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Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick

1887 - 1953

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Ernest Augustus (Ernest Augustus Christian George; German: Ernst August Christian Georg; 17 November 1887 – 30 January 1953) was Duke of Brunswick from 2 November 1913 to 8 November 1918. He was a grandson of George V of Hanover, thus a Prince of Hanover and a Prince of the United Kingdom. He was also a maternal grandson of Christian IX of Denmark and the son-in-law of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick has received more than 1,163,416 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick is the 3,476th most popular politician (down from 3,242nd in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 228th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Austrian Politician.

The Duke of Brunswick is most famous for being the commander of the Allied forces during the Battle of Waterloo.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.06

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  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick ranks 3,476 out of 19,576. Before him are Abimelech, Al-Ashraf Khalil, Vasily Blokhin, Theresa, Countess of Portugal, Taira no Kiyomori, and Albert Azaryan. After him are Xiao He, Chen Duxiu, Francesco Morosini, Yeon Gaesomun, Íñigo Arista of Pamplona, and Friedrich Ludwig Jahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick ranks 45. Before him are Emilio Mola, Alexander Archipenko, René Cassin, Harald Bohr, Julian Huxley, and Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal. After him are Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Mitsuru Ushijima, Hans Oster, George Pólya, Violet Jessop, and Georg-Hans Reinhardt. Among people deceased in 1953, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick ranks 24. Before him are Ivan Bunin, Raoul Dufy, Erich Mendelsohn, Richard Walther Darré, Hugo Sperrle, and Eduard Künneke. After him are Dylan Thomas, Ernst Zermelo, Lionel Logue, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Wilhelm Stuckart, and Richard von Mises.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick ranks 242 out of 1,424. Before him are Paul Lazarsfeld (1901), Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711), Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418), Ferdinand Piëch (1937), and Otto Rank (1884). After him are Michael Hainisch (1858), Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853), Karl Lueger (1844), Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901), and Othenio Abel (1875).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick ranks 76. Before him are Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816), Bruno Kreisky (1911), Otto Bauer (1881), Oskar Potiorek (1853), Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711), and Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418). After him are Michael Hainisch (1858), Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853), Karl Lueger (1844), Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (1656), Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915), and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610).

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