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Franz, Duke of Bavaria

1933 - Today

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Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern (born 14 July 1933), commonly known by the courtesy title Duke of Bavaria, is the head of the House of Wittelsbach, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria. His great-grandfather King Ludwig III was the last ruling monarch of Bavaria, being deposed in 1918. Franz was born in Munich. During the Second World War, the Wittelsbachs were anti-Nazi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz, Duke of Bavaria is the 4,174th most popular politician (up from 4,847th in 2019), the 1,081st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,311th in 2019) and the 310th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Franz, Duke of Bavaria ranks 4,174 out of 19,576. Before him are Franz Ziereis, Ekrem İmamoğlu, Ardys of Lydia, Michal, Nicola Amati, and Jean de Dunois. After him are Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Veljko Kadijević, Inejiro Asanuma, Felix Kersten, and Peter Minuit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Franz, Duke of Bavaria ranks 85. Before him are Sam Jones, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Teresa Berganza, Waichiro Omura, Henryk Górecki, and Tomislav Ivić. After him are Yasukazu Tanaka, Yuri Oganessian, Oliver Sacks, Edward de Bono, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Walter Kasper.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz, Duke of Bavaria ranks 1,081 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912), Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), Uli Hoeneß (1952), Marian Gold (1954), Franz Ziereis (1905), and W. G. Sebald (1944). After him are Georg Baselitz (1938), Ralf Dahrendorf (1929), Peter Minuit (1589), Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Killing of Peter Fechter (1944), and Karin Schubert (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Franz, Duke of Bavaria ranks 310. Before him are Joseph Berchtold (1897), Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), Caroline of Brunswick (1768), Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513), Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), and Franz Ziereis (1905). After him are Peter Minuit (1589), William V, Duke of Bavaria (1548), Carl Clauberg (1898), Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1756), Godigisel (359), and Theodelinda (570).

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