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Frederick II of Legnica

1480 - 1547

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Frederick II, Duke of Legnica (Polish: Fryderyk II Legnicki) (12 February 1480 – 17 September 1547), also known as the Great of Legnica (Polish: Legnicki Wielki), was a Duke of Legnica from 1488 (until 1495 and 1505 with his brothers), of Brzeg from 1521. The most notorious of all Legnica Piast rulers, thanks to his excellent financial politics his Duchy was expanded to the Oder River, and he became the founder of the Duchy of Legnica-Wołów-Brzeg (German: Herzogtum Liegnitz-Wohlau-Brieg). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick II of Legnica is the 12,879th most popular politician (down from 11,054th in 2019), the 818th most popular biography from Poland (down from 694th in 2019) and the 194th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick II of Legnica ranks 12,878 out of 19,576. Before him are Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Dorin Recean, Sao Shwe Thaik, John V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, and John Diefenbaker. After him are Lucius Marcius Philippus, Sarah Sanders, V. J. Sukselainen, Jean Van Houtte, Henry Ireton, Pascual Orozco, and Fyodor Dan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Frederick II of Legnica ranks 35. Before him are Girolamo Aleandro, Herri met de Bles, Antonio de Guevara, Girolamo Savoldo, Duarte Barbosa, and Vannoccio Biringuccio. After him are Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, and Lourenço de Almeida. Among people deceased in 1547, Frederick II of Legnica ranks 21. Before him are Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg, Konrad Peutinger, Philippa of Guelders, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Beatus Rhenanus, and Jacopo Sadoleto.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Frederick II of Legnica ranks 818 out of 1,694. Before him are Arnold Mendelssohn (1855), Holger Czukay (1938), Halina Konopacka (1900), Jan Kiepura (1902), Konrad Krajewski (1963), and Józef Oleksy (1946). After him are Ryszard Kukliński (1930), Anna Maria Jopek (1970), Max Fleischer (1883), Johannes Winkler (1897), Rudolph Maté (1898), and Ida Siekmann (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Frederick II of Legnica ranks 194. Before him are Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski (1885), Jan Olszewski (1930), Gerda Steinhoff (1922), Danuta Siedzikówna (1928), Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1909), and Józef Oleksy (1946). After him are Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1778), Wojciech Korfanty (1873), Marek Belka (1952), Heinrich von Stephan (1831), Aleksander Skrzyński (1882), and Paweł Adamowicz (1965).

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