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Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

1603 - 1669

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Friedrich Wilhelm II (12 February 1603, in Weimar – 22 April 1669, in Altenburg), was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the youngest son of Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg, his second wife. He was born eight months after the death of his father, on 7 July 1602. Shortly after his birth, Friedrich Wilhelm II and his older brothers inherited Saxe-Altenburg as co-rulers under the guardianship of the Electors of Saxony Christian II and John George I until 1618, when his older brother John Philip assumed the government of the duchy and the guardianship of his younger siblings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg is the 514th most popular nobleman (up from 780th in 2019), the 1,982nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,861st in 2019) and the 100th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg ranks 514 out of 1,415. Before him are Reginald I, Count of Burgundy, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, Murad Bakhsh, Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Ioveta, and Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria. After him are Otto-William, Count of Burgundy, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Beatrice of Silesia, Barbara Zápolya, Sancha of Aragon, and Humbert II, Count of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1603, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg ranks 8. Before him are Roger Williams, Joseph of Cupertino, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Lennart Torstensson, Fasilides, and Adam Olearius. After him are Aert van der Neer, Yerofey Khabarov, Francesco Furini, Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark, Gysbert Japiks, and Marco Uccellini. Among people deceased in 1669, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg ranks 8. Before him are Pope Clement IX, Henrietta Maria of France, Pietro da Cortona, François l'Olonnais, Antonio Cesti, and Maria Miloslavskaya. After him are Oboi, Arnold Geulincx, Gaspar de Crayer, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Pieter Post, and Louis, Duke of Vendôme.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg ranks 1,983 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (1235), Andreas Cellarius (1596), Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (1890), Lorenz Oken (1779), George, Duke of Bavaria (1455), and Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1870). After him are Marianne Brandt (1893), Herbert von Bismarck (1849), August Oetker (1862), Hans Berger (1873), Garibald I of Bavaria (550), and Lilly Reich (1885).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg ranks 100. Before him are George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1573), Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1713), Violante Beatrice of Bavaria (1673), Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (930), Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (1721), and Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1870). After him are John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1666), Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (1711), John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1584), Rupert II, Elector Palatine (1325), Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg (1821), and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860).

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