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Frederick III, Elector Palatine

1515 - 1576

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Frederick III of Simmern, the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (14 February 1515 – 16 October 1576) was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach, specifically the cadet branch of Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim. He was a son of John II of Simmern and inherited the Palatinate from the childless Elector Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine (Ottheinrich) in 1559. He was a devout convert to Calvinism, and made the Reformed confession the official religion of his domain by overseeing the composition and promulgation of the Heidelberg Catechism. His support of Calvinism gave the German Reformed movement a foothold within the Holy Roman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick III, Elector Palatine is the 6,354th most popular politician (down from 5,867th in 2019), the 1,700th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,623rd in 2019) and the 503rd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 6,354 out of 19,576. Before him are Lars Korvald, Takeo Fukuda, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, John Ratcliffe, Jean-Pierre Boyer, and Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia. After him are Al-Hafiz, Paul Masson, Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol, Aistulf, and Santiago Carrillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 16. Before him are Pierre Lescot, Sebastian Castellio, Petrus Ramus, Piali Pasha, Felix of Cantalice, and Johann Weyer. After him are Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, Valerius Cordus, Francisco de Toledo, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, and Hōjō Ujiyasu. Among people deceased in 1576, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 7. Before him are Titian, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Gerolamo Cardano, Tahmasp I, Aloysius Lilius, and Hans Sachs. After him are Isabella de' Medici, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, Bálint Bakfark, and Nicola Vicentino.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 1,700 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann Abendroth (1883), Georg Gänswein (1956), Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730), Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781), Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806), and Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia (1000). After him are Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (1344), Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1526), Viktor Brack (1904), Heinrich Geißler (1814), Princess Marie of Baden (1782), and Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg (1623).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 503. Before him are Christian Schmidt (1957), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783), Prince Charles of Prussia (1801), Günther Quandt (1881), Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806), and Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia (1000). After him are Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (1344), Viktor Brack (1904), Princess Marie of Baden (1782), Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg (1623), Otto Rasch (1891), and Friedrich Kellner (1885).

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