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William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

1392 - 1482

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William I KG (c. 1392 – 25 July 1482), called the Victorious (German: Wilhelm der Siegreiche), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He was reigning Prince of Lüneburg from 1416 to 1428 and of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1428 to 1432, counted either as William III or William IV. From 1432, he ruled over the newly established Principality of Calenberg, from 1463 also over the Principality of Göttingen. In 1473, he stepped down in favour of his sons, to assume the rule in Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the 1,108th most popular nobleman (down from 905th in 2024). (down from 2,477th in 2019)

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Among noblemen, William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 1,108 out of 1,415. Before him are Castruccio Castracani, Agafia of Rus, Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg, Munju of Baekje, Henry II, Count of Bar, and Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden. After him are Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen, Frederick III, Margrave of Baden, Henry, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Adolf II of Holstein, Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

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Among people born in 1392, William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 9. Before him are Filippo Maria Visconti, Peter, Duke of Coimbra, Stefano di Giovanni, Mark of Ephesus, Pasquale Malipiero, and Alain Chartier. After him are Blanche of England, and Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche. Among people deceased in 1482, William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 14. Before him are Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī, Louis of Cyprus, and Giovanni di Paolo. After him is Mechthild of the Palatinate.

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