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Yongle Emperor

1360 - 1424

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The Yongle Emperor (2 May 1360 – 12 August 1424), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Chengzu of Ming, personal name Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1424. He was the fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder and first emperor of the dynasty. In 1370, he was granted the title of Prince of Yan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yongle Emperor has received more than 1,790,745 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Yongle Emperor is the 467th most popular politician (down from 410th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from China (down from 29th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Chinese Politician.

Yongle emperor is most famous for building the Forbidden City, which is the imperial palace in Beijing.

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  • 73.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yongle Emperor ranks 467 out of 19,576. Before him are Nur ad-Din, Caesarion, Stephen Báthory, Mary of Burgundy, Atahualpa, and Narmer. After him are Imre Nagy, Heydar Aliyev, Frederick I of Prussia, Louis II of Hungary, Guy of Lusignan, and Louis the German.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1360, Yongle Emperor ranks 2. Before him is Jan Žižka. After him are Andrei Rublev, Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, Philippa of Lancaster, Ulrich von Jungingen, Cennino Cennini, Klaus Störtebeker, Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Joseph II of Constantinople, and Dorotea Bucca. Among people deceased in 1424, Yongle Emperor ranks 2. Before him is Jan Žižka. After him are Ernest, Duke of Austria, Emperor Go-Kameyama, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, and Margaret of Bavaria.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yongle Emperor ranks 35 out of 1,610. Before him are Cai Lun (48), Lü Bu (161), Zhuang Zhou (-369), Jiang Zemin (1926), Puyi (1906), and Emperor Taizong of Tang (598). After him are Hongwu Emperor (1328), Nurhaci (1559), Zhu Xi (1130), Zhou Enlai (1898), Mahmud al-Kashgari (1029), and Lu Xun (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Yongle Emperor ranks 17. Before him are Qianlong Emperor (1711), Liu Bei (161), Kangxi Emperor (1654), Jiang Zemin (1926), Puyi (1906), and Emperor Taizong of Tang (598). After him are Hongwu Emperor (1328), Nurhaci (1559), Zhou Enlai (1898), Emperor Wu of Han (-156), Emperor Gaozu of Han (-256), and Hong Taiji (1592).

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