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Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

1745 - 1804

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Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (Gotha, 30 January 1745 – Gotha, 20 April 1804) was the reigning Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg from 1772 to 1804. He was the third but second surviving son of Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen. The death of his older brother Frederick in 1756 made him the heir to the duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg is the 8,046th most popular politician (down from 7,320th in 2019), the 2,208th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,013th in 2019) and the 655th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ranks 8,046 out of 19,576. Before him are Burt Munro, Louis IV, Elector Palatine, Gotarzes II of Parthia, Mihai Antonescu, Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, and Bart De Wever. After him are Shintaro Ishihara, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Emperor Shizong of Jin, and William of Modena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ranks 28. Before him are Denis Fonvizin, Casimir Pulaski, Richard Bassett, Isaac Titsingh, Caspar Wessel, and Johann Anton Güldenstädt. After him are Antonio José Cavanilles, Bodawpaya, Johann Peter Frank, Maxim Berezovsky, Franciszek Smuglewicz, and Inō Tadataka. Among people deceased in 1804, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ranks 19. Before him are Jazzar Pasha, Princess Carolina of Parma, Antoine Baumé, Martin Vahl, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, and Johann Adam Hiller. After him are Antonio José Cavanilles, 8th Dalai Lama, Carlo Allioni, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Georges Cadoudal, and Paul Kray.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ranks 2,209 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809), Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741), Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922), Heinz Brandt (1907), Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424), and Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723). After him are Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691), William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1602), Ulrich Mühe (1953), Julius Jacob von Haynau (1786), Yehuda Amichai (1924), and Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ranks 655. Before him are Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1686), Heinrich von Brentano (1904), Petra Kelly (1947), Konrad von Feuchtwangen (1230), Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746), and Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424). After him are Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691), William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1602), Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678), Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1368), George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547), and Stephen the Posthumous (1236).

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