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Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme

1654 - 1712

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Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, often simply called Vendôme (1 July 1654 – 11 June 1712) was a French general and Marshal of France. One of the great generals of his era, he was one of Louis XIV's most successful commanders in the War of the Grand Alliance and War of the Spanish Succession. Vendôme joined the French Army and was promoted Lieutenant General in 1688 after his distinguished combat record in the Franco-Dutch War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme has received more than 178,416 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme is the 3,665th most popular politician (down from 2,904th in 2019), the 1,147th most popular biography from France (down from 957th in 2019) and the 274th most popular French Politician.

Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme was a French military leader and the illegitimate son of King Louis XIV. He is most famous for being the commander of the French army at the Battle of Blenheim.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme ranks 3,665 out of 19,576. Before him are Jeong Dojeon, António de Spínola, Ivanoe Bonomi, Vardan Mamikonian, Ye Jianying, and Hjalmar Siilasvuo. After him are Clementine Churchill, Menahem, Ivan Silayev, Lloyd Austin, Ne Win, and Xun Yu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1654, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme ranks 4. Before him are Kangxi Emperor, Jacob Bernoulli, and Emperor Reigen. After him are Pierre Varignon, Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Agostino Steffani, Constantin Brâncoveanu, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Danylo Apostol, and John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Among people deceased in 1712, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme ranks 6. Before him are Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Denis Papin, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Richard Cromwell, and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy. After him are Bahadur Shah I, Nicolas Catinat, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Tokugawa Ienobu, Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Nehemiah Grew.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme ranks 1,147 out of 6,770. Before him are Bertran de Born (1140), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Louise of France (1737), Christophe Plantin (1520), Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012), and Jean Giraudoux (1882). After him are Jeanne d'Évreux (1310), Louis Jourdan (1921), Nicolas Leblanc (1742), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), and Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1580).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme ranks 274. Before him are William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099), Lionel Jospin (1937), Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753), Robert I, Count of Artois (1216), Louise of France (1737), and Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012). After him are Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1580), André Maginot (1877), Francis, Count of Vendôme (1470), Henry I of Navarre (1244), Theuderic II (587), and Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746).

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