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Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg

1629 - 1698

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Ernest Augustus (German: Ernst August; 20 November 1629 – 23 January 1698), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was Prince of Calenberg from 1679 until his death, and father of George I of Great Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg has received more than 643,234 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the 2,986th most popular politician (down from 2,330th in 2019), the 803rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 640th in 2019) and the 219th most popular German Politician.

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg is most famous for being the father of King George I of Great Britain.

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  • 640k

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  • 63.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 2,986 out of 19,576. Before him are Syphax, Caranus of Macedon, Emperor Sujin, King Huiwen of Qin, Bülent Ecevit, and Kenneth MacAlpin. After him are Latife Uşşaki, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Vratislaus II of Bohemia, Sargon I, Kaykhusraw I, and Oleg Penkovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1629, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 7. Before him are Christiaan Huygens, John III Sobieski, Alexis of Russia, Pieter de Hooch, Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias, and Gabriël Metsu. After him are John of Austria the Younger, Narai, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, and Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria. Among people deceased in 1698, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 1. After him are Rasmus Bartholin, Frederick Casimir Kettler, Petro Doroshenko, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Andrea Guarneri, Gerrit Berckheyde, Willem de Vlamingh, John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Hâfiz Osman, Balthasar Bekker, and Louis de Buade de Frontenac.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 803 out of 7,253. Before him are Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925), Jürgen Prochnow (1941), Max Schmeling (1905), and Hans-Valentin Hube (1890). After him are Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (1573), Frank Wedekind (1864), Herschel Grynszpan (1921), Hugo Sperrle (1885), Agnes of Merania (1175), and Boris Becker (1967).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 219. Before him are Gustav Radbruch (1878), Wilhelm Cuno (1876), Matthias Erzberger (1875), Ludwig Quidde (1858), Gisela of Hungary (980), and Joseph Wirth (1879). After him are Herschel Grynszpan (1921), Agnes of Merania (1175), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441), Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504), and Walter Hallstein (1901).

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