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John II, Count Palatine of Simmern

1492 - 1557

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John II (21 March 1492 – 18 May 1557) was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1509 until 1557. John II was born in Simmern in 1492 as the eldest surviving son of John I, Count Palatine of Simmern. In 1508 he married Beatrix of Baden, daughter of Margrave Christoph I. He succeeded his father in 1509. John II allowed printing to be established in Simmern and was a patron of sculpture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John II, Count Palatine of Simmern is the 711th most popular nobleman (down from 707th in 2019), the 2,580th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,640th in 2019) and the 144th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 711 out of 1,415. Before him are Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg, Henry II, Count of Louvain, Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, John III, Duke of Cleves, Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, and Branimir of Croatia. After him are Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, John, Duke of Durazzo, Ernest I, Duke of Swabia, Lucrezia d'Este, John of Görlitz, and Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1492, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 8. Before him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, Pietro Aretino, Juan Luis Vives, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Elizabeth Tudor, and Andrea Alciato. After him are Sabina of Bavaria, Jean du Bellay, Martín de Azpilcueta, Adam Ries, and Saadet I Giray. Among people deceased in 1557, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 15. Before him are Emperor Go-Nara, Sebastian Cabot, Lautaro, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Galvarino, and Ferrante Gonzaga. After him are Söyembikä of Kazan, Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Mohammed al-Shaykh, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, and Kamran Mirza.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 2,581 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Boveri (1862), Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg (1677), Werner Krauss (1884), Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1284), Hans Hartwig von Beseler (1850), and Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846). After him are Karl Ernst (1904), Bernhard Förster (1843), Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria (1937), Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627), Karl Gutzkow (1811), and Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 144. Before him are Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck (1620), Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1755), Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (1269), Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1652), John III, Duke of Cleves (1490), and Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1284). After him are Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria (1937), William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (1647), Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1593), Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1563), Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz (1691), and Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1918).

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