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Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

1526 - 1569

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Count Palatine Wolfgang of Zweibrücken (German: Pfalzgraf Wolfgang von Zweibrücken; 26 September 1526 – 11 June 1569) was member of the Wittelsbach family of the Counts Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken from 1532. With the support of his regent, his uncle Rupert (later made the Count of Veldenz), Wolfgang introduced the Reformation to Zweibrücken in 1537. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken is the 425th most popular nobleman (down from 340th in 2019), the 1,702nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,576th in 2019) and the 76th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ranks 425 out of 1,415. Before him are Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, Joseph Fesch, Charlene, Princess of Monaco, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, and Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia. After him are Philip I, Count of Savoy, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Louise d'Orléans, Aly Khan, Blanche of Bourbon, and William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1526, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ranks 10. Before him are Elizabeth of Austria, Rafael Bombelli, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Benedict the Moor, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf. After him are Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, Bâkî, Louis Bertrand, Olympia Fulvia Morata, Matsudaira Hirotada, and Juan Fernández Navarrete. Among people deceased in 1569, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ranks 5. Before him are Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Louis, Prince of Condé, John of Ávila, and Gracia Mendes Nasi. After him are Maria Temryukovna, Gerolama Orsini, Aben Humeya, Mikołaj Rej, Catherine Carey, António Ferreira, and Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ranks 1,702 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730), Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781), Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806), Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia (1000), Frederick III, Elector Palatine (1515), and Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (1344). After him are Viktor Brack (1904), Heinrich Geißler (1814), Princess Marie of Baden (1782), Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg (1623), Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814), and Matthias Jabs (1955).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ranks 76. Before him are Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp (1631), Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1867), John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1575), Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1758), Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818), and Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730). After him are Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814), William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487), Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763), Elisabeth of Swabia (1205), Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739), and Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1725).

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