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Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

1671 - 1702

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Frederick IV (18 October 1671 – 19 July 1702) was the reigning Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. He was born in Gottorf Castle as the elder son of Duke Christian Albert of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark. He was married on 12 May 1698 to Princess Hedwig Sophia of Sweden and they had an only child, Charles Frederick, who eventually fathered the future Tsar Peter III of Russia, therefore making Frederick a patrilineal ancestor to all Russian emperors after Catherine II. He took part in the Great Northern War and was killed by artillery fire in the Battle of Kliszów in Poland. According to Robert Massie's Peter the Great: His Life and World, Duke Frederick arrived in Stockholm to marry his cousin, Princess Hedwig Sophia, soon befriending his first cousin and new brother-in-law, King Charles XII (their respective mothers, Frederica Amalia and Ulrika Eleonora, being daughters of Frederick III of Denmark). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp is the 3,841st most popular politician (down from 3,611th in 2019), the 988th most popular biography from Germany (down from 983rd in 2019) and the 281st most popular German Politician.

Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp is most famous for being the father of Peter III, Emperor of Russia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 3,841 out of 19,576. Before him are Empress Kōgyoku, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Tutush I, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Heungseon Daewongun, and Mohammad Shah Qajar. After him are Herbert Backe, Alain Poher, Ana Pauker, Eleonora Gonzaga, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, and Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1671, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 7. Before him are Tomaso Albinoni, John Law, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Frederick IV of Denmark, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, and Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Johann Christoph Bach, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Rob Roy MacGregor, and Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen. Among people deceased in 1702, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 3. Before him are William III of England, and Zeb-un-Nissa. After him are Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Jean Bart, Olaus Rudbeck, Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha, Georg Eberhard Rumphius, John Benbow, and Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 988 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), Mechtilde (1241), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831), Horst Buchholz (1933), and Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788). After him are Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528), Matthias Erzberger (1875), Karl Rahner (1904), Wolfgang Overath (1943), Joost van den Vondel (1587), and Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 281. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), Josef Terboven (1898), Julius Schreck (1898), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), and Agnes of Merania (1175). After him are Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528), Matthias Erzberger (1875), Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521), Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728).

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