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Augustus, Elector of Saxony

1526 - 1586

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Augustus (31 July 1526 – 11 February 1586) was Elector of Saxony from 1553 to 1586. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustus, Elector of Saxony has received more than 140,854 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Augustus, Elector of Saxony is the 3,700th most popular politician (down from 3,698th in 2019), the 1,008th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,017th in 2019) and the 293rd most popular German Politician.

Augustus, Elector of Saxony is most famous for being a prince elector in the Holy Roman Empire.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Augustus, Elector of Saxony ranks 3,700 out of 19,576. Before him are Yukio Hatoyama, Ahmad al-Mansur, Eric XI of Sweden, Emperor Buretsu, Zwentibold, and John George, Elector of Brandenburg. After him are Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Roza Otunbayeva, Maria Theresa of Austria, Giovanni Leone, and Heng Samrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1526, Augustus, Elector of Saxony ranks 5. Before him are Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Catherine Jagiellon, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Elizabeth of Austria. After him are Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Rafael Bombelli, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Bâkî, Benedict the Moor, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz. Among people deceased in 1586, Augustus, Elector of Saxony ranks 4. Before him are Stephen Báthory, Margaret of Parma, and Lucas Cranach the Younger. After him are Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Primož Trubar, Luis de Morales, Birbal, Ignazio Danti, and Philip Sidney.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Augustus, Elector of Saxony ranks 1,008 out of 7,253. Before him are August Grisebach (1814), Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), Christian Thomasius (1655), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Zwentibold (870), and John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525). After him are Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), Manuel Neuer (1986), Herbert Gille (1897), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), and Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Augustus, Elector of Saxony ranks 293. Before him are Gottlob Berger (1896), Princess Louise of Prussia (1838), Hans Oster (1887), Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786), Zwentibold (870), and John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525). After him are Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), Emil Jellinek (1853), Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647), John, Elector of Saxony (1468), Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484), and Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690).

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