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Frederick, Prince of Wales

1707 - 1751

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Frederick, Prince of Wales (Frederick Louis, German: Friedrich Ludwig; 31 January 1707 – 31 March 1751) was the eldest son and heir apparent of King George II of Great Britain. He grew estranged from his parents, King George and Queen Caroline. Frederick was the father of King George III. Under the Act of Settlement passed by the English Parliament in 1701, Frederick was fourth in the line of succession to the British throne at birth, after his great-grandmother Sophia, Dowager Electress of Hanover; his grandfather George, Prince-Elector of Hanover; and his father, George. The Elector ascended the British throne in 1714. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick, Prince of Wales is the 200th most popular nobleman (down from 183rd in 2019), the 786th most popular biography from Germany (down from 781st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Nobleman.

Prince Frederick, the Prince of Wales, is most famous for being the father of King George III.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Frederick, Prince of Wales ranks 200 out of 1,415. Before him are William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Elizabeth of Austria, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Queen Letizia of Spain. After him are Bertrada of Laon, Germaine of Foix, Ramesses X, Ramesses IX, Ramesses VIII, and Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1707, Frederick, Prince of Wales ranks 7. Before him are Carl Linnaeus, Leonhard Euler, Carlo Goldoni, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Henry Fielding, and Louis I of Spain. After him are Louis-Michel van Loo, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, and Michel Corrette. Among people deceased in 1751, Frederick, Prince of Wales ranks 5. Before him are Tomaso Albinoni, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Frederick I of Sweden, and William IV, Prince of Orange. After him are Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Louise of Great Britain, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Leonard of Port Maurice, Christopher Polhem, and Nicola Salvi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick, Prince of Wales ranks 786 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Hermann Weyl (1885), Achim von Arnim (1781), Artur Axmann (1913), Paul Reuter (1816), and Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780). After him are Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Erwin Bowien (1899), Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1767), Hermann of Reichenau (1013), Albert Speer (1934), and Anthony of Saxony (1755).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Frederick, Prince of Wales ranks 23. Before him are Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574), Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687), Robert the Strong (900), Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846), and Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570). After him are Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869), Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414), Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635), Princess Maria Anna of Saxony (1799), and Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497).

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