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Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

1785 - 1853

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Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (20 February 1785 – 11 March 1853) was the reigning Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1831 to 1848. In 1833, Karl summoned a constitutional assembly (Landtag) and promulgated a constitutional charter as the law in his lands. He founded a hospital for his subjects, and had the Ständehaus built on the modern Leopoldsplatz in Sigmaringen (today owned by the Hohenzollerische Landesbank). Karl also removed the burden of serfdom and various other medieval laws. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is the 7,176th most popular politician (up from 10,050th in 2019), the 1,951st most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,923rd in 2019) and the 571st most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ranks 7,176 out of 19,576. Before him are Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, Wiman of Gojoseon, Mustafa Dzhemilev, Antonis Samaras, and Horik I. After him are Julius Dorpmüller, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Suhayl ibn Amr, Jan Syrový, Al-Mu'azzam Isa, and Ammuna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ranks 23. Before him are John James Audubon, Adam Sedgwick, Carl Adolph Agardh, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, Isabella Colbran, and Diponegoro. After him are Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Friedrich Wieck, Nicholas Aylward Vigors, William Prout, Victor de Broglie, and Étienne Constantin de Gerlache. Among people deceased in 1853, Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ranks 19. Before him are Matteo Carcassi, Bezmiâlem Sultan, Christian Leopold von Buch, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess Amalia of Sweden, and Tokugawa Ieyoshi. After him are Juan Donoso Cortés, Julius Jacob von Haynau, Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Frédéric Ozanam, Andries Pretorius, and Anastasio Bustamante.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ranks 1,951 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Crüger (1598), George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831), Violante Beatrice of Bavaria (1673), Johann Conrad Dippel (1673), Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1453), and Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818). After him are Julius Dorpmüller (1869), Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1612), Clemens Winkler (1838), Theo Jörgensmann (1948), Govert Flinck (1615), and John Jacob Astor (1763).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ranks 571. Before him are Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (1902), Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (1714), Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460), George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831), Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1453), and Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818). After him are Julius Dorpmüller (1869), Margaret Sambiria (1230), Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (1865), Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (1310), Karl Eberhard Schöngarth (1903), and Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (1235).

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