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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

1921 - 2021

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in history. Philip was born in Greece into the Greek and Danish royal families; his family was exiled from the country when he was eighteen months old. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the Royal Navy in 1939, when he was 18 years old. In July 1939, Philip began corresponding with the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, the elder daughter and heir presumptive of King George VI. During the Second World War, he served with distinction in the British Mediterranean and Pacific fleets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the 17th most popular nobleman (down from 9th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Greece (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Greek Nobleman.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is most famous for being the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ranks 17 out of 1,415. Before him are Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Albert, Prince Consort, Ragnar Lodbrok, Rollo, Akihito, and Edward the Black Prince. After him are Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Harold Harefoot, Empress Matilda, Lucrezia Borgia, and Anne, Princess Royal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ranks 1. After him are John Glenn, Alexander Dubček, Charles Bronson, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Michael I of Romania, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Suharto, Andrei Sakharov, Astor Piazzolla, Stanisław Lem, and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 2021, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ranks 2. Before him is Gerd Müller. After him are Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michael Collins, Bernie Madoff, Ed Asner, Chun Doo-hwan, Albert Bandura, Christopher Plummer, George Shultz, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and Roh Tae-woo.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ranks 27 out of 1,024. Before him are Plutarch (46), Protagoras (-486), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Kösem Sultan (1590), Sappho (-630), and Phidias (-490). After him are Draco (-650), Spartacus (-109), Xenophon (-430), Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769), Demosthenes (-384), and Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Greece

Among noblemen born in Greece, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ranks 1. After him are Queen Sofía of Spain (1938), Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906), Leotychidas (-540), Memnon of Rhodes (-380), Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914), and Arsinoe I (-305).

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