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Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

1579 - 1666

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Augustus II (10 April 1579 – 17 September 1666), called the Younger (German: August der Jüngere), a member of the House of Welf was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the estate division of the House of Welf of 1635, he received the Principality of Wolfenbüttel which he ruled until his death. Considered one of the most literate princes of his time, he is known for founding the Herzog August Library at his Wolfenbüttel residence, then the largest collection of books and manuscripts north of the Alps. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the 1,611th most popular writer (up from 1,841st in 2019), the 1,752nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,957th in 2019) and the 107th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 1,611 out of 7,302. Before him are Eliza Orzeszkowa, Charles Paul de Kock, Sheridan Le Fanu, Catherine of Bologna, Johann Jakob Bodmer, and Vladimir Korolenko. After him are Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Ubertino of Casale, Ken Wilber, Constance Lloyd, Laonikos Chalkokondyles, and Henry de Montherlant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 5. Before him are Tokugawa Hidetada, Tirso de Molina, Martin de Porres, and Frans Snyders. After him are Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, John Fletcher, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Carlo Saraceni, Juan Pablo Bonet, Jens Munk, and Luis Vélez de Guevara. Among people deceased in 1666, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 9. Before him are Shah Jahan, Abbas II of Persia, Guercino, François Mansart, Luisa de Guzmán, and Johann Adam Schall von Bell. After him are Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Song Yingxing, Senhime, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, Gysbert Japiks, and Albert Eckhout.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 1,752 out of 7,253. Before him are Conrad Veidt (1893), Christian Morgenstern (1871), Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767), Monika Ertl (1937), Ulay (1943), and Johann Schein (1586). After him are Leonhart Fuchs (1501), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), Constantin von Tischendorf (1815), Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761), Ferdinand Ries (1784), and Eugen Jochum (1902).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 107. Before him are Marianne Weber (1870), Heiner Müller (1929), Lina Heydrich (1911), Gottfried August Bürger (1747), Elisabeth of Schönau (1129), and Christian Morgenstern (1871). After him are Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), Ludwig Börne (1786), Friedrich Rückert (1788), Theodor Nöldeke (1836), Handrij Zejler (1804), and Stéphane Hessel (1917).

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