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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 131,124 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully is the 4,637th most popular politician (down from 4,500th in 2019), the 1,453rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,430th in 2019) and the 362nd most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully ranks 4,637 out of 15,577Before him are Fan Noli, Manuel Belgrano, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Stefan Vladislav, Nikolay Shvernik, and Valentina Matviyenko. After him are Leo I, King of Armenia, Treniota, Nariman Narimanov, Stefan Uroš I, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, and Warren Hastings.

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Contemporaries

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

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In France

Among people born in France, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully ranks 1,453 out of 6,011Before him are Arletty (1898), Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1435), Madeleine of Valois (1520), Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898), Jean-Claude Pascal (1927), and Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178). After him are Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Régis Debray (1940), Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753), Marcel Petiot (1897), Bob Denard (1929), and Louis de Bonald (1754).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully ranks 362Before him are Victorinus (300), Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709), Louis I, Count of Flanders (1304), Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840), François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818), and Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1435). After him are Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753), Louis de Bonald (1754), Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336), Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), Alain Poher (1909), and Diane de France (1538).