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Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

1528 - 1584

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Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (10 August 1528 – 17 November 1584) was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruler of the Principality of Calenberg from 1545 to 1584. Since 1495 the Principality of Göttingen was incorporated in Calenberg. He was the son of Eric I and Elisabeth of Brandenburg. While he was still a minor, his mother acted as Regent and introduced the Reformation in Calenberg, including her children's conversion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the 10,834th most popular politician (up from 11,111th in 2019), the 3,125th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,323rd in 2019) and the 909th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 10,834 out of 19,576. Before him are Annius Rufus, Lee Beom-seok, Kilij Arslan IV, Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Constantine II of Georgia, and K. Kamaraj. After him are Roberto Farinacci, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Sutan Sjahrir, and Nasir-ud-Daulah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1528, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 17. Before him are Henri Estienne, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Andrey Kurbsky, Juan de Garay, and Francisco Guerrero. After him are António Ferreira, Claude Le Jeune, Pedro da Fonseca, Benito Arias Montano, Rémy Belleau, and Adam Lonicer. Among people deceased in 1584, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 12. Before him are Yi I, Jan Kochanowski, Balthasar Gérard, Marcantonio Colonna, Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, and Mehmed II Giray. After him are Pieter Pourbus, Solomon Alkabetz, and Thomas Norton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 3,127 out of 7,253. Before him are Michael Maier (1568), Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1648), Lina Radke (1903), Bertha Krupp (1886), Willi Schulz (1938), and Johann Baptist Cramer (1771). After him are Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1582), Albrecht Adam (1786), Heinrich von Bellegarde (1756), Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (1701), Hermann Esser (1900), and Agnes Bernauer (1410).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 909. Before him are Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (1859), John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1665), Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1802), Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt (1901), Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844), and Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1648). After him are Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1582), Hermann Esser (1900), Agnes Bernauer (1410), Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1556), Johann Niemann (1913), and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1787).

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