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Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia

1887 - 1949

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Prince August Wilhelm Heinrich Günther Viktor of Prussia (29 January 1887 – 25 March 1949), nicknamed "Auwi", was the fourth son of German Emperor Wilhelm II by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. A vocal supporter of Nazism and of Adolf Hitler, he joined the Nazi party in 1930 and rose to the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia is the 5,212th most popular politician (up from 5,592nd in 2019), the 1,369th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,534th in 2019) and the 397th most popular German Politician.

Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia was most famous for being the eldest son of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Queen Louise of Prussia. He was born on 18 September 1794, and was named after his father. He was also the heir to the throne of Prussia, but he died in 1831 at the age of 36.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia ranks 5,212 out of 19,576Before him are John II, Count of Holland, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Chilperic of Aquitaine, Stratonice of Syria, Pothinus, and Georges Bidault. After him are Evaristo Carvalho, Francis V, Duke of Modena, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Elena Glinskaya, Red Cloud, and Andrianampoinimerina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia ranks 65Before him are Giovanni Gronchi, Mitsuru Ushijima, Blaise Cendrars, Annette Kellermann, Josef Čapek, and Frederick Fleet. After him are Mamoru Shigemitsu, Joseph Bech, Savielly Tartakower, Sivananda Saraswati, James Paul Moody, and Hermine Reuss of Greiz. Among people deceased in 1949, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia ranks 38Before him are László Rajk, Sarojini Naidu, Nikola Zhekov, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Harry Stack Sullivan, and André-Louis Debierne. After him are Henry McMahon, Valentino Mazzola, José Clemente Orozco, John Haigh, Béla Balázs, and Joaquín Turina.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia ranks 1,369 out of 7,253Before him are Ernst Zermelo (1871), Carl Schuhmann (1869), Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg (1684), Walter Christaller (1893), Michel Bréal (1832), and Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413). After him are Max Hoffmann (1869), Gerda Christian (1913), Hans Baur (1897), Bernt Notke (1435), Sophia of Bavaria (1376), and Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817).

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