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Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

1817 - 1905

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Adolphe (Adolf Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich; 24 July 1817 – 17 November 1905) was Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 23 November 1890 to his death on 17 November 1905. The first grand duke from the House of Nassau-Weilburg, he succeeded King William III of the Netherlands, ending the personal union between the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Adolphe was Duke of Nassau from 20 August 1839 to 20 September 1866, when the Duchy was annexed to the Kingdom of Prussia. He is referred to as Adolphe rather than Adolf because he is known for being the first Grand Duke of Luxembourg after the end of the personal union with the Netherlands and the administrative language of Luxembourg was French and the French version of the name Adolf is Adolphe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg is the 2,075th most popular politician (down from 2,074th in 2019), the 545th most popular biography from Germany (up from 575th in 2019) and the 156th most popular German Politician.

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, was a monarch of the House of Nassau-Weilburg and the first monarch of Luxembourg from the House of Nassau. He was the son of William I of the Netherlands and Wilhelmina of Prussia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 2,075 out of 19,576. Before him are Kęstutis, Ladislaus IV of Hungary, Mark Rutte, Desiderius, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and Khorloogiin Choibalsan. After him are Amaro Pargo, Odilo Globočnik, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Pierre Trudeau, Teti, and Pedro V of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 8. Before him are Theodor Mommsen, Henry David Thoreau, Ivan Aivazovsky, William III of the Netherlands, Syed Ahmad Khan, and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Charles-François Daubigny, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Carl Nägeli, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Niels Gade, and Joseph Dalton Hooker. Among people deceased in 1905, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 6. Before him are Jules Verne, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Muhammad Abduh, Ernst Abbe, and Ferdinand von Richthofen. After him are Adolph Menzel, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Louise Michel, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Carl Wernicke, and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 545 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Morell (1886), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), and Kurt Meyer (1910). After him are Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1858), Jochen Rindt (1942), Maria Josepha of Bavaria (1739), Pyotr Stolypin (1862), Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870), and Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 156. Before him are Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801), Walter Schellenberg (1910), Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546), Walter Scheel (1919), and Hans Fritzsche (1900). After him are Maria Josepha of Bavaria (1739), Pyotr Stolypin (1862), Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870), Albert the Bear (1100), Louise Mountbatten (1889), and Philipp Scheidemann (1865).

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