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William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

1647 - 1677

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William Louis (7 January 1647 – 23 June 1677) was Duke of Württemberg from 1674 until his death in 1677. William Louis was born in Stuttgart, the ninth child of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, and his first wife Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg. At the age of 30, the Duke died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the stop-over in Schloß Hirsau. His widow Magdalena Sibylla became regent of Württemberg between 1677 and 1693, until her son reached adulthood. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Louis, Duke of Württemberg is the 718th most popular nobleman (down from 608th in 2019), the 2,587th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,367th in 2019) and the 146th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg ranks 718 out of 1,415Before him are Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, John, Duke of Durazzo, Ernest I, Duke of Swabia, Lucrezia d'Este, John of Görlitz, and Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Simonida, Judith of Bohemia, Henry I, Count of Anhalt, Richilde, Countess of Hainaut, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg, and Otto III, Duke of Swabia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1647, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg ranks 13Before him are Suleiman of Persia, Giovanni Ceva, John de Britto, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Constantine Phaulkon, and Elisabeth Hevelius. After him are Petter Dass, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, and Giovanni II Cornaro. Among people deceased in 1677, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg ranks 10Before him are Isaac Barrow, Barbara Strozzi, Wenceslaus Hollar, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Henry Oldenburg. After him are Aert van der Neer, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, James Harrington, Robert Cambert, and Matthew Locke.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg ranks 2,588 out of 7,253Before him are Karl Ernst (1904), Bernhard Förster (1843), Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria (1937), Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627), Karl Gutzkow (1811), and Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720). After him are Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria (1872), Karl Koch (1809), Louis of Nassau (1538), Lujo Brentano (1844), William III, Duke of Bavaria (1375), and Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821).

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