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William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

1852 - 1912

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William IV (French: Guillaume Alexandre; Luxembourgish: Wëllem IV.; 22 April 1852 – 25 February 1912) was Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 17 November 1905 until his death in 1912. He succeeded his father, Adolphe. Like his father, William mostly stayed out of politics despite being vested with considerable power on paper by the Constitution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg is the 2,898th most popular politician (down from 2,643rd in 2019), the 756th most popular biography from Germany (down from 699th in 2019) and the 215th most popular German Politician.

William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, was the last reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He was born in 1817 and became the Grand Duke in 1890. He abdicated in 1912 and died in 1919. He is most famous for being the last reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 2,898 out of 19,576. Before him are Yazid III, Francesco Cossiga, James III of Scotland, Petronilla of Aragon, Ladislaus III of Hungary, and Albert, King of Sweden. After him are Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Neil Kinnock, Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Cædwalla of Wessex, Lazarus Chakwera, and John Sherman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 17. Before him are Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Francisco Tárrega, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Joseph Joffre, and Augusta, Lady Gregory. After him are Ferdinand von Lindemann, Alice Liddell, Constantin Fehrenbach, Christian Krohg, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, and H. H. Asquith. Among people deceased in 1912, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 19. Before him are Karl May, Jack Phillips, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, W. T. Stead, and Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria. After him are Johann Martin Schleyer, Benjamin Guggenheim, Osborne Reynolds, William McMaster Murdoch, John Jacob Astor IV, and Gerhard Armauer Hansen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 756 out of 7,253. Before him are Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), Andrew Wiles (1953), Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1530), Werner von Haeften (1908), Carlos Kleiber (1930), and Albert, King of Sweden (1340). After him are Bruno Walter (1876), Bernhard Schlink (1944), Michael Praetorius (1571), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879), and Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 215. Before him are John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658), Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821), Otto Grotewohl (1894), Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1530), Werner von Haeften (1908), and Albert, King of Sweden (1340). After him are Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873), George V of Hanover (1819), Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883), Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), and Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801).

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