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Louis XI of France

1423 - 1483

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Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (French: le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII. Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revolt known as the Praguerie in 1440. The king forgave his rebellious vassals, including Louis, to whom he entrusted the management of the Dauphiné, then a province in southeastern France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis XI of France has received more than 1,689,898 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Louis XI of France is the 250th most popular politician (up from 332nd in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from France (up from 141st in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Politician.

Louis XI was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He was the son of Charles VII and Marie of Anjou. Louis XI is most famous for his administrative reforms.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis XI of France ranks 250 out of 19,576. Before him are Domitian, Muawiyah I, Cleisthenes, Ferdinand I of Austria, António Guterres, and Charles II of Spain. After him are Eva Perón, Marcus Licinius Crassus, François Mitterrand, Antoninus Pius, Philip II of France, and Rudolf Hess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1423, Louis XI of France ranks 1. After him are Uzun Hasan, Ferdinand I of Naples, Georg von Peuerbach, Laonikos Chalkokondyles, and Pierre d'Aubusson. Among people deceased in 1483, Louis XI of France ranks 1. After him are Edward IV of England, Edward V of England, Charlotte of Savoy, Francis Phoebus of Navarre, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine, Margaret of Bourbon, Fernando II, Duke of Braganza, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Elizabeth of Nevers, and Pedro Pardo de Cela.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis XI of France ranks 99 out of 6,770. Before him are George Sand (1804), Marquis de Sade (1740), Caracalla (188), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864), Marcel Duchamp (1887), and Claude Debussy (1862). After him are François Mitterrand (1916), Nicolas Poussin (1594), Philip II of France (1165), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), André Gide (1869), and Philip V of Spain (1683).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis XI of France ranks 24. Before him are Louis the Pious (778), Henry III of France (1551), Louis XVII of France (1785), Jacques Chirac (1932), Louis IX of France (1214), and Caracalla (188). After him are François Mitterrand (1916), Philip II of France (1165), Philip V of Spain (1683), Henry II of France (1519), Georges Danton (1759), and Philippe Pétain (1856).

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