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Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine

1320 - 1346

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Rudolph (1320 – 26 August 1346), called the Valiant (le Vaillant), was the Duke of Lorraine from 1328 to his death. He was the son and successor of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine and Elisabeth of Austria, the daughter of King Albert I of Germany of the House of Habsburg. Though he was but nine years of age when his father died and he succeeded to the duchy under the regency of his mother (until 1334), he was a warrior prince, taking part in four separate wars in Lorraine, France, Brittany, and Iberia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine has received more than 143,437 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine is the 761st most popular nobleman, the 2,914th most popular biography from France and the 119th most popular French Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine ranks 761 out of 1,415. Before him are Christina of Salm, Peter II, Duke of Brittany, Margaret of Sicily, Lucrezia Barberini, Duchess Marie of Württemberg, and Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania. After him are Sophie, Princess of Albania, François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Philip I of Namur, Diane, Duchess of Württemberg, Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence, and Maddalena de' Medici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1320, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine ranks 16. Before him are Ragibagh Khan, Cápac Yupanqui, Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia, Galeazzo II Visconti, Louis I of Naples, and Helvig of Schleswig. After him are Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, Lalleshwari, Ulrich IV, Count of Württemberg, Michael Panaretos, and Dafydd ap Gwilym. Among people deceased in 1346, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine ranks 8. Before him are Louis I, Count of Flanders, Charles II, Count of Alençon, George V of Georgia, Zhou Daguan, Catherine of Valois–Courtenay, and Philip I, Count of Auvergne.

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In France

Among people born in France, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine ranks 2,914 out of 6,770. Before him are Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698), Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850), Dany Boon (1966), Peter Fourier (1565), Roussel de Bailleul (1100), and Nicolas de Grigny (1672). After him are Marie Alfred Cornu (1841), François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1558), Othon Friesz (1879), Victor de Broglie (1785), Gérard Larrousse (1940), and Michel Marcel Navratil (1908).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine ranks 119. Before him are Marie Elisabeth of France (1572), Corbinian (670), Eustace II, Count of Boulogne (1015), John, Duke of Touraine (1398), Marie of Lorraine (1674), and Peter II, Duke of Brittany (1418). After him are François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1558), Philip I of Namur (1174), Salomon, King of Brittany (900), William IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), Duchess Sabine of Württemberg (1549), and Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (1282).

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