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Philippine Welser

1527 - 1580

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Philippine Welser (1527 – 24 April 1580) was the morganatic wife of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria. She was granted the titles Baroness of Zinnenburg, Margravine of Burgau, Landgravine of Mellenburg and Countess of Oberhohenberg and Niederhohenberg. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippine Welser is the 745th most popular nobleman (down from 716th in 2019), the 2,661st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,655th in 2019) and the 151st most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Philippine Welser ranks 745 out of 1,415Before her are Marcia Furnilla, Reginald II, Count of Burgundy, Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence, Æthelred II of Northumbria, Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, and Vittoria Farnese. After her are Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, William, Count of Luxembourg, Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, Eric II, Duke of Pomerania, and John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1527, Philippine Welser ranks 14Before her are Hans Vredeman de Vries, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Pellegrino Tibaldi, Luis de León, Li Zhi, and Agnes of Hesse. After her are Luca Cambiaso, Anna Sophia of Prussia, Hamida Banu Begum, Saitō Yoshitatsu, Annibale Padovano, and Łukasz Górnicki. Among people deceased in 1580, Philippine Welser ranks 15Before her are Hieronymus Wolf, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Juliana of Stolberg, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Inés Suárez, and Giovanni Morone. After her are Alonso Mudarra, Marie of Baden-Sponheim, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, and Raphael Holinshed.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Philippine Welser ranks 2,662 out of 7,253Before her are Eugen Meindl (1892), George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1789), Hennes Weisweiler (1919), Gundula Janowitz (1937), Mats Hummels (1988), and Walter Gotell (1924). After her are Anton Walter (1752), Peter Lely (1618), Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg (1717), Albert II, Duke of Saxony (1250), Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia (1907), and Christian Otto Mohr (1835).

Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Philippine Welser ranks 151Before her are Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria (1937), William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (1647), Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1593), Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1563), Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz (1691), and Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1918). After her are Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania (1580), Eric II, Duke of Pomerania (1418), John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1550), Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (1770), William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1662), and Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (1679).