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Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

1614 - 1680

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Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels (13 August 1614 in Dresden – 4 June 1680 in Halle), was a Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt of the House of Wettin and administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. He was the fourth (but second surviving) son of John George I, Elector of Saxony, and his second wife, Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels has received more than 58,895 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 17 in 2019). Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels is the 664th most popular nobleman (up from 708th in 2019), the 2,529th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,698th in 2019) and the 126th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels ranks 664 out of 1,415. Before him are Henutsen, Sancho García of Castile, Sikelgaita, John Paul Getty III, John I, Count of Hainaut, and Ernest I, Duke of Swabia. After him are Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, Jadwiga of Kalisz, Richilde, Countess of Hainaut, Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg, Cynegils, and Eric II, Duke of Pomerania.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1614, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels ranks 12. Before him are Jahanara Begum, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Henry II, Duke of Guise, Martino Martini, Henry More, and Michał Boym. After him are Élisabeth de Bourbon, Franz Tunder, Francisco Rizi, John Lilburne, and Gonzales Coques. Among people deceased in 1680, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels ranks 26. Before him are Thomas Bartholin, Per Brahe the Younger, Li Yu, Peter Lely, Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, and Joachim Neander. After him are Kateri Tekakwitha, Frans Post, Symeon of Polotsk, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Marco Uccellini, and Yun Hyu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels ranks 2,529 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Marx (1777), Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905), Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737), Otto Baum (1911), Friedrich Bayer (1825), and Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1622). After him are Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia (1714), Barthel Beham (1502), Konrad von Feuchtwangen (1230), Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria (1872), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), and Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels ranks 126. Before him are John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1550), Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528), Prince Albert of Prussia (1837), Rupert I, Elector Palatine (1309), Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782), and Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania (1580). After him are Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1729), Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (1602), Eric II, Duke of Pomerania (1418), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831), Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1563), and Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (1573).

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