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William IV, Duke of Bavaria

1493 - 1550

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William IV (German: Wilhelm IV; 13 November 1493 – 7 March 1550) was Duke of Bavaria from 1508 to 1550, until 1545 together with his younger brother Louis X, Duke of Bavaria. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William IV, Duke of Bavaria is the 3,381st most popular politician (down from 3,378th in 2019), the 879th most popular biography from Germany (up from 913th in 2019) and the 254th most popular German Politician.

William IV, Duke of Bavaria, was most famous for being a member of the House of Wittelsbach and for being the father of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 3,381 out of 19,576. Before him are Henry II, Duke of Austria, Saloninus, Mike Johnson, Andreas Papandreou, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, and Vologases V. After him are Bidzina Ivanishvili, Ptolemy X Alexander I, Samsu-iluna, Issey Miyake, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, and Casimir I the Restorer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1493, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 4. Before him are Paracelsus, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, and Maximilian Sforza. After him are Anne de Montmorency, Sten Sture the Younger, Tansen, Olaus Petri, Clarice de' Medici, Nicolaus Olahus, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, and George I, Duke of Pomerania. Among people deceased in 1550, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 4. Before him are John of God, Pieter Coecke van Aelst, and Jang-geum. After him are Andrea Alciato, Claude, Duke of Guise, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Sebald Beham, Tabinshwehti, Françoise d'Alençon, Pir Sultan Abdal, and Gian Giorgio Trissino.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 879 out of 7,253. Before him are Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Sophie of Württemberg (1818), Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1578), Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), and Saloninus (242). After him are Margot Frank (1926), Carl Reinecke (1824), Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), Birutė Galdikas (1946), Walther Wenck (1900), and Alfred Hugenberg (1865).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 254. Before him are Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800), Otto II, Duke of Bavaria (1206), Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823), Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1578), Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107), and Saloninus (242). After him are Alfred Hugenberg (1865), Kurt Zeitzler (1895), Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636), Harald Quandt (1921), Constantin Fehrenbach (1852), and Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441).

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