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Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

1655 - 1715

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Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (12 June 1655 in Gotha – 17 October 1715 in Hildburghausen) was a duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen. He was the ninth but sixth surviving son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. When his father died in 1675, Ernest and his six brothers jointly assumed the government of the duchy; five years later, in 1680, and under the treaty of division of the family lands, he received the towns of Hildburghausen, Eisfeld, Heldburg, Königsberg. Ernest became thereby founder and first duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen is the 12,829th most popular politician (down from 12,403rd in 2019), the 3,881st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,789th in 2019) and the 1,085th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen ranks 12,829 out of 19,576. Before him are Artaxias III, Quintus Marcius Philippus, Rosamund Clifford, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Lascăr Catargiu, and Setut. After him are Ariarathes X of Cappadocia, Liutperga, William IX, Count of Poitiers, Ahmed Khan bin Küchük, José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, and Cai Qi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1655, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen ranks 16. Before him are Jean-François Regnard, Ferdinand Kettler, Bernard de Montfaucon, Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Christoph Dientzenhofer, and Antonio Palomino.  Among people deceased in 1715, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen ranks 18. Before him are Mirwais Hotak, François Girardon, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Pierre Magnol, Nicolas Lemery, and Joseph Raphson. After him is Nahum Tate.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen ranks 3,883 out of 7,253. Before him are Udo Voigt (1952), Konrad Wolf (1925), Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810), Michael Gielen (1927), Johann Julius Walbaum (1724), and Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald (1902). After him are Wolfgang Becker (1954), Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794), Erich Marcks (1891), Per Mertesacker (1984), Julian Draxler (1993), and Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen ranks 1,085. Before him are Dorothea Köring (1880), Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve (1638), Günter Verheugen (1944), Bernd Lucke (1962), Karl Arnold (1901), and Udo Voigt (1952). After him are George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1688), Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg (1547), Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846), Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926), Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg (1792), and Erich Ollenhauer (1901).

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