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Wilhelm, Duke of Urach

1810 - 1869

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Count Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Ferdinand of Württemberg, 1st Duke of Urach (6 July 1810 – 17 July 1869), was the son of Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg (1761–1830), younger brother of King Frederick I of Württemberg, by his morganatic wife, Baroness Wilhelmine von Tunderfeldt-Rhodis (1777–1822), who had married in 1800. He was the first Head of the House of Urach. Wilhelm served as a cavalry officer in the army of the then-independent Kingdom of Württemberg. He also tested cannon for the Army of Württemberg, some of which can still be seen at Lichtenstein Castle, which he substantially rebuilt in the 1840s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm, Duke of Urach is the 8,877th most popular politician (up from 10,108th in 2019), the 2,462nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,943rd in 2019) and the 737th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach ranks 8,877 out of 19,576. Before him are Thyra, Tato, Akhtar Mansour, Matti Vanhanen, Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, and Bob Dole. After him are Tai Kang, Joanna, Duchess of Brabant, Gunning Bedford Jr., Élisabeth Borne, Welf II, Duke of Bavaria, and Gaius Julius Priscus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach ranks 37. Before him are Ole Bull, Edward Blyth, George Robert Waterhouse, Pierre Edmond Boissier, Hans Christian Lumbye, and Wilhelm Marstrand. After him are Oliver Winchester, Karel Hynek Mácha, Asa Gray, Peter Andreas Munch, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, and Christen Købke. Among people deceased in 1869, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach ranks 29. Before him are Carl Reichenbach, John A. Roebling, Roger Fenton, Afzal-ud-Daulah, Jean René Constant Quoy, and Mehmed Fuad Pasha. After him are Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, Juraj Haulik, Giulia Grisi, and Julian Fontana.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach ranks 2,463 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Lessing (1872), Ferdinand von Bredow (1884), Alfred Hettner (1859), Johannes Fabricius (1587), Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern (1868), and Christiane Vulpius (1765). After him are Jurij Brězan (1916), Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar (1740), Fritz Klingenberg (1912), Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (1072), Richard Wilhelm (1873), and Anacharsis Cloots (1755).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach ranks 737. Before him are Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1763), Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (1536), Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820), Agnes of Hesse (1527), Ferdinand von Bredow (1884), and Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern (1868). After him are Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (1072), Anacharsis Cloots (1755), Regina Jonas (1902), Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789), Franz von Sickingen (1481), and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1857).

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