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Philip the Good

1396 - 1467

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Philip III the Good (French: Philippe le Bon; Dutch: Filips de Goede; 31 July 1396 in Dijon – 15 June 1467 in Bruges) ruled as Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonged. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip the Good has received more than 1,048,866 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Philip the Good is the 664th most popular politician (down from 596th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from France (down from 248th in 2019) and the 69th most popular French Politician.

Philip the Good was a Duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467. He was also the father of Charles the Bold. Philip the Good is most famous for his successful expansion of the Burgundian state.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philip the Good ranks 664 out of 19,576. Before him are Darius II, Charles IV of Spain, Christian II of Denmark, Maxentius, Ahab, and Nizam al-Mulk. After him are Catiline, Moctezuma II, Olaf Scholz, Afonso I of Portugal, Sauli Niinistö, and Manuel I Komnenos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1396, Philip the Good ranks 1. After him are Alfonso V of Aragon, Michelozzo, Jacopo Bellini, Theodore II Palaiologos, Bonne of Artois, Jeong In-ji, and William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Among people deceased in 1467, Philip the Good ranks 1. After him are Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress, Jahan Shah, John, Count of Angoulême, Sayf al-Din Khushqadam, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, Hans Multscher, and Michael Critobulus.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philip the Good ranks 278 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis, Dauphin of France (1729), Olympe de Gouges (1748), Arsène Wenger (1949), Francis Picabia (1879), Vincent de Paul (1581), and Prosper Mérimée (1803). After him are Paul Signac (1863), Charlotte Corday (1768), Gilles de Rais (1405), Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058), Frédéric Mistral (1830), and Désirée Clary (1777).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Philip the Good ranks 69. Before him are Philip III of France (1245), Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810), Philip I of France (1052), Henry I of France (1008), Charles I of Anjou (1226), and Louis, Dauphin of France (1729). After him are Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058), Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767), Robert II of France (972), Jérôme Bonaparte (1784), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), and Louis, Grand Dauphin (1661).

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