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Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

1826 - 1914

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Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (2 April 1826 – 25 June 1914), was the penultimate Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, reigning from 1866 to 1914. For his support for his successful court theatre he was also known as the Theaterherzog (theatre duke). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen is the 5,603rd most popular politician (up from 6,835th in 2019), the 1,477th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,870th in 2019) and the 429th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 5,603 out of 19,576Before him are Antipope Eulalius, Zhong Hui, Duncan II of Scotland, Graça Machel, William I, Elector of Hesse, and Liuva I. After him are Bess Truman, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, Norodom Ranariddh, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Pierre Mendès France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 15Before him are Stanislao Cannizzaro, Armand David, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Alexander Afanasyev. After him are Zénobe Gramme, Spotted Elk, Adolf Bastian, Karl von Piloty, William Waddington, and George Johnstone Stoney. Among people deceased in 1914, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 32Before him are John Tenniel, Joseph Chamberlain, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Anatoly Lyadov, Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Georges Picquart. After him are Joseph Swan, Albert Günther, Theodor Kittelsen, George Speck, Christian Morgenstern, and Johann Wilhelm Hittorf.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 1,477 out of 7,253Before him are Johann Eck (1486), Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845), Ludwig Büchner (1824), Wilhelm Weitling (1808), Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751), and William I, Elector of Hesse (1743). After him are Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1724), Sepp Piontek (1940), Julius Schaub (1898), Dettmar Cramer (1925), Paul Schäfer (1921), and Matthias Sammer (1967).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 429Before him are Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1723), Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896), Werner Best (1903), Franz Ritter von Epp (1868), Josef Bühler (1904), and William I, Elector of Hesse (1743). After him are Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1724), Julius Schaub (1898), Dorothea Binz (1920), Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866), Martin Schulz (1955), and Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697).