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Louis I, Duke of Anjou

1339 - 1384

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Louis I, Duke of Anjou (23 July 1339 – 20 September 1384) was a French prince, the second son of John II of France and Bonne of Bohemia. His career was markedly unsuccessful. Born at the Château de Vincennes, Louis was the first of the Angevin branch of the Valois royal house. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis I, Duke of Anjou has received more than 149,295 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Louis I, Duke of Anjou is the 2,471st most popular politician (down from 2,283rd in 2019), the 831st most popular biography from France (down from 779th in 2019) and the 189th most popular French Politician.

Louis I, Duke of Anjou, was a French prince and the youngest son of Louis XIV and his queen consort Maria Theresa of Spain. He was the founder of the House of Bourbon-Anjou.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis I, Duke of Anjou ranks 2,471 out of 19,576Before him are Pleistarchus, Yazid II, Maria Christina of Austria, Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, Anedjib, and Joscelin I, Count of Edessa. After him are Longqing Emperor, Mentuhotep IV, Siptah, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, and Stefan Uroš V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1339, Louis I, Duke of Anjou ranks 4Before him are Pope Innocent VII, Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, and Antipope Alexander V. After him are Barquq, Eric XII of Sweden, Anna von Schweidnitz, Blanche of Bourbon, Juana Manuel, John IV, Duke of Brittany, Frederick, Duke of Bavaria, and Muhammad V of Granada. Among people deceased in 1384, Louis I, Duke of Anjou ranks 2Before him is John Wycliffe. After him are Louis II, Count of Flanders, Geert Groote, Beatrice Regina della Scala, Joan, Duchess of Brittany, Magnus I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Thomas Preljubović, and Francesco I Gattilusio.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis I, Duke of Anjou ranks 831 out of 6,770Before him are Louis the Blind (880), Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Paul Landowski (1875), Magnentius (303), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), and Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072). After him are Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804), Maurice Denis (1870), Mary of Guise (1515), Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Bourvil (1917), and Max Jacob (1876).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis I, Duke of Anjou ranks 189Before him are Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725), Louis the Blind (880), Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Magnentius (303), and Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072). After him are Mary of Guise (1515), Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Georges Couthon (1755), Paul Reynaud (1878), Léon Gambetta (1838), and Louis Desaix (1768).