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Christian II, Elector of Saxony

1583 - 1611

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Christian II of Saxony (23 September 1583 – 23 June 1611) was Elector of Saxony from 1591 to 1611.He was born in Dresden, the eldest son of Christian I, Elector of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin. Christian succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony in 1591 at the age of eight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian II, Elector of Saxony has received more than 62,579 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Christian II, Elector of Saxony is the 510th most popular companion (down from 503rd in 2019), the 2,106th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,065th in 2019) and the 79th most popular German Companion.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Christian II, Elector of Saxony ranks 510 out of 673. Before him are Fernán González of Castile, Iput, Theodora Kantakouzene, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, Luisa de Guzmán, and Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Audofleda, Abu Salama, Marcia Otacilia Severa, Naqi'a, Świętosława of Poland, and Joan of the Tower.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Christian II, Elector of Saxony ranks 9. Before him are Sasaki Kojirō, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Axel Oxenstierna, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Jacob De la Gardie, and Pieter Lastman. After him are Orlando Gibbons, Jan Porcellis, Hayashi Razan, Eleanor of Prussia, Denis Pétau, and Iskandar Muda. Among people deceased in 1611, Christian II, Elector of Saxony ranks 12. Before him are Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Katō Kiyomasa, Eleanor de' Medici, Antonio Possevino, Sanada Masayuki, and Kuyucu Murad Pasha. After him are Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Gioseffo Guami.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian II, Elector of Saxony ranks 2,106 out of 6,142. Before him are Georg Ebers (1837), Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow (1755), Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1612), Helmold (1120), Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1683), and Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (1711). After him are Marianne Brandt (1893), John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658), Helmut Lachenmann (1935), Ernst Albrecht (1930), William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1629), and Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (1390).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Christian II, Elector of Saxony ranks 79. Before him are Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (1706), Princess Isabella of Bavaria (1863), Anna Maria of the Palatinate (1561), Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688), Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (1878), and Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1612). After him are Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866), Magdalene of Brandenburg (1582), Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1888), Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal (1852), Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (1898), and Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1877).

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