NOBLEMAN

Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

1674 - 1723

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Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Philippe Charles; 2 August 1674 – 2 December 1723), was a French prince, soldier, and statesman who served as Regent of the Kingdom of France from 1715 to 1723. He is referred to in French as le Régent. He was the son of Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orleans, and Madame Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans has received more than 1,637,493 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Philippe II, Duke of Orléans is the 63rd most popular nobleman (down from 58th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from France (down from 336th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Nobleman.

Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, was a member of the House of Valois and the son of King Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany. He was the first of the House of Valois to become King of France, succeeding his cousin Charles VIII in 1498. He was also the first French monarch to use the title "King of France" as opposed to "King of France and Navarre".

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  • 40

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  • 7.14

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  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 63 out of 1,415. Before him are Henry IV of England, Herodias, Robert Guiscard, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Philip the Bold, and Charles, Count of Valois. After him are Olga of Kiev, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Philippe of Belgium, Jeanne d'Albret, Edward the Black Prince, and Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1674, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 1. After him are Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Ibrahim Muteferrika, Jethro Tull, Reinhard Keiser, Jeremiah Clarke, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, Marie of Lorraine, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, and Isaac Watts. Among people deceased in 1723, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 2. Before him is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. After him are Christopher Wren, Dimitrie Cantemir, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Godfrey Kneller, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, Antonio Maria Valsalva, Praskovia Saltykova, Zanabazar, and Guillaume Dubois.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 372 out of 6,770. Before him are Pope Nicholas II (990), Philip the Bold (1342), Jean Baudrillard (1929), Nicolas Appert (1749), Alain Prost (1955), and Charles, Count of Valois (1270). After him are Theodor Eicke (1892), Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834), Ève Curie (1904), André Malraux (1901), Marin Mersenne (1588), and Théophile Gautier (1811).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ranks 14. Before him are Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640), Pope Leo IX (1002), Raynald of Châtillon (1123), Robert Guiscard (1016), Philip the Bold (1342), and Charles, Count of Valois (1270). After him are Jeanne d'Albret (1528), Roger I of Sicily (1031), Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464), Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), Élisabeth of France (1764), and Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383).

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