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René II, Duke of Lorraine

1451 - 1508

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René II (2 May 1451 – 10 December 1508) was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 1480–1493 and as King of Naples and Jerusalem 1493–1508. He succeeded his uncle John of Vaudémont as Count of Harcourt in 1473, exchanging it for the county of Aumale in 1495. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René II, Duke of Lorraine has received more than 254,767 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). René II, Duke of Lorraine is the 3,055th most popular politician (up from 3,788th in 2019), the 1,007th most popular biography from France (up from 1,230th in 2019) and the 236th most popular French Politician.

René II, Duke of Lorraine is most famous for being the son of René I, Duke of Lorraine. He was also the father of René III, Duke of Lorraine.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, René II, Duke of Lorraine ranks 3,055 out of 15,577Before him are Sargon I, Ladislaus II of Hungary, Julius Nyerere, Aspar, Arkan, and Heshen. After him are Sigismund Báthory, Magnus I of Sweden, Casimir I the Restorer, Lydia Litvyak, Abdul Salam Arif, and Pelopidas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1451, René II, Duke of Lorraine ranks 4Before him are Christopher Columbus, Isabella I of Castile, and James III of Scotland. After him are Frederick of Naples, Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, Kemal Reis, Muhammad Shaybani, Nicolás de Ovando, and Franchinus Gaffurius. Among people deceased in 1508, René II, Duke of Lorraine ranks 4Before him are Ludovico Sforza, Beatrice of Naples, and Isaac Abarbanel. After him are Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, Conrad Celtes, Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Philip, Elector Palatine, Radu IV the Great, Nephon II of Constantinople, and Nilus of Sora.

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In France

Among people born in France, René II, Duke of Lorraine ranks 1,007 out of 6,011Before him are Robert I, Count of Artois (1216), René Girard (1923), Antoine Galland (1646), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Lucien Laurent (1907), and Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656). After him are Claude of France (1547), Jacques Hadamard (1865), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Clotilde of France (1759), Ambroise Thomas (1811), and Carole Bouquet (1957).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, René II, Duke of Lorraine ranks 236Before him are Armand Fallières (1841), Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), Tetricus I (250), Marie Louise Gonzaga (1611), Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156), and Robert I, Count of Artois (1216). After him are Clotilde of France (1759), Léon Bourgeois (1851), Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895), Henri, Prince of Condé (1588), Jules de Polignac (1780), and Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895).