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Louis de Buade de Frontenac

1622 - 1698

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Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (French pronunciation: [lwi də bɥad kɔ̃t də fʁɔ̃tənak e də palɥo]; 22 May 1622 – 28 November 1698) was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France in North America from 1672 to 1682, and again from 1689 to his death in 1698. He established a number of Forts on the Great Lakes and engaged in a series of battles against the English and the Iroquois. In his first term, he supported the expansion of the fur trade, establishing Fort Frontenac (in what is now Kingston, Ontario) and came into conflict with the other members of the Sovereign Council over its expansion and over the corvée that were required to build the new forts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis de Buade de Frontenac has received more than 298,366 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Louis de Buade de Frontenac is the 11,939th most popular politician (down from 11,586th in 2019), the 3,570th most popular biography from France (down from 3,444th in 2019) and the 765th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis de Buade de Frontenac ranks 11,939 out of 19,576. Before him are Ali Akbar Salehi, Hugh IV of Cyprus, Winfried Kretschmann, Publius Cornelius Cethegus, Shashanka, and Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Kurszán, Charles Konan Banny, Orontes I, Ramesuan, and Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1622, Louis de Buade de Frontenac ranks 17. Before him are Karel Dujardin, Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Johannes Lingelbach, Francisco Herrera the Younger, and Pieter Boel. After him are Cort Adeler, Adrien Auzout, and Dilras Banu Begum. Among people deceased in 1698, Louis de Buade de Frontenac ranks 12. Before him are Andrea Guarneri, Gerrit Berckheyde, Willem de Vlamingh, John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Hâfiz Osman, and Balthasar Bekker. After him is David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis de Buade de Frontenac ranks 3,570 out of 6,770. Before him are Léon Teisserenc de Bort (1855), Julien Clerc (1947), Remigius of Auxerre (841), Edmond Aman-Jean (1858), Edwige Feuillère (1907), and Ludivine Sagnier (1979). After him are Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817), Paul Grimault (1905), Georges Mouton (1770), Gustave Sandras (1872), Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer (1747), and Joseph Daul (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis de Buade de Frontenac ranks 765. Before him are Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans (1646), Catherine Colonna (1956), Hippolyte Carnot (1801), Rachida Dati (1965), Roland Dumas (1922), and Eremburga of Maine (1096). After him are Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer (1747), Joseph Daul (1947), Hubertine Auclert (1848), Hugh VIII of Lusignan (1106), Henriette d'Angeville (1794), and Gérard Collomb (1947).

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