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Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

1633 - 1708

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Frederick II of Hesse-Homburg (German: Friedrich II. von Hessen-Homburg), also known as the Prince of Homburg (30 March 1633 – 24 January 1708) was Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. He was also a successful and experienced general for the crowns of both Sweden and of Brandenburg, but is best remembered as the eponymous hero of Heinrich von Kleist's play Der Prinz von Homburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg is the 11,125th most popular politician (down from 9,754th in 2019), the 3,243rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,830th in 2019) and the 937th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 11,125 out of 19,576. Before him are Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Petar of Serbia, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony, Marcantonio Memmo, Hantili II, and Jaime Roldós Aguilera. After him are Solomon II of Imereti, Al-Zafir, Antiochus Hierax, Ramón Franco, Auguste Vaillant, and Salam Fayyad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1633, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 14. Before him are Samuel Pepys, Willem van de Velde the Younger, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Arsenije III Čarnojević, Geminiano Montanari, and Willem Drost. After him are Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Mary Beale, Yun Shouping, and Jean de Thévenot. Among people deceased in 1708, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 16. Before him are Ludolf Bakhuizen, John Blow, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Anne Jules de Noailles, Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, and Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. After him are Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Nikolai Spathari, François de Laval, Damaris Cudworth Masham, and David Gregory.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 3,245 out of 7,253. Before him are Walter Krüger (1892), Helmut Kunz (1910), Clara Westhoff (1878), Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1687), Paul van Dyk (1971), and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (1443). After him are Werner Goldberg (1919), Johann Krieger (1651), William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1593), Edgar Hilsenrath (1926), Gretel Bergmann (1914), and Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 937. Before him are Richard Hildebrandt (1897), Adam Gottlob Moltke (1710), Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1658), Rainald of Dassel (1114), Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1687), and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (1443). After him are William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1593), Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901), Josef Ludwig von Armansperg (1787), Prince Johann Georg of Saxony (1869), Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794), and Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897).

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