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Peter III of Russia

1728 - 1762

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Peter III Fyodorovich (Russian: Пётр III Фёдорович, romanized: Pyotr III Fyodorovich; 21 February [O.S. 10 February] 1728 – 17 July [O.S. 6 July] 1762) was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine II (the Great). He was born in the German city of Kiel as Charles Peter Ulrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (German: Karl Peter Ulrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp), the grandson of Peter the Great and great-grandson of Charles XI of Sweden. After a 186-day reign, Peter III was overthrown in a palace coup d'état orchestrated by his wife, and soon died under unclear circumstances. The official cause proposed by Catherine's new government was that he died due to hemorrhoids. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter III of Russia is the 391st most popular politician (down from 300th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Germany (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Politician.

Peter III was most famous for being the tsar of Russia from 1762 to 1796. He was overthrown by his wife, Catherine the Great, who took over the throne.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter III of Russia ranks 391 out of 19,576. Before him are Klemens von Metternich, Raúl Castro, Yitzhak Rabin, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Rudolf Höss, and Vyacheslav Molotov. After him are Charles I of Anjou, Peisistratos, Olof Palme, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Ashurbanipal, and Stephen I of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Peter III of Russia ranks 2. Before him is James Cook. After him are Johann Heinrich Lambert, Joseph Black, Anton Raphael Mengs, Niccolò Piccinni, Chevalier d'Éon, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Antoine Baumé, Samuel Wallis, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, and Étienne-Louis Boullée. Among people deceased in 1762, Peter III of Russia ranks 1. After him are Elizabeth of Russia, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Emperor Momozono, James Bradley, Crown Prince Sado, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Francesco Geminiani, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter III of Russia ranks 101 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), Klemens von Metternich (1773), Karl Jaspers (1883), and Rudolf Höss (1901). After him are Charles Bukowski (1920), Heinz Guderian (1888), Ludwig Feuerbach (1804), Pope Joan (null), Gerhard Schröder (1944), and Michael Schumacher (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Peter III of Russia ranks 27. Before him are Clara Zetkin (1857), Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Charles the Bald (823), Klemens von Metternich (1773), and Rudolf Höss (1901). After him are Gerhard Schröder (1944), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893), William the Silent (1533), Frederick William III of Prussia (1770), and Erich Honecker (1912).

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