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Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

1771 - 1815

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Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 9 October 1771 – 16 June 1815), was a German prince and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Oels. Nicknamed "The Black Duke", he was a military officer who led the Black Brunswickers against French domination in Germany. He briefly ruled the state of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1806 to 1807 and again from 1813 to 1815. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel is the 7,562nd most popular politician (down from 6,633rd in 2019), the 2,069th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,800th in 2019) and the 608th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 7,562 out of 19,576. Before him are Enrique Peña Nieto, Walther Hewel, Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Waleran III, Duke of Limburg, and Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov. After him are T. V. Soong, Safdar Jang, Hussein Dey, H. H. Kung, Helena, and King Nan of Zhou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 20. Before him are Laskarina Bouboulina, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Mungo Park, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, Ferdinando Paer, and Joseph Diez Gergonne. After him are Mikhail Miloradovich, Rahel Varnhagen, Nicolas Chopin, Caroline of Hesse-Homburg, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, and Jean Rapp. Among people deceased in 1815, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 17. Before him are José María Morelos, Smithson Tennant, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 9th Dalai Lama, Charles Lee, and John Carroll. After him are Richard Bassett, Ahmad al-Tijani, James Gillray, Matthias Claudius, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, and Torii Kiyonaga.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 2,070 out of 7,253. Before him are Guillermo Kahlo (1871), Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860), Walther Hewel (1904), Karl Lachmann (1793), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), and Rudolf Schmidt (1886). After him are Max Koegel (1895), Wilhelm Ohnesorge (1872), Theodor Wisch (1907), Günter Behnisch (1922), Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1688), and Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 608. Before him are Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia (1796), Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1647), Charles II, Elector Palatine (1651), Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães (1858), Judith of Schweinfurt (1003), and Walther Hewel (1904). After him are Max Koegel (1895), Wilhelm Ohnesorge (1872), Bruno Streckenbach (1902), Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783), Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (1807), and Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332).

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