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Eric II, Duke of Pomerania

1418 - 1474

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Eric II or Erich II (between 1418 and 1425 – 5 July 1474) was a member of the House of Pomerania (also known as the Griffins) and was the ruling Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast from 1457 to 1474. He was the son of Wartislaw IX of Pomerania-Wolgast and Sophia, daughter of Eric IV of Saxe-Lauenburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania is the 750th most popular nobleman (down from 672nd in 2019), the 2,681st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,565th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Eric II, Duke of Pomerania ranks 750 out of 1,415Before him are Vittoria Farnese, Philippine Welser, Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, William, Count of Luxembourg, Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania. After him are John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Princess Xenia of Montenegro, Bolesław I the Tall, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg, and Princess Maria Christina of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1418, Eric II, Duke of Pomerania ranks 7Before him are Giovanni Giustiniani, Albert VI, Archduke of Austria, Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John II of Cyprus, Anne of Cyprus, and Agostino di Duccio. After him are Catherine Karlsdotter, Peter II, Duke of Brittany, Isotta Nogarola, and Gabriel Biel. Among people deceased in 1474, Eric II, Duke of Pomerania ranks 7Before him are Guillaume Du Fay, Henry IV of Castile, 1st Dalai Lama, Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Ali Qushji, and Pietro Riario. After him are Nicolò Marcello, and Juan Pacheco.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eric II, Duke of Pomerania ranks 2,682 out of 7,253Before him are Fritz Busch (1890), Alexander Braun (1805), Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia (1714), Heinrich Boie (1794), Walter Ruttmann (1887), and Claus Schilling (1871). After him are Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1737), John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1550), Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp (1719), Dietmar Hopp (1940), Christine of Saxony (1505), and Wilhelm Leibl (1844).

Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Eric II, Duke of Pomerania ranks 153Before him are Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1593), Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1563), Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz (1691), Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1918), Philippine Welser (1527), and Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania (1580). After him are John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1550), Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (1770), William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1662), Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (1679), Charlotte von Stein (1742), and Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906).