MILITARY PERSONNEL

Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard

1476 - 1524

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Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (c. 1476 – 30 April 1524) was a French knight and military leader at the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, generally known as the Chevalier de Bayard. Throughout the centuries since his death, he has been known as "the knight without fear and beyond reproach" (le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard has received more than 332,718 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard is the 491st most popular military personnel (up from 583rd in 2019), the 1,384th most popular biography from France (up from 1,570th in 2019) and the 50th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard ranks 491 out of 2,058. Before him are Jean-Charles Pichegru, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Husein Gradaščević, Mamai, and Günther Korten. After him are Yigael Yadin, Lucius Artorius Castus, Qi Jiguang, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ma Dai, and Dmitry Pavlov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1476, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard ranks 9. Before him are 2nd Dalai Lama, Yeonsangun of Joseon, Louise of Savoy, Huayna Capac, Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Girolamo Fracastoro. After him are Cuitláhuac, Helena of Moscow, Ayşe Hatun, Anna Sforza, Hans von Kulmbach, and Kanō Motonobu. Among people deceased in 1524, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard ranks 11. Before him are Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Joachim Patinir, Marko Marulić, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, Andrea Solari, and Salaì. After him are Hans Holbein the Elder, Tang Yin, Johann von Staupitz, Cristóbal de Olid, Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria, and Ğazı I Giray.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard ranks 1,384 out of 6,770. Before him are Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1435), Arbogast (340), Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (1814), Michel de Certeau (1925), Louise Moillon (1610), and Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580). After him are Mistinguett (1875), Raymond Radiguet (1903), Henri Dutilleux (1916), Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (1670), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), and Bertrade de Montfort (1070).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard ranks 50. Before him are La Hire (1390), Pierre Augereau (1757), Guillaume Brune (1763), Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), Aegidius (450), and Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761). After him are François Joseph Lefebvre (1755), Pierre Cambronne (1770), Jacques MacDonald (1765), Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772), Bob Denard (1929), and Oenomaus (-105).

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