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Constantijn Huygens

1596 - 1687

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Sir Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem ( HY-gənz, US also HOY-gənz, Dutch: [ˈkɔnstɑntɛin ˈɦœyɣə(n)s]; 4 September 1596 – 28 March 1687), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Constantijn Huygens has received more than 141,952 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Constantijn Huygens is the 1,732nd most popular writer (down from 1,623rd in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 237th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 56.37

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Constantijn Huygens ranks 1,732 out of 5,755. Before him are Cristóbal de Morales, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Konstantin Ushinsky, Sophie de Condorcet, Jurji Zaydan, and Pierre Plantard. After him are Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Horacio Quiroga, Edward Lear, João de Barros, Mór Jókai, and Malcolm Lowry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Constantijn Huygens ranks 16. Before him are Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Baldassare Longhena, Joan Blaeu, Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, Johan Banér, and Jean Bolland. After him are Jacob van Campen, Andreas Cellarius, Thomas de Keyser, Leonaert Bramer, Heinrich Scheidemann, and Abraham van Diepenbeeck. Among people deceased in 1687, Constantijn Huygens ranks 5. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lully, William Petty, Johannes Hevelius, and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. After him are Nicholas Mercator, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nell Gwyn, Henry More, Laura Martinozzi, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, and François de Créquy.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Constantijn Huygens ranks 260 out of 1,427. Before him are Dick Bruna (1927), Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), Balthasar van der Ast (1593), Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597), William I, Count of Hainaut (1287), and Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1622). After him are Anthony van Diemen (1593), Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768), Hans Kramers (1894), Wim Suurbier (1945), Wim Hof (1959), and Joop Zoetemelk (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Constantijn Huygens ranks 9. Before him are Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Robert van Gulik (1910), Etty Hillesum (1914), Harry Mulisch (1927), Cees Nooteboom (1933), and Dick Bruna (1927). After him are Cornelis Tromp (1629), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911), Jacob Cats (1577), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), and Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937).

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