MILITARY PERSONNEL

Roussel de Bailleul

1100 - 1078

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Roussel de Bailleul (died 1077), also known as Phrangopoulos (Greek: Φραγγόπουλος, lit. 'son-of-a-Frank') and Norman Chief Roussel (lit.Turkish: Norman Reisi Ursel), or in the anglicized form Russell Balliol was a Norman adventurer (or exile) who travelled to Byzantium and was a soldier under the Emperor Romanus IV (ruled 1068–71). He is also known as Ursellus de Ballione in Latin or Roscelin or Roskelin de Baieul, and Anna Comnena called him Ourselios (Οὐρσέλιος), also rendered Urselius. Roussel ventured with the Apulian Normans to Italy, settled in Terra d'Otranto and served under Roger de Hauteville in Sicily. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roussel de Bailleul has received more than 132,782 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Roussel de Bailleul is the 1,152nd most popular military personnel (down from 973rd in 2019), the 2,912th most popular biography from France (down from 2,573rd in 2019) and the 113th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Roussel de Bailleul ranks 1,152 out of 2,058. Before him are Cristóbal de Olid, Ludwig Kübler, Nuri Killigil, Jirō Minami, Shi Jingtang, and Piet Cronjé. After him are Otto Deßloch, Stanisław Maczek, Davit Bek, Leosthenes, Stjepan Sarkotić, and Otto von Knobelsdorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Roussel de Bailleul ranks 67. Before him are Dagobert of Pisa, Shawar, Herman of Carinthia, Vitale Faliero, Sigurd Slembe, and Petrus Comestor. After him are Iziaslav III of Kiev, Dirk IV, Count of Holland, Tatikios, Ingeborg of Kiev, Vitale I Michiel, and Mihailo Vojislavljević. Among people deceased in 1078, Roussel de Bailleul ranks 5. Before him are Michael Psellos, Iziaslav I of Kiev, Peter I, Count of Savoy, and Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia. After him are Richard I of Capua, Henry II, Count of Louvain, and Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of León and Castile.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roussel de Bailleul ranks 2,912 out of 6,770. Before him are Djibril Cissé (1981), Henri Pélissier (1889), Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698), Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850), Dany Boon (1966), and Peter Fourier (1565). After him are Nicolas de Grigny (1672), Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (1320), Marie Alfred Cornu (1841), François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1558), Othon Friesz (1879), and Victor de Broglie (1785).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Roussel de Bailleul ranks 113. Before him are François Séverin Marceau (1769), Charles Mangin (1866), Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (1715), Pierre André de Suffren (1729), Drogo of Hauteville (1010), and Abraham Duquesne (1610). After him are Wilhelm Falley (1897), Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861), Claude François de Malet (1754), Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (1684), Charles-Denis Bourbaki (1816), and Anne Hilarion de Tourville (1642).

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