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Johann Patkul

1660 - 1707

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Johann Reinhold Patkul (27 July 1660 – 10 October 1707) was a Livonian nobleman, politician and agitator of Baltic German extraction. Born as a subject to the Swedish Crown, he protested against the manner of King Charles XI of Sweden's reduction in Livonia, enraging the king, who had him arrested and sentenced to mutilation and death (1694). Patkul fled from the Swedish Empire to continental Europe, and played a key role in the secret diplomacy (1698-1699) allying Peter I of Russia, Augustus II the Strong of Saxony and the Poland–Lithuania - as well as Christian V and his successor Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway - against Charles XII of Sweden, triggering the Great Northern War of 1700-1721. Patkul was close friends with the Danish Privy Councillor Knud Thott, who had been driven away from his home province Scania during the Scanian War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Patkul is the 7,922nd most popular politician (down from 6,742nd in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 266th in 2019) and the 86th most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johann Patkul ranks 7,922 out of 19,576. Before him are Jeffrey Archer, Džemal Bijedić, Marguerite of Lorraine, Margrave Andrew of Burgau, Fethi Okyar, and Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Lew Sapieha, Eulji Mundeok, Song Jiaoren, Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, Washington Luís, and Walter VI, Count of Brienne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1660, Johann Patkul ranks 13. Before him are Johann Kuhnau, André Campra, Veronica Giuliani, Hans Sloane, Andreas Schlüter, and Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena. After him are Rafael Casanova, Friedrich Hoffmann, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Arnold Houbraken, and Jakob Prandtauer. Among people deceased in 1707, Johann Patkul ranks 13. Before him are Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Ahmad Khani, Jean Mabillon, Christoph Cellarius, Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Willem van de Velde the Younger. After him are Johann Christoph Denner, Alexandre Exquemelin, Petter Dass, Jeremiah Clarke, Julie d'Aubigny, and Adriaen Coorte.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Johann Patkul ranks 297 out of 1,879. Before him are Johannes Magnus (1488), Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (1979), John Ericsson (1803), Joey Tempest (1963), Per Brahe the Younger (1602), and Erik Acharius (1757). After him are Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859), Elizabeth Stride (1843), Otto Nordenskjöld (1869), Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982), Lars Hörmander (1931), and Anette Olzon (1971).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Johann Patkul ranks 86. Before him are Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889), Prince Carl Bernadotte (1911), Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland (1827), Olof Björnsson (950), Magdalena Andersson (1967), and Per Brahe the Younger (1602). After him are Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken (1670), Arvid Lindman (1862), Fredrik Reinfeldt (1965), John, Duke of Östergötland (1589), Rogvolod (901), and Håkan the Red (1040).

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