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Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

1748 - 1820

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Frederick V Louis William Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (30 January 1748, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe – 20 January 1820, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was from 1751 to his death landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. He was born under Europe's Ancien Regime but lived to see the Age of Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the fall of the Holy Roman Empire, the rise and fall of Napoleon I, the Congress of Vienna and its establishment of a new geopolitical order in Europe and Germany. Unlike his predecessors and successors, he was not keen on war and instead became one of the patrons of German Geistesgeschichte, corresponding with Lavater and Klopstock and visiting Voltaire, D’Alembert and Albrecht von Haller. He was caustic, conservative but popular with his people. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg is the 11,976th most popular politician (down from 11,198th in 2019), the 3,554th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,349th in 2019) and the 1,008th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 11,976 out of 19,576. Before him are Yi Jun-yong, Manuela Carmena, Budge Patty, Pete Ricketts, Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, and Richard Ratsimandrava. After him are Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Bouasone Bouphavanh, Anatoliy Zlenko, Michele Steno, and George Forbes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 24. Before him are John Marshall, Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Dominique, comte de Cassini, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, Asaf-ud-Daula, and William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire. After him are John Playfair, Francesco Mario Pagano, Martha Jefferson, Charles Blagden, Joseph Bramah, and Christian Ehrenfried Weigel. Among people deceased in 1820, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 35. Before him are Nguyễn Du, Antonín Vranický, Karl Ludwig Sand, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Ivan Gudovich, and Claudine Picardet. After him are Louise Caroline of Hochberg, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, Alexis Thérèse Petit, Charles Blagden, Palisot de Beauvois, and Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 3,556 out of 7,253. Before him are Helmut Walcha (1907), Adolf Stieler (1775), Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1685), Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917), Adolf Martens (1850), and Lilli Lehmann (1848). After him are Franz Roth (1946), Johann Most (1846), Josef Kammhuber (1896), Christian Gmelin (1792), Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607), and Wilhelm Jordan (1842).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 1,008. Before him are Franz Nissl (1860), Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1846), Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675), Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz (1666), Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854), and Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1685). After him are Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (1857), Peer Steinbrück (1947), Paul von Rusdorf (1385), Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg (1879), Hermann von Stein (1854), and Edzard I, Count of East Frisia (1462).

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