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Louise of Lorraine

1553 - 1601

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Louise of Lorraine (French: Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont; 30 April 1553 – 29 January 1601) was Queen of France as the wife of King Henry III from their marriage on 15 February 1575 until his death on 2 August 1589. During the first three months of their marriage, she was also Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louise of Lorraine has received more than 357,010 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Louise of Lorraine is the 3,260th most popular politician (down from 2,915th in 2019), the 1,037th most popular biography from France (down from 961st in 2019) and the 247th most popular French Politician.

Louise of Lorraine was the daughter of the Duke of Lorraine and the wife of Henry II, King of France. She was most famous for her patronage of the arts, including the construction of the Chateau de Chenonceau.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louise of Lorraine ranks 3,260 out of 19,576Before her are Robert II, Count of Flanders, Magnus III of Sweden, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, William II of Württemberg, Emperor Tenmu, and Bimbisara. After her are Musa Çelebi, Gotthard Kettler, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1553, Louise of Lorraine ranks 5Before her are Henry IV of France, Margaret of Valois, Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, and Archduke Ernest of Austria. After her are Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Luca Marenzio, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, Prospero Alpini, Nicolò Contarini, and John Florio. Among people deceased in 1601, Louise of Lorraine ranks 3Before her are Tycho Brahe, and Michael the Brave. After her are Kuchum, Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Henriette of Cleves, Starina Novak, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Ivan Moskvitin, John Shakespeare, and Thomas Nashe.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louise of Lorraine ranks 1,037 out of 6,770Before her are François Achille Bazaine (1811), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), Marine Le Pen (1968), Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), and Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156). After her are Jacques Clément (1567), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), Ernest Chausson (1855), Suzanne Lenglen (1899), Armand de Vignerot du Plessis (1696), and Émile Borel (1871).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louise of Lorraine ranks 247Before her are Anne Marie d'Orléans (1669), Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1852), Hugh of Italy (880), Marine Le Pen (1968), Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895), and Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156). After her are Armand de Vignerot du Plessis (1696), Victor, Prince Napoléon (1862), Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818), Richard III, Duke of Normandy (1001), Aimery of Cyprus (1172), and Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy (1756).