (1634), Jacques Rivette (1928), François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577), Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1460), and Lucile Randon (1904). After him are Henry, Count of Portugal (1066), Georges Bernanos (1888), Jean Casimir-Perier (1847), Jan Gossaert (1478), Georges Picquart (1854), and André Bazin (1918).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, La Hire ranks 45. Before him are Pierre Augereau (1757), Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), Henri Giraud (1879), and Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763). After him are Georges Picquart (1854), Nicolas Chauvin (1790), Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770), François Achille Bazaine (1811), Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), and Guillaume Brune (1763).

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