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Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

1896 - 1967

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Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (German: Josias Georg Wilhelm Adolf Erbprinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont) (13 May 1896 – 30 November 1967) was the heir apparent to the throne of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a general in the Schutzstaffel (SS). From 1946 until his death, he was the head of the Princely House of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After World War II, he was sentenced to life in prison at the Buchenwald Trial (later commuted to 20 years) for his part in the "common plan" to violate the Laws and Usages of War in connection with prisoners of war held at Buchenwald concentration camp, but was released after serving about three years in prison. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont is the 6,644th most popular politician (down from 6,397th in 2019), the 1,797th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,752nd in 2019) and the 530th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont ranks 6,644 out of 19,576. Before her are Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia, Bolesław IV the Curly, Philip I Philadelphus, Henry I of Cyprus, Andronikos Komnenos, and Semenkare Nebnuni. After her are Tokugawa Ieharu, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Lollia Paulina, Agostino Barbarigo, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, and Ibn Muqla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont ranks 78. Before her are Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, Ruth Gordon, Mark W. Clark, Aspasia Manos, Mao Dun, and Michael Balint. After her are Ville Ritola, Carlos P. Garcia, Agustín Muñoz Grandes, J. Carrol Naish, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, and Rudolf Schmundt. Among people deceased in 1967, Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont ranks 79. Before her are Marcel Aymé, Roger B. Chaffee, Primo Carnera, Osvaldo Moles, Stanisław Sosabowski, and Forough Farrokhzad. After her are Paul Muni, Jane Darwell, Basil Rathbone, Hans Ledwinka, Walter A. Shewhart, and David Burliuk.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont ranks 1,797 out of 7,253. Before her are Juan José Linz (1926), Prince Konrad of Bavaria (1883), Richenza of Northeim (1087), Ludwig Fischer (1905), Sebastian Vettel (1987), and Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630). After her are Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Andreas Köpke (1962), Magdalene of Brandenburg (1582), Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694), Carl Gustav Carus (1789), and Hugo Riemann (1849).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont ranks 530. Before her are Princess Josephine of Baden (1813), Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1562), Charles the Child (847), Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (1885), Prince Konrad of Bavaria (1883), and Ludwig Fischer (1905). After her are Erich Naumann (1905), Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (1097), Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789), Louis VI, Elector Palatine (1539), Horst Seehofer (1949), and Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894).

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