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Edzard I, Count of East Frisia

1462 - 1528

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Edzard I, also Edzard the Great (15 January 1462 in Greetsiel – 14 February 1528 in Emden) was count of East Frisia from 1491 until his death in 1528. Edzard succeeded his brother Enno in 1492. He fought with George, Duke of Saxony over Friesland and Groningen. The city of Groningen accepted him as its lord in 1506, but in 1514 renounced him again in favor of Charles of Guelders. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edzard I, Count of East Frisia is the 12,043rd most popular politician (down from 11,568th in 2019), the 3,580th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,485th in 2019) and the 1,014th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edzard I, Count of East Frisia ranks 12,043 out of 19,576Before him are Tudiya, Ingelger, Alexander Trepov, Gaius Papirius Carbo, Peter Struve, and Ion G. Duca. After him are Andrey of Gorodets, Jaime Paz Zamora, Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, Abdelaziz Djerad, Jim Gray, and John T. Dunlap.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1462, Edzard I, Count of East Frisia ranks 10Before him are Joanna la Beltraneja, Johannes Trithemius, Mihnea cel Rău, John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln, Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Pietro Lando.  Among people deceased in 1528, Edzard I, Count of East Frisia ranks 12Before him are Pánfilo de Narváez, Balthasar Hubmaier, Clarice de' Medici, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Rana Sanga, and Urs Graf. After him is Al-Birjandi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Edzard I, Count of East Frisia ranks 3,582 out of 7,253Before him are Dieter Hoeneß (1953), Hermann von Stein (1854), Anton Diffring (1916), H.P. Baxxter (1964), Hans-Jürgen Kreische (1947), and Sylvia Nasar (1947). After him are August Immanuel Bekker (1785), Gertrud Elisabeth Mara (1749), Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher (1817), Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (1544), Heinrich Albert (1604), and Robert Habeck (1969).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Edzard I, Count of East Frisia ranks 1,014Before him are Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1748), Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (1857), Peer Steinbrück (1947), Paul von Rusdorf (1385), Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg (1879), and Hermann von Stein (1854). After him are Robert Habeck (1969), Princess Marie of Prussia (1855), Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1811), Georg Heinrich von Görtz (1668), Else Krüger (1915), and Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau (1682).