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Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon

1510 - 1571

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Nicolas Durand, sieur de Villegaignon, also Villegagnon (1510 – 9 January 1571) was a commander of the Knights of Malta, and later a French naval officer (vice-admiral of Brittany) who attempted to help the Huguenots in France escape persecution, before turning against them due to Eucharistic disputes. A notable public figure in his time, Villegaignon was a mixture of soldier, scientist, explorer, adventurer and entrepreneur. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon has received more than 62,336 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon is the 205th most popular explorer, the 2,552nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,456th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon ranks 205 out of 498. Before him are Samuel Wallis, André Thevet, Vasily Tatishchev, Estêvão Gomes, Naddodd, and Thekla Resvoll. After him are John Ross, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Lincoln Ellsworth, George W. De Long, and Alejandro Malaspina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon ranks 23. Before him are Antonio de Cabezón, Ivan Fyodorov, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Bernard Palissy, Guillaume Postel, and Margaret Paleologa. After him are Tullia d'Aragona, Diego Ortiz, Andrea Schiavone, Ferenc Dávid, Alonso Mudarra, and Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. Among people deceased in 1571, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon ranks 10. Before him are Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Mōri Motonari, Titu Cusi, Marco Antonio Bragadin, and Hōjō Ujiyasu. After him are Marfa Sobakina, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Giovanni Animuccia, Setthathirath, and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon ranks 2,552 out of 6,770. Before him are Mathieu Amalric (1965), Charles Rogier (1800), Eustache Le Sueur (1616), Guillaume Dubois (1656), Pierre Fournier (1906), and Gérard Oury (1919). After him are Marcellin Champagnat (1789), Eric Abidal (1979), Henri Desgrange (1865), Theobald III, Count of Blois (1019), Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1772), and Christophe Galtier (1966).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon ranks 21. Before him are Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), René Caillié (1799), Sophie Blanchard (1778), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867), and André Thevet (1516). After him are Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), Nicolas Baudin (1754), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), and Pierre Poivre (1719).

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