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Amalia of Oldenburg

1818 - 1875

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Amalia of Oldenburg (Greek: Αμαλία; 21 December 1818 – 20 May 1875) was a Oldenburg princess who became Queen of Greece from 1836 to 1862 as the wife of King Otto Friedrich Ludwig. She was loved widely by the Greeks due to her patriotic love for the country and her beauty. During her tenure as queen, she was dedicated to social improvement and the founding of many gardens in Athens, and she was the first to introduce the worldwide Christmas tree to Greece. When she arrived in Greece in 1837, she at first won the hearts of the Greeks with her refreshing beauty. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amalia of Oldenburg is the 4,979th most popular politician (down from 4,383rd in 2019), the 1,302nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,189th in 2019) and the 380th most popular German Politician.

Amalia of Oldenburg is most famous for being the wife of Peter the Great. She was a German princess who married him in 1698.

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Among politicians, Amalia of Oldenburg ranks 4,979 out of 19,576. Before her are Janez Janša, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Beatrice of Swabia, Hastings Banda, and Princess Clémentine of Belgium. After her are Susenyos I, Alexander II of Macedon, Suryavarman II, Theudis, Sophia, and John II of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Amalia of Oldenburg ranks 28. Before her are Alexander Bain, Maria Mitchell, Zachris Topelius, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, Benjamin Butler, and Thomas Mayne Reid. After her are Frederick Douglass, Mary Todd Lincoln, Emperor Norton, Francesco Crispi, Emil du Bois-Reymond, and Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen. Among people deceased in 1875, Amalia of Oldenburg ranks 19. Before her are Charles Wheatstone, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 12th Dalai Lama, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Moses Hess, and Heinrich Schwabe. After her are Pierre Larousse, Guillaume Henri Dufour, Duchenne de Boulogne, Francis V, Duke of Modena, Jacques Paul Migne, and Friedrich Albert Lange.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Amalia of Oldenburg ranks 1,302 out of 7,253. Before her are Siegfried Kracauer (1889), Theodor Busse (1897), Günter Netzer (1944), Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830), Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721), and Beatrice of Swabia (1198). After her are Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (1724), Lucius Antonius Saturninus (20), Erwin Piscator (1893), Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1837), Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688), and Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Amalia of Oldenburg ranks 380. Before her are Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690), August Landmesser (1910), Niklot (1100), Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830), Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721), and Beatrice of Swabia (1198). After her are Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (1724), Lucius Antonius Saturninus (20), Erwin Piscator (1893), Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736), Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785), and Max Amann (1891).

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