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William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

1602 - 1637

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William V (German: Wilhelm) (13 February 1602 – 21 September 1637), a member of the House of Hesse, was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1627 to 1637. Having come to rule in unfavorable circumstances and in the midst of the Thirty Years' War, he continued to suffer losses of territory and wealth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel is the 8,049th most popular politician (down from 7,020th in 2019), the 2,210th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,918th in 2019) and the 657th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 8,049 out of 19,576. Before him are Mihai Antonescu, Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, Bart De Wever, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Shintaro Ishihara, and Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Emperor Shizong of Jin, William of Modena, Elbridge Gerry, Charles I, Lord of Monaco, and Rostislav Mikhailovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1602, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 11. Before him are Francesco Cavalli, Philippe de Champaigne, Salomon van Ruysdael, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, and Per Brahe the Younger. After him are Zhu Yujian, Gilles de Roberval, Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg, Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau, Kanō Tan'yū, and Evert van Aelst. Among people deceased in 1637, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 10. Before him are Lorenzo Ruiz, Christina of Lorraine, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Robert Fludd, and Isaac Beeckman. After him are Péter Pázmány, Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, Pierre Vernier, and Theodoor Rombouts.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 2,211 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922), Heinz Brandt (1907), Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1745), and Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691). After him are Ulrich Mühe (1953), Julius Jacob von Haynau (1786), Yehuda Amichai (1924), Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678), Elvira Madigan (1867), and Hans Wilsdorf (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 657. Before him are Petra Kelly (1947), Konrad von Feuchtwangen (1230), Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746), Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424), Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1745), and Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691). After him are Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678), Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1368), George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547), Stephen the Posthumous (1236), Paul von Hase (1885), and Wilhelm Marr (1819).

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