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Louis, Dauphin of France

1729 - 1765

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Louis, Dauphin of France (Louis Ferdinand; 4 September 1729 – 20 December 1765) was the elder and only surviving son of King Louis XV of France and his wife, Queen Marie Leszczyńska. As a son of the king, Louis was a fils de France. As heir apparent, he became Dauphin of France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis, Dauphin of France has received more than 12,755 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Louis, Dauphin of France is the 648th most popular politician (up from 1,257th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from France (up from 460th in 2019) and the 68th most popular French Politician.

Louis, Dauphin of France, was most famous for being the heir to the throne of France. He was also known for being a patron of the arts.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis, Dauphin of France ranks 648 out of 19,576Before him are Gaiseric, Ehud Barak, Farouk of Egypt, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Ptolemy III Euergetes. After him are Hassan Rouhani, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Georgi Dimitrov, Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, Albert I of Belgium, and Béla IV of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Louis, Dauphin of France ranks 2Before him is Catherine the Great. After him are Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Edmund Burke, Moses Mendelssohn, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Antonio Soler, Johann Daniel Titius, and Johann Reinhold Forster. Among people deceased in 1765, Louis, Dauphin of France ranks 2Before him is Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Mikhail Lomonosov, Muhammad bin Saud, Philip, Duke of Parma, Alexis Clairaut, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Charles-André van Loo, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis, Dauphin of France ranks 272 out of 6,770Before him are Charles I of Anjou (1226), Frédéric Passy (1822), Charles Gounod (1818), Pierre Corneille (1606), Nicéphore Niépce (1765), and Camille Claudel (1864). After him are Olympe de Gouges (1748), Arsène Wenger (1949), Francis Picabia (1879), Vincent de Paul (1581), Prosper Mérimée (1803), and Philip the Good (1396).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis, Dauphin of France ranks 68Before him are Oscar I of Sweden (1799), Philip III of France (1245), Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810), Philip I of France (1052), Henry I of France (1008), and Charles I of Anjou (1226). After him are Philip the Good (1396), Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058), Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767), Robert II of France (972), Jérôme Bonaparte (1784), and Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804).