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Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria

1724 - 1799

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Charles Theodore (German: Karl Theodor; 11 December 1724 – 16 February 1799) was a German nobleman of the Sulzbach branch of the House of Wittelsbach. He became Count Palatine of Sulzbach from his father Johann Christian in 1733, at the age of six. With the death of his cousin, Charles III Philip, he became Prince-elector and Count Palatine of the Rhine in 1742, being eighteen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria has received more than 417,512 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria is the 3,100th most popular politician (up from 3,278th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 122nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Belgian Politician.

Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, is most famous for being the last elector of Bavaria, and for being the first ruler of Bavaria to abdicate his throne.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ranks 3,100 out of 15,577Before him are Alexander Balas, Junichiro Koizumi, Hayk, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Yazid III, and Jules de Polignac. After him are Henri, Count of Paris, Ibrahim ibn al-Walid, Necho I, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, Ieng Sary, and Eleanor of Toledo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ranks 5Before him are Immanuel Kant, Maria Amalia of Saxony, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, and Cao Xueqin. After him are Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Louise of Great Britain, Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, Peter von Biron, and Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein. Among people deceased in 1799, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ranks 11Before him are Pierre Beaumarchais, Tipu Sultan, Joseph Black, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, and Heshen. After him are Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Victoire of France, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Jan Ingenhousz, and Jean-Charles de Borda.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ranks 114 out of 1,019Before him are Gertrude of Nivelles (626), François Vatel (1631), Henri Pirenne (1862), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Karel van Mander (1548), and Jacob Obrecht (1457). After him are Henri, Count of Paris (1933), Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240), Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787), Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Victor D'Hondt (1841), and Paul Deschanel (1855).

Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ranks 34Before him are Anne of France (1461), Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), Auguste Beernaert (1829), Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673), Gerard de Ridefort (1141), and François Vatel (1631). After him are Henri, Count of Paris (1933), Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240), Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Paul Deschanel (1855), Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), and Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778).