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Charles II, Elector Palatine

1651 - 1685

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Charles II (German: Karl II.; 10 April 1651, in Heidelberg – 26 May 1685, in Heidelberg) was Elector Palatine from 1680 to 1685. He was the son of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine of the House of Wittelsbach, and Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles II, Elector Palatine is the 7,516th most popular politician (down from 6,789th in 2019), the 2,058th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,853rd in 2019) and the 604th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles II, Elector Palatine ranks 7,516 out of 19,576Before him are Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Justo José de Urquiza, Seonjong of Goryeo, Viktor Medvedchuk, and Indravarman I. After him are Inayatullah Khan, Pallas, Mohammed bin Thani, Galvarino, Fatos Nano, and Hildeprand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1651, Charles II, Elector Palatine ranks 10Before him are William Dampier, Natalya Naryshkina, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Engelbert Kaempfer, Madame d'Aulnoy, and Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld. After him are Charles Eugène de Croÿ, Louis Antoine de Noailles, Joseph Vaz, William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, George XI of Kartli, and Johann Krieger. Among people deceased in 1685, Charles II, Elector Palatine ranks 8Before him are James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Emperor Go-Sai, Adriaen van Ostade, John Pell, and Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato. After him are Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Thomas Otway, Francisco Herrera the Younger, Juan Carreño de Miranda, and Michel Le Tellier.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Charles II, Elector Palatine ranks 2,059 out of 7,253Before him are Hans Hartung (1904), Frederick of Utrecht (780), Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia (1796), Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1647), Paul Landers (1964), and Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg (1821). After him are Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718), Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães (1858), Hieronymus Bock (1498), Judith of Schweinfurt (1003), Guillermo Kahlo (1871), and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860).

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