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Philip II of France

1165 - 1223

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Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), byname Philip Augustus (French: Philippe Auguste), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks (Latin: rex Francorum), but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French monarch to style himself "King of France" (rex Francie). The son of King Louis VII and his third wife, Adela of Champagne, he was originally nicknamed Dieudonné (God-given) because he was a first son and born late in his father's life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip II of France has received more than 2,426,577 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Philip II of France is the 255th most popular politician (up from 284th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from France (up from 113th in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Politician.

Philip II of France is most famous for his victory over the English at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Philip II of Frances by language

Over the past year Philip II of France has had the most page views in the with 303,207 views, followed by French (247,893), and Russian (63,586). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Wu Chinese (111.08%), Malagasy (54.17%), and Simple English (52.77%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philip II of France ranks 255 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles II of Spain, Louis XI of France, Eva Perón, Marcus Licinius Crassus, François Mitterrand, and Antoninus Pius. After him are Rudolf Hess, Rodrigo Duterte, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Jawaharlal Nehru, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Safiye Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1165, Philip II of France ranks 2. Before him is Ibn Arabi. After him are Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Berengaria of Navarre, Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, Albert of Riga, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, Henry I, Duke of Brabant, Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, Vukan Nemanjić, Waleran III, Duke of Limburg, and Jean Bodel. Among people deceased in 1223, Philip II of France ranks 1. After him are Afonso II of Portugal, Muqali, Ibn Qudamah, George IV of Georgia, Margaret of Hungary, Ada, Countess of Holland, Sancho, Count of Provence, Mstislav III of Kiev, Wincenty Kadłubek, and Unkei.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philip II of France ranks 102 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864), Marcel Duchamp (1887), Claude Debussy (1862), Louis XI of France (1423), François Mitterrand (1916), and Nicolas Poussin (1594). After him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), André Gide (1869), Philip V of Spain (1683), Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), Henry II of France (1519), and Georges Danton (1759).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Philip II of France ranks 26. Before him are Louis XVII of France (1785), Jacques Chirac (1932), Louis IX of France (1214), Caracalla (188), Louis XI of France (1423), and François Mitterrand (1916). After him are Philip V of Spain (1683), Henry II of France (1519), Georges Danton (1759), Philippe Pétain (1856), Charles VII of France (1403), and Charles VIII of France (1470).

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