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Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1884 - 1954

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Charles Edward (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert; 19 July 1884 – 6 March 1954) was at various points in his life a British prince, a German duke, and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empire, from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918. He later held multiple positions in the Nazi regime, including leader of the German Red Cross, and acted as an unofficial diplomat for the German government. Charles Edward's parents were Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, and Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is the 1,394th most popular politician (down from 1,376th in 2019), the 370th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 305th in 2019) and the 88th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 1,394 out of 19,576. Before him are Michael VII Doukas, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Jean Monnet, Charles Taylor, Rayhana bint Zayd, and Millard Fillmore. After him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Ghazan, Otto of Bavaria, Chulalongkorn, and Michel Aoun.

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Among people born in 1884, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 18. Before him are Walther von Reichenau, Claude Auchinleck, Anton Drexler, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Theodor Heuss, and Friedrich Bergius. After him are Theodor Svedberg, Franz Halder, Gaston Bachelard, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Hermann Rorschach, and Auguste Piccard. Among people deceased in 1954, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 13. Before him are Otto Diels, Princess Märtha of Sweden, Colette, Gideon Sundback, André Derain, and Getúlio Vargas. After him are Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Alcide De Gasperi, Jacinto Benavente, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Machine Gun Kelly, and Dziga Vertov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 370 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982), Peter O'Toole (1932), Peter Ustinov (1921), Ken Loach (1936), Rod Stewart (1945), and Peter Mayhew (1944). After him are Joe Cocker (1944), Christopher Marlowe (1564), Christian de Duve (1917), Olivia Newton-John (1948), Brian Jones (1942), and Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 88. Before him are Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Benjamin Disraeli (1804), Tony Blair (1953), Edward the Elder (871), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803), and Richard of Cornwall (1209). After him are David Lloyd George (1863), Clement Attlee (1883), Ælfweard of Wessex (904), Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945), Nigel Farage (1964), and Harthacnut (1018).

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