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Adolf III of Holstein

1160 - 1225

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Adolf III, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein (c. 1160 – 3 January 1225) was the ruler of the Counties of Schauenburg and Holstein. He is particularly remembered for his establishment of a new settlement for traders on the banks of the Alster near the Neue Burg in Hamburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Adolf III of Holstein is the 12,261st most popular politician (down from 11,960th in 2024), the 3,668th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,621st in 2019) and the 1,036th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Adolf III of Holstein ranks 12,262 out of 19,576Before him are Alberto Lleras Camargo, Yakov Malik, Iziaslav III of Kiev, Ivanko, Thành Thái, Walery Antoni Wróblewski, and Hovik Abrahamyan. After him are Soga no Iruka, Miklós Bánffy, Todor Burmov, Ariarathes II of Cappadocia, and Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1160, Adolf III of Holstein ranks 20Before him are William of Champlitte, Ma Yuan, Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen, David Kimhi, Adelaide of Meissen, and Ida, Countess of Boulogne. After him are David of Dinant, and Hartmann, Count of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1225, Adolf III of Holstein ranks 11Before him are Arnaud Amalric, Hōjō Masako, Angelus of Jerusalem, Ma Yuan, Jien, and Engelbert II of Berg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf III of Holstein ranks 3,670 out of 7,253Before him are Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1883), Conrad of Wittelsbach (1125), Petra Schürmann (1933), Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland (1762), Adam von Trott zu Solz (1909), and Oskar Maria Graf (1894). After him are Herman Grimm (1828), Peter Winter (1754), Ramin Djawadi (1974), Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576), Henricus Martellus Germanus (1401), and Felix Hoppe-Seyler (1825).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Adolf III of Holstein ranks 1,036Before him are Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp (1630), Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg (1804), Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1702), Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1826), Otto Gessler (1875), and Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1883). After him are Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576), Carl Schurz (1829), Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe (1834), Konrad von Erlichshausen (1390), Richard Röstel (1872), and Ernst Hoppenberg (1878).