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William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

1532 - 1592

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William IV of Hesse-Kassel (24 June 1532 – 25 August 1592), also called William the Wise, was the first Landgrave of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). He was the founder of the oldest line, which survives to this day. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel is the 7,350th most popular politician (down from 7,339th in 2019), the 2,007th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,024th in 2019) and the 588th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 7,350 out of 19,576. Before her are Giorgi Saakadze, Liuva II, Juan Vicente Gómez, Muhammad Naji al-Otari, Giovanni Mocenigo, and Borrell II, Count of Barcelona. After her are Crocodile, Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, Mindon Min, Sidonie of Poděbrady, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Nikos Zachariadis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 10. Before her are Yermak Timofeyevich, Maerten de Vos, Francis Walsingham, Luís Fróis, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, and Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. After her are Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Menocchio, Étienne Jodelle, Alphonsus Rodriguez, Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, and Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen. Among people deceased in 1592, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 12. Before her are William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hümaşah Sultan, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Thomas Cavendish, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, and Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. After her are Paschal Baylón, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, and Michiel Coxie.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 2,008 out of 7,253. Before her are Wilhelm Ackermann (1896), Isidor Straus (1845), Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg (1772), Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825), Johannes Sturm (1507), and Michael von Faulhaber (1869). After her are Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1800), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), Hans-Peter Briegel (1955), Gotthold Eisenstein (1823), Julius Plücker (1801), and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 588. Before her are Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (1719), Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1891), Friedrich Naumann (1860), Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200), Isidor Straus (1845), and Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825). After her are Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882), Johann Homann (1664), Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), Otto Dietrich (1897), Heinrich Schwarz (1906), and Theodore of Corsica (1694).

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