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William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

1535 - 1592

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William (4 July 1535 – 20 August 1592), called William the Younger (German: Wilhelm der Jüngere), was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1559 until his death. Until 1569, he ruled together with his brother, Henry of Dannenberg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the 194th most popular nobleman (up from 562nd in 2019). (up from 1,463rd in 2019)

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 194 out of 1,415. Before him are Ramesses VII, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Maria Theresa of Savoy, Daniel of Moscow, Maximilian Sforza, and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia. After him are Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Elizabeth of Austria, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Queen Letizia of Spain, and Frederick, Prince of Wales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1535, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 5. Before him are Pope Leo XI, Pope Gregory XIV, Sofonisba Anguissola, and Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal. After him are Federico Barocci, Alessandro Allori, Giambattista della Porta, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Luis de Molina, Martin Frobisher, and Sayri Túpac. Among people deceased in 1592, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 6. Before him are Michel de Montaigne, John III of Sweden, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, and Jacopo Bassano. After him are Hümaşah Sultan, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Thomas Cavendish, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, and William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

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