RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Albert of Brandenburg

1490 - 1545

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Albert of Brandenburg (German: Albrecht von Brandenburg; 28 June 1490 – 24 September 1545) was a German cardinal, elector, Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545, and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545. Through his notorious sale of indulgences, he became the catalyst for Martin Luther's Reformation and its staunch opponent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert of Brandenburg has received more than 161,839 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Albert of Brandenburg is the 753rd most popular religious figure (up from 773rd in 2019), the 815th most popular biography from Germany (up from 874th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Religious Figure.

Albert of Brandenburg is most famous for being the first Margrave of Brandenburg. He was a member of the House of Ascania and a descendant of Albert the Bear, the first Margrave of Brandenburg.

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  • 62.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Albert of Brandenburg ranks 753 out of 3,187. Before him are Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, Raymond of Penyafort, Juliana of Nicomedia, Eugen Sandow, Josephine Bakhita, and Saint Cajetan. After him are Erasmus of Formia, Antipope Nicholas V, Theodora, John the Merciful, Theophilus of Antioch, and Ilia II of Georgia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, Albert of Brandenburg ranks 8. Before him are Albert, Duke of Prussia, Adrian Willaert, Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Olaus Magnus, Vittoria Colonna, and Huáscar. After him are Florian Geyer, Ebussuud Efendi, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Françoise d'Alençon, and John III, Duke of Cleves. Among people deceased in 1545, Albert of Brandenburg ranks 7. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger, Hans Baldung, Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Injong of Joseon, Sher Shah Suri, and Elizabeth of Austria. After him are Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Peter Faber, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, and Nikola Jurišić.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albert of Brandenburg ranks 815 out of 7,253. Before him are Boris Becker (1967), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441), Michael Praetorius (1571), Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504), and Walter Hallstein (1901). After him are Wilhelm Windelband (1848), Günther Prien (1908), Hermann of Reichenau (1013), Klaus Nomi (1944), Peter Weiss (1916), and Frei Otto (1925).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Albert of Brandenburg ranks 18. Before him are Pope Victor II (1018), Rabanus Maurus (780), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Gertrude the Great (1256), Johann Tetzel (1460), and Therese Neumann (1898). After him are Bruno of Querfurt (970), Margot Frank (1926), Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700), Killing of Peter Fechter (1944), Severinus of Noricum (410), and Gotthard of Hildesheim (960).

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