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Otto II, Duke of Bavaria

1206 - 1253

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Otto II (7 April 1206 – 29 November 1253), called the Illustrious (German: der Erlauchte), was the Duke of Bavaria from 1231 and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1228. He was the son of Louis I and Ludmilla of Bohemia and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. The poet Reinbot von Dürne was active at his court. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto II, Duke of Bavaria is the 3,323rd most popular politician (up from 4,965th in 2019), the 861st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,343rd in 2019) and the 249th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Otto II, Duke of Bavaria ranks 3,323 out of 19,576Before him are Rajendra Chola I, Ted Kennedy, Marco Rubio, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, and Igor Smirnov. After him are Min Aung Hlaing, Ivan Silayev, Samuel Aba, Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Chilperic I, and Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1206, Otto II, Duke of Bavaria ranks 4Before him are Güyük Khan, Albertus Magnus, and Béla IV of Hungary. After him are Peter of Verona, Maria Laskarina, Godan Khan, and Konrad von Thüringen. Among people deceased in 1253, Otto II, Duke of Bavaria ranks 6Before him are Clare of Assisi, Dōgen, Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, Theobald I of Navarre, and Violant of Hungary. After him are Theodore Komnenos Doukas, Robert Grosseteste, Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Henry I of Cyprus, Vykintas, and Agnes of Assisi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto II, Duke of Bavaria ranks 861 out of 7,253Before him are Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311), Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371), Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1759), Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925), and Max Beckmann (1884). After him are Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823), Jack Steinberger (1921), Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748), Theodor Billroth (1829), Emmy Göring (1893), and Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622).

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