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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 58,344 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon is the 206th most popular explorer (down from 191st in 2019), the 2,464th most popular biography from France (down from 2,331st in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon ranks 206 out of 405. Before him are Jedediah Smith, Mark Sykes, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Jacob van Heemskerck, Ohthere of Hålogaland, and Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa. After him are Enrique of Malacca, Gaspar de Lemos, Pedro Cieza de León, Julius Klaproth, Diego de Almagro II, and Wilhelm Filchner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon ranks 25. Before him are Ivan Fyodorov, Jean Goujon, Andrea Schiavone, Margaret Paleologa, Bernard Palissy, and Diego Ortiz. After him are Wan Hu, Alonso Mudarra, Ferenc Dávid, Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Martynas Mažvydas. Among people deceased in 1571, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon ranks 11. Before him are Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Mōri Motonari, Titu Cusi, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, Marfa Sobakina, and Hōjō Ujiyasu. After him are Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, Giovanni Animuccia, John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Setthathirath, and Jan Blahoslav.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon ranks 2,464 out of 6,011. Before him are Émile Augier (1820), Jean-Louis Pons (1761), Jacques-François Menou (1750), François Coppée (1842), Peter I of Courtenay (1126), and Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (1448). After him are Pierre-Étienne Flandin (1889), André Cayatte (1909), François de la Chaise (1624), Eric Abidal (1979), Lionel Terray (1921), and Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon ranks 20. Before him are Sophie Blanchard (1778), Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), Henri Mouhot (1826), and Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757). After him are René Caillié (1799), Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Francis Garnier (1839), and Nicolas Baudin (1754).

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