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Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

1837 - 1892

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Louis IV (German: Ludwig IV. Großherzog von Hessen und bei Rhein; 12 September 1837 – 13 March 1892) was the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until his death in 1892. Through his marriage to Queen Victoria's second daughter Alice, he was connected to the British royal family. Two of his daughters married into the House of Romanov. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse is the 2,255th most popular politician (down from 1,727th in 2019), the 606th most popular biography from Germany (down from 474th in 2019) and the 174th most popular German Politician.

Louis IV, grand duke of Hesse, was most famous for being the father of Queen Victoria.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 2,255 out of 19,576. Before him are Wang Jingwei, Adnan Menderes, Felix Yusupov, Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, and Félix Faure. After him are Gustav Heinemann, Sergey Bubka, Ephialtes of Trachis, Géza II of Hungary, Michel Barnier, and Óscar Arias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 17. Before him are Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Yohannes IV, Cosima Wagner, Pedro V of Portugal, Adam Opel, and Édouard Stephan. After him are Paul Morphy, Ivan Kramskoi, Marie François Sadi Carnot, John Newlands, Vasil Levski, and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders. Among people deceased in 1892, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 10. Before him are Werner von Siemens, Ernest Renan, John Couch Adams, Alexander Mackenzie, Édouard Lalo, and Richard Owen. After him are Rudolf von Jhering, Annibale de Gasparis, Louis Vuitton, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, and Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 606 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor W. Hänsch (1941), Ludwig Tieck (1773), Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), Hermann Kolbe (1818), Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), and August Weismann (1834). After him are Gustav Heinemann (1899), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), Katherine Oppenheimer (1910), and Erich Hoepner (1886).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 174. Before him are Willi Stoph (1914), Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737), Werner von Fritsch (1880), August Bebel (1840), Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727), and Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839). After him are Gustav Heinemann (1899), Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), Elsa Einstein (1876), and Walther Rathenau (1867).

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