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William, Duke of Brunswick

1806 - 1884

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William, Duke of Brunswick (German: Wilhelm August Ludwig Maximilian Friedrich; 25 April 1806 – 18 October 1884), was ruling duke of the Duchy of Brunswick from 1830 until his death. William was the second son of Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and after the death of his father in 1815, was under the guardianship of his paternal great-granduncle King George IV of the United Kingdom. He became a Prussian major in 1823. When his brother, Charles, was deposed as ruling duke by a rebellion in 1830, William took over the government provisionally. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William, Duke of Brunswick is the 573rd most popular nobleman (down from 565th in 2019), the 2,182nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,221st in 2019) and the 111th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 573 out of 1,415. Before him are Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, Sara Forbes Bonetta, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Alan III, Duke of Brittany, and Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein. After him are Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Nikola Jurišić, Leopoldo de' Medici, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, and Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 25. Before him are Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Karl Friedrich Mohr, Johan Vilhelm Snellman, and John A. Roebling. After him are Antoine Wiertz, Teodolfo Mertel, Juliette Drouet, Lionel Kieseritzky, Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza, and Giacomo Antonelli. Among people deceased in 1884, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 28. Before him are Paul Abadie, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Leopold Fitzinger, Eduard Rüppell, Alexander, Prince of Orange, and George Bentham. After him are François Mignet, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Hans Rott, Bernardo Guimarães, Gotthilf Hagen, and Eduard Totleben.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 2,183 out of 7,253. Before him are Uziel Gal (1923), Karl Baedeker (1801), Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776), Fritz Witt (1908), Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (1673), and Johann David Heinichen (1683). After him are Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1686), Heinrich von Brentano (1904), Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918), Heinrich von Plauen (1370), Henrich Focke (1890), and Joachim Neander (1650).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 111. Before him are Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg (1821), Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860), Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1688), Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (1318), Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen (1893), and Princess Antonia of Luxembourg (1899). After him are Heinz Brandt (1907), Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1862), John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1558), Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663), Rupert I, Elector Palatine (1309), and Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg (1754).

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