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Elisabeth of Wied

1843 - 1916

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Elisabeth of Wied (Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise; 29 December 1843 – 2 March 1916) was the first Queen of Romania as the wife of King Carol I from 15 March 1881 to 27 September 1914. She had been the princess consort of Romania since her marriage to then-Prince Carol on 15 November 1869. Elisabeth was born into a German noble family. She was briefly considered as a potential bride for the future British king Edward VII, but Edward rejected her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elisabeth of Wied is the 748th most popular writer (down from 607th in 2019), the 735th most popular biography from Germany (down from 574th in 2019) and the 40th most popular German Writer.

Elisabeth of Wied was a German princess and the last Queen of Romania. She was the daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. In 1875, she married King Carol I of Romania. She was a great supporter of the arts and sciences, and she founded the Romanian Red Cross.

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Among writers, Elisabeth of Wied ranks 748 out of 7,302. Before her are Sinclair Lewis, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Eduardo Galeano, Edmond Rostand, Jean Froissart, and Antoine Galland. After her are Claudian, Edgar Wallace, Christa Wolf, Berossus, Edmond de Goncourt, and Natalia Ginzburg.

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Among people born in 1843, Elisabeth of Wied ranks 15. Before her are Frederick VIII of Denmark, Georg von Hertling, Henry James, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Gabriel Tarde. After her are Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal, Richard Avenarius, Benito Pérez Galdós, Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, and Teófilo Braga. Among people deceased in 1916, Elisabeth of Wied ranks 32. Before her are Karl Schwarzschild, Enrique Granados, Eduard Strauss, Émile Verhaeren, Max Reger, and Vilhelm Hammershøi. After her are Percival Lowell, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Rubén Darío, Gaston Maspero, and Victoriano Huerta.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Elisabeth of Wied ranks 735 out of 7,253. Before her are Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937), Rudolf Schenker (1948), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), and Manfred Gerlach (1928). After her are Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Jürgen Stroop (1895), Thomas Bach (1953), John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658), and Magda Schneider (1909).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Elisabeth of Wied ranks 40. Before her are Bert Hellinger (1925), Ludwig Tieck (1773), Klaus Mann (1906), Dietrich Eckart (1868), Georg Büchner (1813), and Clemens Brentano (1778). After her are Hugo Ball (1886), Bernhard Schlink (1944), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), Anna Seghers (1900), Achim von Arnim (1781), and Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724).

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