NOBLEMAN

Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

1640 - 1701

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Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701) was the younger son of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and the younger brother of King Louis XIV. He was the founder of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the ruling House of Bourbon. Styled Duke of Anjou from birth, Philippe became Duke of Orléans upon the death of his uncle Gaston in 1660. He was also granted the dukedoms of Valois, Chartres and Nemours. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans has received more than 5,144,341 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans is the 42nd most popular nobleman (down from 24th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from France (down from 147th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Nobleman.

Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, was a son of King Louis XIV and his wife, Maria Theresa of Spain. He was the younger brother of King Louis XV. He was the first member of the House of Bourbon to rule as King of France.

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  • 72.79

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 42 out of 1,415. Before him are Queen Sofía of Spain, Margaret of Valois, Marie de' Medici, Edward VII, El Cid, and Otto von Habsburg. After him are Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Pope Leo IX, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Ramesses III, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Princess Märtha of Sweden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 2. Before him is Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Man in the Iron Mask, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Pu Songling, La Voisin, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Gaspar Sanz, Aphra Behn, Antoine Coysevox, and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland. Among people deceased in 1701, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 1. After him are James II of England, William Kidd, Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, Queen Inhyeon, Madeleine de Scudéry, Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Anne Hilarion de Tourville, Stanislaus Papczyński, and Jan Chryzostom Pasek.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 239 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), Charles the Simple (879), Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Joseph Fouché (1759), Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778), and Jeanne Calment (1875). After him are Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Richard II of England (1367), Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), Jean-Michel Jarre (1948), Simone Weil (1909), and Berthe Morisot (1841).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ranks 8. Before him are Marie Thérèse of France (1778), Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Charles the Bold (1433), and Margaret of Valois (1553). After him are Pope Leo IX (1002), Raynald of Châtillon (1123), Robert Guiscard (1016), Philip the Bold (1342), Charles, Count of Valois (1270), and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674).

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