1844 - 1910
Ferdinand Philippe Marie d'Orléans, duc d'Alençon (12 July 1844 – 29 June 1910) was the son of Louis Charles Philippe Raphael d'Orléans, Duke of Nemours and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (a first cousin of Britain's Queen Victoria). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon has received more than 155,092 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon is the 372nd most popular nobleman (up from 1,647th in 2019), the 1,763rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,823rd in 2019) and the 65th most popular French Nobleman.
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Among noblemen, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon ranks 372 out of 842. Before him are Thomas Culpeper, Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Burchard II, Duke of Swabia, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, John, Count of Angoulême, and Prince Louis, Count of Trani. After him are John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany, Emperor Shang of Tang, Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
1514 - 1541
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 366
1867 - 1952
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 367
883 - 926
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 368
1689 - 1700
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 369
1399 - 1467
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 370
1838 - 1886
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 371
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 372
1575 - 1616
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 373
1305 - 1330
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 374
695 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 375
1238 - 1295
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 376
1487 - 1559
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 377
1851 - 1938
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 378
Among people born in 1844, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon ranks 32. Before him are Charles-Émile Reynaud, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Karl Lueger, Julius Wellhausen, Sophia Tolstaya, and Saitō Hajime. After him are Henry J. Heinz, Adolf Engler, Mihály Munkácsy, Eduard Strasburger, Louis Riel, and Minna Canth. Among people deceased in 1910, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon ranks 35. Before him are Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Albert Anker, William Huggins, Mikhail Vrubel, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, and Henri-Edmond Cross. After him are Andreas Achenbach, Charles Rolls, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Maria Konopnicka, Osman Hamdi Bey, and Boutros Ghali.
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 26
1844 - 1921
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 27
1844 - 1910
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 28
1844 - 1918
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 29
1844 - 1919
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 30
1844 - 1915
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 31
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 32
1844 - 1919
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 33
1844 - 1930
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 34
1844 - 1900
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 35
1844 - 1912
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 36
1844 - 1885
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 37
1844 - 1897
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 38
1832 - 1910
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 29
1831 - 1910
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 30
1824 - 1910
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 31
1856 - 1910
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 32
1840 - 1910
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 33
1856 - 1910
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 34
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 35
1815 - 1910
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 36
1877 - 1910
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 37
1841 - 1910
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 38
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 39
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 40
1846 - 1910
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 41
Among people born in France, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon ranks 1,763 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), Bernard Courtois (1777), Louise de Coligny (1555), Leos Carax (1960), Paul Pelliot (1878), and Charles Huntziger (1880). After him are Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758), Cabu (1938), Henri Delaunay (1883), Jacques Ellul (1912), Michelle of Valois (1395), and Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848).
1772 - 1840
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 1,757
1777 - 1838
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 1,758
1555 - 1620
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 1,759
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 1,760
1878 - 1945
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,761
1880 - 1941
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,762
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,763
1758 - 1823
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,764
1938 - 2015
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 1,765
1883 - 1955
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 1,766
1912 - 1994
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 1,767
1395 - 1422
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 1,768
1848 - 1884
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,769
Among noblemen born in France, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon ranks 65. Before him are Blanche of Bourbon (1339), Princess Louise of Orléans (1882), Adela of Normandy (1065), Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (1498), Theobald V, Count of Blois (1130), and William III, Duke of Aquitaine (910). After him are Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (1428), Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649), Joseph Fesch (1763), Philip II, Count of Nevers (1389), John V, Duke of Brittany (1389), and Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846).
1339 - 1361
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 59
1882 - 1958
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 60
1065 - 1137
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 61
1498 - 1519
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 62
1130 - 1191
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 63
910 - 963
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 64
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 65
1428 - 1483
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 66
1649 - 1734
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 67
1763 - 1839
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 68
1389 - 1415
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 69
1389 - 1442
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 70
1846 - 1927
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 71