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Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

1528 - 1584

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Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (10 August 1528 – 17 November 1584) was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruler of the Principality of Calenberg from 1545 to 1584. Since 1495 the Principality of Göttingen was incorporated in Calenberg. He was the son of Eric I and Elisabeth of Brandenburg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg has received more than 30,733 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the 11,112th most popular politician, the 3,323rd most popular biography from Germany and the 955th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 11,112 out of 19,576. Before him are Édouard Philippe, Jean Joseph Mounier, Kukrit Pramoj, Hugo von Pohl, Judith of Brittany, and Hou Yu-ih. After him are Annalena Baerbock, Bernardino Drovetti, Welf VI, Johnson Toribiong, Poul Hartling, and Ion G. Duca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1528, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 18. Before him are Birbal, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Andrey Kurbsky, Francisco Guerrero, Juan de Garay, and Claude Le Jeune. After him are Pedro da Fonseca, António Ferreira, Benito Arias Montano, Rémy Belleau, and Adam Lonicer. Among people deceased in 1584, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 13. Before him are Yi I, Balthasar Gérard, Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Marcantonio Colonna, Mehmed II Giray, and Pieter Pourbus. After him are Solomon Alkabetz, and Thomas Norton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 3,323 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Catherine of Württemberg (1821), Arnold Fanck (1889), Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785), Georg Pencz (1500), Abraham Geiger (1810), and Heinz Flohe (1948). After him are Annalena Baerbock (1980), Friedrich Christiansen (1879), Fritz von Uhde (1848), Constantin von Alvensleben (1809), Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach (1694), and Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1601).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 955. Before him are Sigmar Gabriel (1959), John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1654), Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1802), Richard Huelsenbeck (1892), Princess Catherine of Württemberg (1821), and Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785). After him are Annalena Baerbock (1980), Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach (1694), Manfred Weber (1972), Emilie of Saxony (1516), Gunter Demnig (1947), and Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1748).

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