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Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

1579 - 1666

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Augustus II (10 April 1579 – 17 September 1666), called the Younger (German: August der Jüngere), a member of the House of Welf was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the estate division of the House of Welf of 1635, he received the Principality of Wolfenbüttel which he ruled until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg has received more than 89,158 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the 1,842nd most popular writer (up from 2,191st in 2019), the 1,957th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,289th in 2019) and the 121st most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 1,842 out of 7,302. Before him are Daṇḍin, Edwin Abbott Abbott, Herodas, Pierre Lemaitre, Fulcanelli, and May Ziade. After him are Feng Menglong, Edmond Jabès, Hipponax, Paul Gerhardt, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Caecilius Statius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 5. Before him are Tirso de Molina, Martin de Porres, Tokugawa Hidetada, and Frans Snyders. After him are Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Carlo Saraceni, Jens Munk, John Fletcher, Juan Pablo Bonet, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Johannes Meursius. Among people deceased in 1666, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 9. Before him are Shah Jahan, Abbas II of Persia, François Mansart, Guercino, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, and Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti. After him are Senhime, Luisa de Guzmán, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, Song Yingxing, Albert Eckhout, and Gysbert Japiks.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 1,957 out of 7,253. Before him are Isdal Woman (1940), Hans Wilsdorf (1881), John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625), Rainer Bonhof (1952), Niko Kovač (1971), and Hermann Schlegel (1804). After him are Clemens Winkler (1838), Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818), Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937), Hans Hartung (1904), Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783), and Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 121. Before him are Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Friedrich Rückert (1788), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), Elvira Madigan (1867), Theodor Nöldeke (1836), and Katia Mann (1883). After him are Paul Gerhardt (1607), Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797), Handrij Zejler (1804), Wolfgang Borchert (1921), Jordan of Saxony (1190), and Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901).

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