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Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

1632 - 1668

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Adolf Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (Weimar, 15 May 1632 – Eisenach, 21 November 1668) was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach. He was the fourth but second surviving son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau. When Adolf was nineteen years old, he traveled around several countries, in particular France. Subsequently, in 1656 entered the service of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden (who was at that time engaged in the Northern Wars against Poland) as a colonel, where Adolf was characterised by his courage and bravery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach is the 1,092nd most popular military personnel (up from 1,201st in 2019), the 2,738th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,921st in 2019) and the 197th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach ranks 1,092 out of 2,058. Before him are Walter Heitz, Uzi Narkiss, Petar Bojović, Mikhail Katukov, Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, and Horatio Gates. After him are Alexios Apokaukos, Gylippus, Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Jacques Massu, Cristóbal de Olid, and Otto Baum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1632, Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach ranks 13. Before him are Christopher Wren, Jean Mabillon, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Michael I Apafi, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and Adam Frans van der Meulen. After him are Giovanni Battista Vitali, Rahman Baba, Feodosia Morozova, Phetracha, Louis Bourdaloue, and Francesco Provenzale. Among people deceased in 1668, Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach ranks 3. Before him are Philips Wouwerman, and Titus van Rijn. After him are Jan Miense Molenaer, Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, Nicolas Mignard, William Davenant, Jan Boeckhorst, Jakob Balde, and Vassili Poyarkov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach ranks 2,739 out of 7,253. Before him are Johannes Werner (1468), Rudolf Peierls (1907), Adolf Hühnlein (1881), Joseph Gaertner (1732), Paul de Lagarde (1827), and Philipp Spitta (1841). After him are Karl Krumbacher (1856), Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1753), Max Slevogt (1868), Erich Hückel (1896), Doro (1964), and Andrzej Seweryn (1946).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach ranks 197. Before him are Eugen Meindl (1892), Martin Gottfried Weiss (1905), Max Pauly (1907), August Schmidhuber (1901), Walter Heitz (1878), and Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (1300). After him are Otto Baum (1911), Oskar von Hutier (1857), Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684), Alfred Wünnenberg (1891), Hermann Breith (1892), and Otto Weddigen (1882).

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