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Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

1676 - 1747

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Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (3 July 1676 – 7 April 1747) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau from 1693 to 1747. He was also a Generalfeldmarschall in the Prussian Army. Nicknamed "the Old Dessauer" (German: der alte Dessauer), he possessed good abilities as a field commander, but was mainly remembered as a talented drillmaster who modernized the Prussian infantry. Appointed by Frederick I to the rank of field marshal in 1712, Leopold distinguished himself for his success during the War of the Spanish Succession. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau is the 5,320th most popular politician (down from 5,315th in 2019), the 1,393rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,458th in 2019) and the 406th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau ranks 5,320 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Sushun, Ahmose, Bretislav I, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, Henry McMahon, and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. After him are Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Diana Abgar, Paul H. O'Neill, Ahuitzotl, Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, and Bjarni Benediktsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1676, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau ranks 7. Before him are Francis II Rákóczi, Alexander Selkirk, Frederick I of Sweden, Robert Walpole, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, and Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska. After him are Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Jacopo Riccati, Leonard of Port Maurice, Michael II Apafi, and Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1747, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau ranks 8. Before him are Amaro Pargo, Giovanni Bononcini, Alain-René Lesage, Alessandro Marcello, Catherine Opalińska, and Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him are Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Giuseppe Crespi, Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Francesco Solimena, and Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau ranks 1,393 out of 7,253. Before him are Helmut Haller (1939), Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), Berthold, Duke of Merania (1153), Günther Korten (1898), Johann Georg Gmelin (1709), and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907). After him are Christa Ludwig (1928), Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), Hildegard Knef (1925), Widukind of Corvey (925), Constantin Carathéodory (1873), and Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau ranks 406. Before him are Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473), Herschel Grynszpan (1921), Gerberga of Saxony (913), Franz Seldte (1882), Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907). After him are Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), Walter Simons (1861), Wilhelm Groener (1867), Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1797), Anna of Saxony (1544), and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575).

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