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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 1,047,710 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick is the 3,251st most popular politician (up from 3,305th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Austria (up from 238th in 2019) and the 74th 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick ranks 3,251 out of 15,577Before him are Emperor Ai of Tang, Tukulti-Ninurta I, Otto I, Duke of Bavaria, Moinuddin Chishti, Louis-Jules Trochu, and Jean de Dunois. After him are Apepi, Maurice, Elector of Saxony, Kocel, Zwentibold, Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg, and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick ranks 42Before him are Leopold Ružička, Erich Mendelsohn, Julian Huxley, René Cassin, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, and Alexander Archipenko. After him are Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Boris Karloff, Emilio Mola, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Harald Bohr, and Violet Jessop. Among people deceased in 1953, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick ranks 24Before him are Ivan Bunin, Raoul Dufy, Erich Mendelsohn, Richard Walther Darré, Lionel Logue, and Hugo Sperrle. After him are Alice Prin, Ernst Zermelo, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Hans Reichenbach, Dylan Thomas, and Ludwig Prandtl.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick ranks 228 out of 1,237Before him are Elizabeth of Austria (1526), Max Reinhardt (1873), Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland (1533), Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria (1692), Otto Bauer (1881), and Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (1586). After him are Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766), Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1893), Otto Rank (1884), Roland Ratzenberger (1960), Falco (1957), and Klaus Ebner (1964).

Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick ranks 74Before him are Jörg Haider (1950), Oskar Potiorek (1853), Albert IV, Duke of Austria (1377), Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland (1533), Otto Bauer (1881), and Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (1586). After him are Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1893), Bruno Kreisky (1911), Karl Seitz (1869), Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (1176), Karl Lueger (1844), and Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1632).