1609 - 1670
Nicholas Francis (French: Nicolas François de Lorraine; 6 December 1609 – 25 January 1670), also known as Nicholas II, was briefly Duke of Lorraine and Duke of Bar for a few months in 1634, spanning the time between the abdication of his older brother and his own resignation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine has received more than 47,273 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine is the 3,708th most popular politician (up from 4,237th in 2019), the 1,215th most popular biography from France (up from 1,350th in 2019) and the 299th most popular French Politician.
Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine was most famous for being a member of the House of Habsburg and for being the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Among politicians, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine ranks 3,708 out of 15,710. Before him are Cleisthenes of Sicyon, Yelü Dashi, Jan Smuts, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Chlothar IV. After him are Senakhtenre Ahmose, David I of Scotland, Ingvar Carlsson, Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, and Emperor Ai of Tang.
701 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 3,702
1087 - 1143
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 3,703
1870 - 1950
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 3,704
1524 - 1586
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 3,705
1744 - 1818
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 3,706
685 - 719
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 3,707
1609 - 1670
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 3,708
1600 BC - 1600 BC
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 3,709
1084 - 1153
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 3,710
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 3,711
1311 - 1356
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 3,712
1930 - 2012
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 3,713
892 - 908
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 3,714
Among people born in 1609, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine ranks 7. Before him are Frederick III of Denmark, John II Casimir Vasa, Henrietta Maria of France, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Judith Leyster, and Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria. After him are Kâtip Çelebi, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, and Pierre-Paul Riquet. Among people deceased in 1670, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine ranks 7. Before him are John Amos Comenius, Henrietta of England, Frederick III of Denmark, Johann Rudolf Glauber, Louis Le Vau, and Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Salomon van Ruysdael, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Giovanna Garzoni, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Niccolò Zucchi.
1609 - 1670
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 1
1609 - 1672
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 2
1609 - 1669
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 3
1609 - 1680
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 4
1609 - 1660
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 5
1609 - 1641
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 6
1609 - 1670
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 7
1609 - 1657
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 8
1609 - 1640
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 9
1609 - 1631
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 10
1609 - 1671
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 11
1609 - 1660
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 12
1609 - 1680
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 13
1592 - 1670
HPI: 83.39
Rank: 1
1644 - 1670
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 2
1609 - 1670
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 3
1604 - 1670
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 4
1612 - 1670
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 5
1610 - 1670
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 6
1609 - 1670
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 7
1602 - 1670
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 8
1613 - 1670
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 9
1600 - 1670
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 10
1608 - 1670
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 11
1651 - 1670
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 12
1586 - 1670
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 13
Among people born in France, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine ranks 1,215 out of 5,234. Before him are Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Louis Jourdan (1921), and Edme Mariotte (1620). After him are Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1311), Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Leonard of Noblac (496), and Pierre Lescot (1515).
1711 - 1780
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 1,209
1841 - 1894
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 1,210
1746 - 1795
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 1,211
1903 - 1923
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 1,212
1921 - 2015
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 1,213
1620 - 1684
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 1,214
1609 - 1670
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 1,215
1311 - 1356
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 1,216
1712 - 1789
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 1,217
1775 - 1812
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 1,218
1895 - 1970
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,219
496 - 545
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,220
1515 - 1578
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,221
Among politicians born in France, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine ranks 299. Before him are Robert I, Count of Artois (1216), Victorinus (300), Tancred of Hauteville (980), Pepin the Hunchback (770), Jules Ferry (1832), and Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746). After him are Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1311), Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712), François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818), Jean Casimir-Perier (1847), Theuderic II (587), and Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819).
1216 - 1250
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 293
300 - 271
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 294
980 - 1041
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 295
770 - 811
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 296
1832 - 1893
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 297
1746 - 1795
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 298
1609 - 1670
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 299
1311 - 1356
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 300
1712 - 1789
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 301
1818 - 1900
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 302
1847 - 1907
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 303
587 - 613
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 304
1819 - 1864
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 305