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Theroigne de Mericourt

1762 - 1817

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Anne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt (born Anne-Josèphe Terwagne; 13 August 1762 – 8 June 1817) was a Belgian singer, orator and organizer in the French Revolution. She was born at Marcourt, in Prince-Bishopric of Liège (from which comes the appellation "de Méricourt"), a small town in the modern Belgian province of Luxembourg. She was active in the French Revolution and worked within the Austrian Low Countries to also foster revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theroigne de Mericourt has received more than 169,133 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Theroigne de Mericourt is the 4,038th most popular politician (down from 3,709th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 139th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Belgian Politician.

Theroigne de Mericourt was a French Revolutionary, and she is most famous for being a part of the Society of the Friends of Truth, which was an organization that advocated for radical social and political change.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Theroigne de Mericourt ranks 4,038 out of 15,577. Before her are Khalil Sultan, James I, Count of La Marche, Piast the Wheelwright, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, and Bretislav I. After her are Sveinn Björnsson, Emperor Lizong, Guru Tegh Bahadur, Władysław II the Exile, Emperor Xiaozong of Song, and Giuseppe Conte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Theroigne de Mericourt ranks 8. Before her are George IV of the United Kingdom, Constanze Mozart, André Chénier, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, and Gia Long. After her are Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Jacques Balmat, Pierre André Latreille, James Hoban, and Giovanni Aldini. Among people deceased in 1817, Theroigne de Mericourt ranks 12. Before her are Karađorđe, Marie Walewska, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Princess Charlotte of Wales, and Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin. After her are William Bligh, Fyodor Ushakov, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Nakşidil Sultan, Abraham Gottlob Werner, and Usman dan Fodio.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Theroigne de Mericourt ranks 148 out of 1,019. Before her are Chantal Mouffe (1943), Henri Michaux (1899), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872), Toots Thielemans (1922), and Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165). After her are Eric Walter Elst (1936), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), The Singing Nun (1933), Jacob Le Maire (1585), and Elio Di Rupo (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Theroigne de Mericourt ranks 45. Before her are Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), and Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872). After her are Jacob Le Maire (1585), Elio Di Rupo (1951), Charles Michel (1975), John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), Blanche of Namur (1320), and Princess Louise of Belgium (1858).

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