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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 82,986 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the 2,198th most popular writer (down from 1,883rd in 2019), the 2,291st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,931st in 2019) and the 133rd most popular German Writer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.13

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  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 2,198 out of 5,755. Before him are Édouard Drumont, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Sholem Asch, Umberto Saba, Gian Giorgio Trissino, and Kenneth Grahame. After him are Molla Panah Vagif, Giraut de Bornelh, Jens Fink-Jensen, Ivan Yefremov, Ben Hecht, and Vilis Lācis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 7. Before him are Tirso de Molina, Martin de Porres, Frans Snyders, Tokugawa Hidetada, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, and Carlo Saraceni. After him are John Fletcher, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Juan Pablo Bonet, Jens Munk, Johannes Meursius, and Luis Vélez de Guevara. Among people deceased in 1666, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 10. Before him are François Mansart, Abbas II of Persia, Guercino, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, and Luisa de Guzmán. After him are Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, Albert Eckhout, Song Yingxing, and Gysbert Japiks.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 2,291 out of 6,142. Before him are Gretl Braun (1915), Carl Hagenbeck (1844), George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547), Anna of Cleves (1552), Christian Lorenz (1966), and Oskar Barnack (1879). After him are Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (1621), Hermann Abendroth (1883), Juliana of Stolberg (1506), Judith Kerr (1923), Beatrice of Swabia (1198), and Heinz Rühmann (1902).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 133. Before him are Joachim Neander (1650), Friedrich Rückert (1788), Handrij Zejler (1804), Ludwig Uhland (1787), Erich Mühsam (1878), and Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826). After him are Judith Kerr (1923), Wilhelm Worringer (1881), Heinz G. Konsalik (1921), Ernst von Salomon (1902), Karlheinz Deschner (1924), and Udo Lindenberg (1946).

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