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Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

1694 - 1728

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Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen (29 November 1694 – 19 November 1728) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen. Today, he is best remembered for employing Johann Sebastian Bach as his Kapellmeister between 1717 and 1723. He was born at Köthen, the second (but eldest surviving) son of Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, by his wife Gisela Agnes of Rath. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen is the 8,305th most popular politician (up from 8,746th in 2019), the 2,294th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,476th in 2019) and the 683rd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen ranks 8,305 out of 19,576. Before him are Lucile Desmoulins, William IV, Duke of Aquitaine, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, Lykourgos, Gaius Appuleius Diocles, and Nitobe Inazō. After him are Hayam Wuruk, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Vladislav Ardzinba, Manuel Marulanda, and Gjúki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1694, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen ranks 14. Before him are Leonardo Leo, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Henry Pelham, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, Theodore of Corsica, and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Johan Helmich Roman, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Augustine Washington, Charles-Antoine Coypel, Daniel Gran, and René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson. Among people deceased in 1728, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen ranks 8. Before him are Marin Marais, Anne Marie d'Orléans, Christian Thomasius, Agostino Steffani, Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard, and Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg. After him are Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Fyodor Apraksin, and Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen ranks 2,295 out of 7,253. Before him are Michael Maestlin (1550), Jordan of Saxony (1190), Klaus Allofs (1956), Max Morlock (1925), Friedrich Traun (1876), and Fredrik Barth (1928). After him are Erich Topp (1914), Josef Bürckel (1895), Philip, Elector Palatine (1448), Karl Mauss (1898), Mario Gómez (1985), and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen ranks 683. Before him are Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1762), Louis III, Elector Palatine (1378), Horst Sindermann (1915), William, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864), Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577), and Neidhart von Reuental (1180). After him are Josef Bürckel (1895), Philip, Elector Palatine (1448), Ivica Račan (1944), Konstantin Hierl (1875), Gertrude of Saxony (1030), and Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau (1869).

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