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Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully

1560 - 1641

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Maximilien de Béthune Sully, 1st Prince of Sully, Marquis of Rosny and Nogent, Count of Muret and Villebon, Viscount of Meaux (13 December 1560 – 22 December 1641) was a nobleman, soldier, statesman, and counselor of King Henry IV of France. Historians emphasize Sully's role in building a strong, centralized administrative system in France using coercion and highly effective new administrative techniques. While not all of his policies were original, he used them well to revitalize France after the European Religious Wars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully has received more than 142,548 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully is the 4,976th most popular politician (down from 4,626th in 2019), the 1,517th most popular biography from France (down from 1,448th in 2019) and the 369th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully ranks 4,976 out of 19,576. Before him are František Palacký, Alexander III of Scotland, Léon M'ba, Conrad Hilton, Kakuei Tanaka, and Emperor Uda. After him are António Ramalho Eanes, James I, Count of La Marche, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, Otto Hofmann, Emperor Daozong of Liao, and Emperor Ankan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully ranks 8. Before him are Annibale Carracci, Thomas Harriot, Jacobus Arminius, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Gaspard Bauhin, and Thomas Cavendish. After him are Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Anton Praetorius, Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Marco Antonio de Dominis, and William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. Among people deceased in 1641, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully ranks 8. Before him are Gwanghaegun of Joseon, Domenichino, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Thomas Mun, Jane Frances de Chantal, and Jan Janszoon. After him are Johan Banér, George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Jeremiah Horrocks, Hedwig of Denmark, Franciscus Gomarus, and Pau Claris i Casademunt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully ranks 1,517 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Giffard (1825), Gustave Charpentier (1860), Henri Cartan (1904), Guillaume Budé (1467), Blaise de Vigenère (1523), and Odo of Cluny (878). After him are Adhemar of Le Puy (1055), Hubert Robert (1733), Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (1360), Michel Serrault (1928), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), and Louis de Bonald (1754).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully ranks 369. Before him are Yolande of Valois (1434), François Louis, Prince of Conti (1664), Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709), Sextus Afranius Burrus (1), Henri, Prince of Condé (1552), and William I, Duke of Aquitaine (875). After him are Louis de Bonald (1754), Raymond of Burgundy (1070), Charles, Duke of Mayenne (1554), Jacques I, Prince of Monaco (1689), Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756), and Étienne Marcel (1315).

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