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Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

1757 - 1828

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Karl August, sometimes anglicised as Charles Augustus (3 September 1757 – 14 June 1828), was the sovereign Duke of Saxe-Weimar and of Saxe-Eisenach (in personal union) from 1758, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from its creation (as a political union) in 1809, and grand duke from 1815 until his death. He is noted for the intellectual brilliance of his court. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach is the 4,608th most popular politician (down from 3,950th in 2019), the 1,204th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,062nd in 2019) and the 350th most popular German Politician.

Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, was most famous for being a German prince and a member of the House of Wettin.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ranks 4,608 out of 19,576. Before him are Catherine of Bosnia, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, Odo the Great, Julia Maesa, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, and Gevherhan Sultan. After him are Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, Konishi Yukinaga, Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, Tzipi Livni, Callias II, and Charles III, Duke of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ranks 11. Before him are Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Pierre Augereau, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Robert Smith, Jacques Hébert, and Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf. After him are Rigas Feraios, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, George Vancouver, Ignaz Pleyel, Johann Matthäus Bechstein, and Karl Leonhard Reinhold. Among people deceased in 1828, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ranks 15. Before him are Kobayashi Issa, Alexander Ypsilantis, Franz Joseph Gall, William Hyde Wollaston, Jean-Antoine Houdon, and Karl Mack von Leiberich. After him are Radama I, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Sineperver Sultan, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Richard Parkes Bonington, and Samuel Frederick Gray.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ranks 1,204 out of 7,253. Before him are Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Manuel Neuer (1986), Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), Johann Philipp Reis (1834), Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (1757), and Johann Georg Pisendel (1687). After him are Walter Kasper (1933), Franz Josef Strauss (1915), Hannah Höch (1889), Herbert Gille (1897), Gotthard of Hildesheim (960), and Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ranks 350. Before him are John, Elector of Saxony (1468), Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647), Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526), Conrad II of Italy (1074), and Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (1757). After him are Franz Josef Strauss (1915), Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826), Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1727), Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen (1763), Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755), and Marie of Prussia (1825).

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