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Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg

1629 - 1698

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Ernest Augustus (German: Ernst August; 20 November 1629 – 23 January 1698), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was Prince of Calenberg from 1679 until his death, and father of George I of Great Britain. He was appointed as the ninth prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1692. He was also ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück from 1662 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the 1,111th most popular politician (up from 2,986th in 2019), the 285th most popular biography from Germany (up from 803rd in 2019) and the 82nd most popular German Politician.

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg is most famous for being the father of King George I of Great Britain.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 1,111 out of 19,576. Before him are Wazner, Muhammad XII of Granada, Diane de Poitiers, Andrew II of Hungary, Omri, and Creon. After him are Mohammed Daoud Khan, Asparuh of Bulgaria, William I of the Netherlands, U Thant, Philip II, and Kim Young-sam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1629, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 4. Before him are Christiaan Huygens, John III Sobieski, and Alexis of Russia. After him are Pieter de Hooch, Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias, Gabriël Metsu, John of Austria the Younger, Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Narai, William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Cornelis Tromp. Among people deceased in 1698, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 1. After him are Rasmus Bartholin, Petro Doroshenko, Frederick Casimir Kettler, Gerrit Berckheyde, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Andrea Guarneri, John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Hâfiz Osman, Willem de Vlamingh, Balthasar Bekker, and Louis de Buade de Frontenac.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 285 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Pieck (1876), Hans-Dieter Flick (1965), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883), Karl Weierstrass (1815), and Ferdinand Tönnies (1855). After him are Joachim Gauck (1940), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Walther Bothe (1891), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Caroline Herschel (1750), and Albrecht Kossel (1853).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 82. Before him are Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Irma Grese (1923), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), and Wilhelm Pieck (1876). After him are Joachim Gauck (1940), Eduard Bernstein (1850), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), and Christian I of Denmark (1426).

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