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William III, Landgrave of Thuringia

1425 - 1482

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William III (30 April 1425 – 17 September 1482), called the Brave (in German Wilhelm der Tapfere), was landgrave of Thuringia (from 1445) and claimant duke of Luxemburg (from 1457). He is actually the second William to rule Thuringia, and in Luxembourg; he was the third Margrave of Meissen named William. He was a younger son of Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony, and Catherine of Brunswick and Lunenburg. On 2 June 1446 he married Anne of Luxembourg, daughter of Albert II, King of Germany, Bohemia and Hungary and Elizabeth of Luxembourg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William III, Landgrave of Thuringia is the 370th most popular nobleman (up from 436th in 2019), the 1,486th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,811th in 2019) and the 66th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 370 out of 1,415. Before him are Prince Louis, Count of Trani, Princess Carolina of Parma, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Lanzelin of Klettgau, Princess Hélène of Orléans, and Ingeborg of Norway. After him are Yodo-dono, Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, and Neferirkare Kakai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1425, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 6. Before him are Henry IV of Castile, Bianca Maria Visconti, Juana Enríquez, Catherine of Bosnia, and Alesso Baldovinetti. After him are John II, Duke of Lorraine, Vlad Călugărul, Kerei Khan, Frederick I, Elector Palatine, Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Simon Marmion. Among people deceased in 1482, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 10. Before him are Luca della Robbia, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Federico da Montefeltro, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, and Gedik Ahmed Pasha. After him are Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī, Louis of Cyprus, Giovanni di Paolo, William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Mechthild of the Palatinate.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 1,486 out of 7,253. Before him are Julius Schaub (1898), Dettmar Cramer (1925), Paul Schäfer (1921), Matthias Sammer (1967), Dorothea Binz (1920), and Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866). After him are Joachim von Sandrart (1606), Gretl Braun (1915), Martin Schulz (1955), Hartmann Schedel (1440), Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697), and Mike Nichols (1931).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 66. Before him are Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373), Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich (1858), Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1729), Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach (1682), Princess Sophie of Saxony (1845), and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845). After him are Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1781), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831), Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1597), Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp (1631), Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1867), and John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1575).

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