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Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine

1658 - 1716

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John William, Elector Palatine (Jan Wellem in Low German, English: John William; 19 April 1658 – 8 June 1716) of the Wittelsbach dynasty was Elector Palatine (1690–1716), Duke of Neuburg (1690–1716), Duke of Jülich and Berg (1679–1716), and Duke of Upper Palatinate and Cham (1707–1714). From 1697 onwards Johann Wilhelm was also Count of Megen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine is the 4,510th most popular politician (down from 3,875th in 2019), the 1,176th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,048th in 2019) and the 340th most popular German Politician.

Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine is most famous for being the first of the House of Wittelsbach to rule over the Palatinate and Bavaria.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ranks 4,510 out of 19,576. Before him are Trebonius, Fan Noli, Thrasamund, Enmerkar, Charles III, Duke of Parma, and Antipater II of Macedon. After him are John B. Kelly Sr., Oichi, Kenneth Kaunda, Carolina Herrera, Ariovistus, and Catherine I, Latin Empress.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1658, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ranks 3. Before him are Giuseppe Torelli, and John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mary of Modena, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Nicolas Coustou, Ogata Kōrin, Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, and Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Among people deceased in 1716, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ranks 3. Before him are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and Louis de Montfort. After him are Engelbert Kaempfer, Tokugawa Ietsugu, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Ogata Kōrin, Roger Cotes, Anthim the Iberian, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, and Banda Singh Bahadur.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ranks 1,176 out of 7,253. Before him are John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1624), Johannes Frießner (1892), Levin August von Bennigsen (1745), Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (1227). After him are Henry Suso (1295), August von Wassermann (1866), Johann Kuhnau (1660), Prince George William of Hanover (1915), Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (1752), and Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ranks 340. Before him are Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (1925), Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713), Gottlob Berger (1896), Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615), John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), and George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1624). After him are Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (1752), Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835), Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670), John, Elector of Saxony (1468), Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), and Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647).

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