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Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick

1735 - 1806

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Charles William Ferdinand (German: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand; 9 October 1735 – 10 November 1806) was the prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a military leader. His titles are usually shortened to Duke of Brunswick in English-language sources. He succeeded his father as sovereign prince of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, one of the princely states of the Holy Roman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick has received more than 401,016 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick is the 2,851st most popular politician (down from 2,784th in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 756th in 2019) and the 210th most popular German Politician.

Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, was a general in the army of Frederick the Great. He is most famous for his victory at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt in 1806.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick ranks 2,851 out of 19,576. Before him are Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Gerard de Ridefort, Vuk Branković, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, and Netjerkare Siptah. After him are Francisco de Almeida, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases, Charles the Younger, Canute Lavard, Alfonso III of Aragon, and Vukašin of Serbia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick ranks 4. Before him are John Adams, Johann Christian Bach, and François Christophe de Kellermann. After him are Crown Prince Sado, Paul Revere, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Torbern Bergman, Ahmad al-Tijani, and Ibrahim Bey. Among people deceased in 1806, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick ranks 12. Before him are William V, Prince of Orange, William Pitt the Younger, Michael Haydn, Carlo Gozzi, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, and Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are Johann Christoph Adelung, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Nicolas Leblanc, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick ranks 762 out of 7,253. Before him are Marie d'Agoult (1805), Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414), Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846), Hugo Boss (1885), Fritz Perls (1893), and Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1729). After him are Joachim Frank (1940), Karl Harrer (1890), Ryke Geerd Hamer (1935), Matilda of Ringelheim (894), Hermann Weyl (1885), and Markus Wolf (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick ranks 210. Before him are Gudrun Burwitz (1929), John William Friso, Prince of Orange (1687), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805), Günter Schabowski (1929), Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371), and Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551). After him are Constantin Fehrenbach (1852), Juana Bormann (1893), Gustav Radbruch (1878), Wilhelm Cuno (1876), Matthias Erzberger (1875), and Ludwig Quidde (1858).

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