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Christian the Younger of Brunswick

1599 - 1626

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Christian the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (20 September 1599 – 16 June 1626), known as der tolle Halberstädter (the daredevil from Halberstadt), was a German Protestant military leader during the early years of the Thirty Years' War. Christian fought in support of Frederick V of the Palatinate during the "Palatinate Phase" (1620-1623) of the war; his opponents were the forces of the Imperial House of Habsburg (led by Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II), Habsburg Spain, and the Catholic League. Christian was a member of the House of Welf, titular Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt According to the historian Herfried Münkler, Christian´s military exploits were motivated less by any deep attachment to the Protestant cause than by a love of adventure, a romantic imagination in which he saw himself in the chivalric tradition and a disdain for every form of traditional authority. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian the Younger of Brunswick has received more than 69,748 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Christian the Younger of Brunswick is the 5,989th most popular politician (up from 7,392nd in 2019), the 1,652nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,090th in 2019) and the 475th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Christian the Younger of Brunswick ranks 5,989 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Barham Salih, Ayad Allawi, Thorleif Haug, and Antipope Constantine II. After him are Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona, Maximus of Hispania, Vasily Chapayev, Alexandru Averescu, and Otto I, Duke of Carinthia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1599, Christian the Younger of Brunswick ranks 8. Before him are Oliver Cromwell, Anthony van Dyck, Pope Alexander VII, Francesco Borromini, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, and Stefan Czarniecki. After him are Adriaen van Utrecht, Pieter van Laer, Ottavio Piccolomini, Andrea Sacchi, John Berchmans, and Robert Blake. Among people deceased in 1626, Christian the Younger of Brunswick ranks 8. Before him are Nurhaci, Willebrord Snellius, John Dowland, Ernst von Mansfeld, William V, Duke of Bavaria, and Adriaen de Vries. After him are Isabella of Savoy, Wakisaka Yasuharu, Marino Ghetaldi, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Pietro Cataldi, and Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian the Younger of Brunswick ranks 1,652 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888), Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911), August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Felix Nussbaum (1904), Conrad Celtes (1459), and Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg (1623). After him are Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630), Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759), Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866), Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (1344), and Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Christian the Younger of Brunswick ranks 475. Before him are Frederick III, Elector Palatine (1515), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783), Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (1925), Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (1797), Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888), and Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg (1623). After him are Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866), Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (1344), Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff (1896), Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria (1752), Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (1310), and Rudolf Lange (1910).

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