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Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse

1777 - 1848

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Louis II (26 December 1777 – 16 June 1848) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 6 April 1830 until 16 June 1848. He was the son of Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse is the 4,788th most popular politician (down from 4,123rd in 2019), the 1,246th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,109th in 2019) and the 360th most popular German Politician.

Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, was most famous for being the father of the last German Emperor, Wilhelm II.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 4,788 out of 19,576. Before him are Qutalmish, Ameenah Gurib, William, Duke of Nassau, Gaius Antonius, Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Perdiccas I of Macedon. After him are Pelopidas, Nataša Pirc Musar, García I of León, Eupraxia of Kiev, Etana, and Otto Meissner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 16. Before him are Philipp Otto Runge, Juliette Récamier, Louis Jacques Thénard, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. After him are Bernard Courtois, Adélaïde d'Orléans, Louis Poinsot, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, and Guillaume Dupuytren. Among people deceased in 1848, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 16. Before him are Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Vissarion Belinsky, María Isabella of Spain, Nicolas Oudinot, Mohammad Shah Qajar, and Khachatur Abovian. After him are William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Joseph Mohr, James Dunlop, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, and Thomas Cole.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 1,246 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Natorp (1854), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Manfred Rommel (1928), Ludwig Reichenbach (1793), Robert Michels (1876), and William, Duke of Nassau (1792). After him are Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg (1597), Reinhard Genzel (1952), Bruno the Great (925), Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (1874), Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), and Lothar de Maizière (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 360. Before him are Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen (1763), Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755), Marie of Prussia (1825), Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1661), Manfred Rommel (1928), and William, Duke of Nassau (1792). After him are Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (1874), Lothar de Maizière (1940), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601), Otto Georg Thierack (1889), Margot Honecker (1927), and Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658).

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