1462 - 1515
Louis XII (27 June 1462 – 1 January 1515) was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves, he succeeded his second cousin once removed and brother-in-law, Charles VIII, who died childless in 1498. Before his accession to the throne of France, he was known as Louis of Orléans and was compelled to be married to his disabled and supposedly sterile cousin Joan by his second cousin, King Louis XI. By doing so, Louis XI hoped to extinguish the Orléans cadet branch of the House of Valois. When Louis XII became king in 1498, he had his marriage with Joan annulled by Pope Alexander VI and instead married Anne, Duchess of Brittany, the widow of Charles VIII. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis XII of France has received more than 2,165,771 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Louis XII of France is the 322nd most popular politician (down from 243rd in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from France (down from 105th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Politician.
Louis XII was most famous for being the king of France who ruled from 1498 to 1515. He was a member of the House of Valois and succeeded his father Charles VIII.
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Among politicians, Louis XII of France ranks 322 out of 15,577. Before him are Matthias Corvinus, Godfrey of Bouillon, Wu Zetian, Gerhard Schröder, Julian, and Abdul Hamid I. After him are Edward Heath, Semiramis, Edward I of England, B. R. Ambedkar, Numa Pompilius, and Edward V of England.
1443 - 1490
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 316
1060 - 1100
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 317
624 - 705
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 318
1944 - Present
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 319
331 - 363
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 320
1725 - 1789
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 321
1462 - 1515
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 322
1916 - 2005
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 323
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 324
1239 - 1307
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 325
1891 - 1956
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 326
753 BC - 673 BC
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 327
1470 - 1483
HPI: 75.71
Rank: 328
Among people born in 1462, Louis XII of France ranks 1. After him are Piero di Cosimo, Joanna la Beltraneja, Pietro Pomponazzi, Johannes Trithemius, Mihnea cel Rău, Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Pietro Lando, John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln, and Edzard I, Count of East Frisia. Among people deceased in 1515, Louis XII of France ranks 1. After him are Afonso de Albuquerque, Meñli I Giray, Aldus Manutius, Alonso de Ojeda, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Bartholomew Columbus, Mariotto Albertinelli, Abraham Zacuto, Barbara of Brandenburg, Pietro Lombardo, and Barbara Zápolya.
1462 - 1515
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 1
1462 - 1522
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 2
1462 - 1530
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 3
1462 - 1525
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 4
1462 - 1516
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 5
1462 - 1510
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 6
1462 - 1514
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 7
1462 - 1545
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 8
1462 - 1487
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 9
1462 - 1528
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 10
1462 - 1515
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 1
1453 - 1515
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 2
1445 - 1515
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 3
1449 - 1515
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 4
1466 - 1515
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 5
1453 - 1515
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 6
1460 - 1515
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 7
1474 - 1515
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 8
1452 - 1515
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 9
1464 - 1515
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 10
1435 - 1515
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 11
1495 - 1515
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Louis XII of France ranks 135 out of 6,011. Before him are François Villon (1431), Roman Polanski (1933), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Sully Prudhomme (1839), and Paul Verlaine (1844). After him are Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Charles VIII of France (1470), Jean Cocteau (1889), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Joseph Fourier (1768), and Louis XI of France (1423).
1431 - 1463
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 129
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 130
1873 - 1897
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 131
1060 - 1100
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 132
1839 - 1907
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 133
1844 - 1896
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 134
1462 - 1515
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 135
1824 - 1895
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 136
1470 - 1498
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 137
1889 - 1963
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 138
1717 - 1783
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 139
1768 - 1830
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 140
1423 - 1483
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 141
Among politicians born in France, Louis XII of France ranks 36. Before him are Philip II of France (1165), Hugh Capet (940), Jacques Chirac (1932), Louis XVIII of France (1755), Charles VI of France (1368), and Godfrey of Bouillon (1060). After him are Charles VIII of France (1470), Louis XI of France (1423), Joachim Murat (1767), François Mitterrand (1916), Charles V of France (1338), and Charles IX of France (1550).
1165 - 1223
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 30
940 - 996
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 31
1932 - 2019
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 32
1755 - 1824
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 33
1368 - 1422
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 34
1060 - 1100
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 35
1462 - 1515
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 36
1470 - 1498
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 37
1423 - 1483
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 38
1767 - 1815
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 39
1916 - 1996
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 40
1338 - 1380
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 41
1550 - 1574
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 42