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Prince Wolfgang of Hesse

1896 - 1989

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Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (Wolfgang Moritz Prinz von Hessen; 6 November 1896 – 12 July 1989) was the district administrator of Obertaunuskreis from 1933 to 1945. Wolfgang was born at Castle Rumpenheim, Offenbach am Main, the second son of Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868–1940) and Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872–1954). His maternal uncle was the German Emperor William II. In World War I, Wolfgang served as an officer in the command of Field Marshal August von Mackensen. Towards the end of the war, Wolfgang's father Frederick Charles of Hesse was selected by the Central Powers as a prospective King of Finland on 9 October 1918, to replace his first cousin once removed, the deposed Russian emperor, Nicholas II, who was titled Grand Duke of Finland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Wolfgang of Hesse is the 11,493rd most popular politician (down from 9,713th in 2019), the 3,366th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,809th in 2019) and the 971st most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse ranks 11,493 out of 19,576. Before him are Kukrit Pramoj, Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, Nawruz Beg, and Gaius Popillius Laenas. After him are Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, Trần Đại Quang, Gabi Ashkenazi, Maithripala Sirisena, Cleombrotus II, and Boris Pankin.

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Among people born in 1896, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse ranks 145. Before him are Alberto Demicheli, Maurice De Waele, Árpád Weisz, D. R. Bendre, Ken Myers, and Lester Germer. After him are Edward Arthur Milne, Raymond Massey, Franz Blücher, Frank Loomis, Norman Thomas Gilroy, and Prince Sigismund of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1989, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse ranks 134. Before him are Harold Jeffreys, Nilufer Hanımsultan, Archduchess Charlotte of Austria, Robert Penn Warren, Pavel Kurochkin, and Martti Talvela. After him are Joe Spinell, Edoardo Amaldi, Colin Clark, Chen Boda, Leyla Mammadbeyova, and Nils Axelsson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse ranks 3,368 out of 7,253. Before him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1614), Carl Graebe (1841), Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1529), Adam Ries (1492), Theodor Körner (1791), and Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (1479). After him are Horst Köppel (1948), Hans Bauer (1927), Johann Walter (1496), Karl Valentin (1882), Conrad II, Duke of Bavaria (1052), and Klaus Wowereit (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse ranks 971. Before him are John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513), Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785), Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1633), John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1677), Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1529), and Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (1479). After him are Klaus Wowereit (1953), Henry I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (1070), Edgar Jung (1894), Philipp von Boeselager (1917), Richard Huelsenbeck (1892), and Paul Carell (1911).

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