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Philip V of Spain

1683 - 1746

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Philip V (Spanish: Felipe V; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724 and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign (45 years and 16 days) is the longest in the history of the Spanish monarchy, surpassing Philip IV. Although his ascent to the throne precipitated the War of the Spanish Succession, Philip V instigated many important reforms in Spain, most especially the centralization of power of the monarchy and the suppression of regional privileges, via the Nueva Planta decrees, and restructuring of the administration of the Spanish Empire on the Iberian Peninsula and its overseas regions. Philip was born into the French royal family (as Philippe, Duke of Anjou) during the reign of his grandfather Louis XIV. He was the second son of Louis, Grand Dauphin, and was third in line to the French throne after his father and his elder brother, Louis, Duke of Burgundy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip V of Spain has received more than 3,802,698 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Philip V of Spain is the 263rd most popular politician (down from 247th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from France (down from 97th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Politician.

Philip V of Spain was most famous for his involvement in the War of Spanish Succession.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philip V of Spain ranks 263 out of 19,576. Before him are Rodrigo Duterte, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Jawaharlal Nehru, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Safiye Sultan, and Ashurbanipal. After him are Henry II of France, Konrad Adenauer, Philip IV of Spain, Georges Danton, Georgy Zhukov, and Philippe Pétain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1683, Philip V of Spain ranks 1. After him are Jean-Philippe Rameau, Caroline of Ansbach, George II of Great Britain, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, 6th Dalai Lama, Maria Anna of Austria, John Theophilus Desaguliers, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Gottfried Silbermann, Christoph Graupner, and Edward Young. Among people deceased in 1746, Philip V of Spain ranks 1. After him are Christian VI of Denmark, Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Colin Maclaurin, Francis Hutcheson, Anna Leopoldovna, Georg Wilhelm Steller, Nicolas de Largillière, Domenico Alberti, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philip V of Spain ranks 105 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis XI of France (1423), François Mitterrand (1916), Nicolas Poussin (1594), Philip II of France (1165), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), and André Gide (1869). After him are Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), Henry II of France (1519), Georges Danton (1759), Philippe Pétain (1856), Charles Aznavour (1924), and Maurice Ravel (1875).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Philip V of Spain ranks 27. Before him are Jacques Chirac (1932), Louis IX of France (1214), Caracalla (188), Louis XI of France (1423), François Mitterrand (1916), and Philip II of France (1165). After him are Henry II of France (1519), Georges Danton (1759), Philippe Pétain (1856), Charles VII of France (1403), Charles VIII of France (1470), and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708).

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