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Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall

14th-century English noble and favourite of Edward II of England

1284 - 1312

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His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall is the 2,244th most popular politician (up from 8,258th in 2024), the 726th most popular biography from France (up from 2,455th in 2019) and the 164th most popular French Politician.

Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall was a favourite of King Edward II of England. He was exiled twice and executed in 1312.

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Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall climbed 18,603 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #25,658 to #7,061.

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Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ranks #726 among 7,658 people in Pantheon born in France, inside the top 10% of that group.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ranks 2,243 out of 20,022. Before him are Qutuz, James IV of Scotland, Theuderic IV, Edmund I, Mário Soares, and Tang of Shang. After him are Kenneth MacAlpin, René Coty, Austen Chamberlain, Faustina the Younger, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Wang Jingwei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1284, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ranks 3. Before him are Edward II of England, and Simone Martini. After him are Edward, Count of Savoy, Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, and John I, Count of Holland. Among people deceased in 1312, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ranks 1. After him are Otto III, Duke of Bavaria, Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany, Ferdinand IV of Castile, Toqta, Sultan Walad, John II, Duke of Brabant, Arthur II, Duke of Brittany, Isabella of Villehardouin, Ibn Manzur, Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine, and Marino Zorzi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ranks 726 out of 7,658. Before him are Léonin (1135), Vincent Auriol (1884), Émile Picard (1856), Sebastian Brant (1458), Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), and Raymond Aron (1905). After him are René Coty (1882), Édouard Stephan (1837), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), Michèle Mercier (1939), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), and Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922).

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Among Politicians In France

Among politicians born in France, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ranks 164. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747), Jules Grévy (1807), Jean Parisot de Valette (1494), Eugène Edine Pottier (1816), and Vincent Auriol (1884). After him are René Coty (1882), Félix Faure (1841), Michel Barnier (1951), Léon Bourgeois (1851), Louise of Lorraine (1553), and Simone Veil (1927).

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