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Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall

1284 - 1312

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Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – 19 June 1312) was an English nobleman of Gascon origin, and the favourite of Edward II of England. At a young age, Gaveston made a good impression on King Edward I, who assigned him to the household of the King's son, Edward of Caernarfon. The prince's partiality for Gaveston was so extravagant that Edward I sent Gaveston into exile, but he was recalled a few months later, after the King's death led to the prince's accession as Edward II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall has received more than 1,022,606 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall is the 4,518th most popular politician (down from 4,109th in 2019), the 1,425th most popular biography from France (down from 1,338th in 2019) and the 353rd 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ranks 4,518 out of 15,577Before him are Zeng Guofan, Amine Gemayel, Sheikh Hasina, Terauchi Masatake, Conrad Hilton, and Hōjō Masako. After him are Birger, King of Sweden, Ottokar Czernin, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Salvius Julianus, Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, and Georgios Papandreou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1284, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ranks 3Before him are Edward II of England and Simone Martini. After him are Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Edward, Count of Savoy, and John I, Count of Holland. Among people deceased in 1312, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ranks 4Before him are Otto III, Duke of Bavaria, Ferdinand IV of Castile, and Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany. After him are Toqta, John II, Duke of Brabant, Arthur II, Duke of Brittany, Isabella of Villehardouin, Ibn Manzur, Marino Zorzi, and Cecco Angiolieri.

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In France

Among people born in France, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ranks 1,425 out of 6,011Before him are Frank Darabont (1959), Philippe Starck (1949), Jean Tirole (1953), Édouard Herriot (1872), Walter Krüger (1890), and Jacqueline Boyer (1941). After him are Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), Vincent d'Indy (1851), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (1711), Marie de Rohan (1600), and Valentin Haüy (1745).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall ranks 353Before him are François Fillon (1954), Bernard of Italy (797), Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (1936), Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072), Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (1605), and Édouard Herriot (1872). After him are Marie de Rohan (1600), Marie Anne de Mailly (1717), Victorinus (300), Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709), Louis I, Count of Flanders (1304), and Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840).