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Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

1817 - 1905

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Adolphe (Adolf Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich; 24 July 1817 – 17 November 1905) was Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 23 November 1890 to his death on 17 November 1905. The first grand duke from the House of Nassau-Weilburg, he succeeded King William III of the Netherlands, ending the personal union between the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg has received more than 519,850 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg is the 2,074th most popular politician (up from 2,109th in 2019), the 575th most popular biography from Germany (up from 592nd in 2019) and the 154th most popular German Politician.

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, was a monarch of the House of Nassau-Weilburg and the first monarch of Luxembourg from the House of Nassau. He was the son of William I of the Netherlands and Wilhelmina of Prussia.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 2,074 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean Parisot de Valette, Marie of Romania, Hyejong of Goryeo, Birger Jarl, Nogai Khan, and Nabopolassar. After him are Rudolph of France, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Nikola Pašić, Theodosius III, Adolf of Germany, and Aslan Maskhadov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 7. Before him are Henry David Thoreau, Theodor Mommsen, William III of the Netherlands, Ivan Aivazovsky, Bahá'u'lláh, and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Charles-François Daubigny, Niels Gade, Syed Ahmad Khan, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, and Pierre Larousse. Among people deceased in 1905, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 6. Before him are Jules Verne, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Muhammad Abduh, Ferdinand von Richthofen, and Ernst Abbe. After him are Per Teodor Cleve, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Louise Michel, Adolph Menzel, and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 575 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Boas (1858), Erich Kästner (1899), Cunigunde of Luxembourg (978), Adam Opel (1837), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), and Elisabeth of Wied (1843). After him are Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792), Horst Wessel (1907), Otto Rehhagel (1938), Friedrich List (1789), Dietrich Eckart (1868), and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ranks 154. Before him are Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870), Willi Stoph (1914), Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Albert the Bear (1100), Albert, King of Sweden (1340), and Johannes Rau (1931). After him are Walter Scheel (1919), Roman Herzog (1934), August Bebel (1840), Heinrich Brüning (1885), Julia Drusilla (16), and Wolfgang Schäuble (1942).

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