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Prince George, Duke of Cambridge

1819 - 1904

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Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (George William Frederick Charles; 26 March 1819 – 17 March 1904) was a member of the British royal family, a grandson of King George III and cousin of Queen Victoria. The Duke was an army officer by profession and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (military head of the British Army) from 1856 to 1895. He became Duke of Cambridge in 1850 and field marshal in 1862. Deeply devoted to the old Army, he worked with Queen Victoria to defeat or minimise every reform proposal, such as setting up a general staff. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge is the 10,989th most popular politician (down from 10,027th in 2019), the 3,189th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,912th in 2019) and the 924th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge ranks 10,989 out of 19,576. Before him are Luísa Diogo, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Pharasmanes I of Iberia, Yusuf III of Granada, Si Inthrathit, and Ignacio Comonfort. After him are Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Reşid Mehmed Pasha, Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun, and Tiit Vähi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge ranks 56. Before him are Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Narcís Monturiol, Tirimüjgan Kadın, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, and Vatroslav Lisinski. After him are Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Panteleimon Kulish, Charles Kingsley, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, and Butrus al-Bustani. Among people deceased in 1904, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge ranks 57. Before him are Kate Chopin, Laura Vicuña, Fyodor Bredikhin, Eugen Schauman, George Frederic Watts, and Charles Foster. After him are Korla Awgust Kocor, Samuel Smiles, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Edwin Arnold, Émile Duclaux, and Wilhelm His Sr..

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge ranks 3,191 out of 7,253. Before him are William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1651), Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801), Anita Berber (1899), Hans Litten (1903), Leonor Michaelis (1875), and Marta Hillers (1911). After him are Princess Isabella of Bavaria (1863), Princess Anna of Saxony (1836), Heinrich Ehrler (1917), A. R. Penck (1939), Christiane Kubrick (1932), and Magdalena of Saxony (1507).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge ranks 924. Before him are Bernhard Vogel (1932), Jacob Hübner (1761), John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1567), Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern (1537), Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1354), and William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1651). After him are Princess Anna of Saxony (1836), Gunter Demnig (1947), Olga Benário Prestes (1908), Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp (1649), Karl Neukirch (1864), and Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen (1710).

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