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Louis I of Hungary

1326 - 1382

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Louis I, also Louis the Great (Hungarian: Nagy Lajos; Croatian: Ludovik Veliki; Slovak: Ľudovít Veľký) or Louis the Hungarian (Polish: Ludwik Węgierski; 5 March 1326 – 10 September 1382), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370. He was the first child of Charles I of Hungary and his wife, Elizabeth of Poland, to survive infancy. A 1338 treaty between his father and Casimir III of Poland, Louis's maternal uncle, confirmed Louis's right to inherit the Kingdom of Poland if his uncle died without a son. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis I of Hungary has received more than 835,141 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis I of Hungary is the 522nd most popular politician (up from 552nd in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Hungary and the 6th most popular Hungarian Politician.

Louis I of Hungary is most famous for his victory over the Ottoman Turks in the Battle of Mohacs.

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  • 73.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis I of Hungary ranks 522 out of 19,576. Before him are Dilma Rousseff, Margaret I of Denmark, Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Lucius Verus, and Robert Schuman. After him are Valerian, Zhou Enlai, Frederick William I of Prussia, Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, Amin al-Husseini, and Henry VI of England.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1326, Louis I of Hungary ranks 2. Before him is Murad I. After him are Joanna I of Naples, Ivan II of Moscow, Joan I, Countess of Auvergne, Rinchinbal Khan, Simeon Uroš, Maria of Navarre, Tommaso da Modena, Manuel Kantakouzenos, and Francesco I Gattilusio. Among people deceased in 1382, Louis I of Hungary ranks 1. After him are Kęstutis, Joanna I of Naples, Nicole Oresme, Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy, Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile, Birutė, Lala Şahin Pasha, Winrich von Kniprode, Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans, Andrea Contarini, and Peter II of Cyprus.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Louis I of Hungary ranks 16 out of 1,077. Before him are John von Neumann (1903), George Soros (1930), Miklós Horthy (1868), Ignaz Semmelweis (1818), Imre Nagy (1896), and Louis II of Hungary (1506). After him are Imre Kertész (1929), Árpád (845), Gaiseric (389), Jadwiga of Poland (1374), Robert Capa (1913), and John Zápolya (1487).

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Among POLITICIANS In Hungary

Among politicians born in Hungary, Louis I of Hungary ranks 6. Before him are Matthias Corvinus (1443), Stephen I of Hungary (975), Miklós Horthy (1868), Imre Nagy (1896), and Louis II of Hungary (1506). After him are Árpád (845), Gaiseric (389), Jadwiga of Poland (1374), John Zápolya (1487), Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440), and Viktor Orbán (1963).

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