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William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

1625 - 1681

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William Christoph of Hesse-Homburg (13 November 1625, Ober-Rosbach – 27 August 1681, then in Bingenheim, now in Echzell) was the second Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (then known as "Landgrave of Bingenheim") from 1648 to 1669. He was the third but second surviving of five sons of Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and succeeded his brother Ludwig I as Landgrave in 1643, but his mother was his regent until 1648. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg is the 12,143rd most popular politician (down from 10,933rd in 2024), the 3,624th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,266th in 2019) and the 1,025th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 12,143 out of 19,576. Before him are Bartolomeo Gradenigo, Skandagupta, Luigi Pelloux, Emilie of Saxony, Ioannis Rallis, and Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou. After him are Giuseppe Volpi, Beatrice of England, René Goblet, Paul Grüninger, Filippo Turati, and Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1625, William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 12. Before him are Rasmus Bartholin, Erik Dahlbergh, Gregorio Barbarigo, Jean Domat, Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, and Pierre Nicole. After him are Filippo Baldinucci, Thomas Corneille, Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden, Marie de Nemours, Samuel Morland, and François de Créquy. Among people deceased in 1681, William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 15. Before him are Zheng Jing, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Hermann Conring, Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz, Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Agafya Grushetskaya. After him are Nikolay Diletsky, Oliver Plunkett, and Fatima Soltan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 3,626 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769), Johann Jakob Kaup (1803), Edgar Ende (1901), Emilie of Saxony (1516), Ubbo Emmius (1547), and Conrad of Urach (1170). After him are Kevin-Prince Boateng (1987), Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754), Franz Grashof (1826), Emil von Sauer (1862), Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817), and Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1879).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 1,025. Before him are Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1560), Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1712), Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild (1650), Gerald Götting (1923), Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769), and Emilie of Saxony (1516). After him are Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (1829), Princess Pilar of Bavaria (1891), Yaakov Litzman (1948), Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (1712), Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp (1630), and Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg (1804).

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