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Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

1601 - 1675

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Ernest I, called "Ernest the Pious" (25 December 1601 – 26 March 1675), was a duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg. The duchies were later merged into Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. He was the ninth but sixth surviving son of Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt. His mother was a granddaughter of Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, and great-granddaughter of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha is the 4,820th most popular politician (down from 4,082nd in 2019), the 1,254th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,094th in 2019) and the 363rd most popular German Politician.

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha was a German prince and a general in the Thirty Years' War. He was also a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

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Among politicians, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha ranks 4,820 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Hui of Jin, Zhao Tuo, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Yasovarman I, Al-Afdal Shahanshah, and Choudhry Rahmat Ali. After him are Otto Georg Thierack, Achila II, Margot Honecker, Otto, Duke of Austria, Ziusudra, and Hetepheres II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1601, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha ranks 7. Before him are Louis XIII of France, Pierre de Fermat, Anne of Austria, Baltasar Gracián, Jan Brueghel the Younger, and Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Alonzo Cano, Tugay Bey, John Eudes, Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland, Simon de Vlieger, and Alvise Contarini. Among people deceased in 1675, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha ranks 6. Before him are Johannes Vermeer, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Gerrit Dou, Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, and James Gregory. After him are Thomas Willis, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Guru Tegh Bahadur, and Leopoldo de' Medici.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha ranks 1,254 out of 7,253. Before him are Reinhard Genzel (1952), Bruno the Great (925), Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (1874), Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), Lothar de Maizière (1940), and Kurt Gerstein (1905). After him are Otto Georg Thierack (1889), Margot Honecker (1927), Wolfgang von Trips (1928), Joachim Sauer (1949), Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658), and Karl von Habsburg (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha ranks 363. Before him are Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1661), Manfred Rommel (1928), William, Duke of Nassau (1792), Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (1777), Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (1874), and Lothar de Maizière (1940). After him are Otto Georg Thierack (1889), Margot Honecker (1927), Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658), Karl von Habsburg (1961), John Rabe (1882), and Alexander Gauland (1941).

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