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Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

1497 - 1546

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Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg (German: Ernst der Bekenner; 27 June 1497 – 11 January 1546), also frequently called Ernest the Confessor, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a champion of the Protestant cause during the early years of the Protestant Reformation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg has received more than 297,696 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the 583rd most popular nobleman (down from 575th in 2019), the 2,298th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,227th in 2019) and the 105th most popular German Nobleman.

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  • 300k

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  • 61.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 583 out of 1,415. Before him are Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, Anne Marie Martinozzi, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, and Balthild of Chelles. After him are Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach, and Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1497, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 7. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger, Philip Melanchthon, Beyhan Sultan, Pedro de Valdivia, Emperor Go-Nara, and Mōri Motonari. After him are Francesco Canova da Milano, Jean Fernel, and Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1546, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 11. Before him are Giulio Romano, Francisco de Vitoria, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Petru Rareș, Marinus van Reymerswaele, and Étienne Dolet. After him are Isabella di Morra, and David Beaton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 2,298 out of 7,253. Before him are Tielman Susato (1500), Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667), Carl Hagenbeck (1844), Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598), Klaus Kinkel (1936), and Josef Bürckel (1895). After him are Adolf Schmal (1872), August Hermann Francke (1663), Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724), Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck (1620), Konrad Peutinger (1465), and Ernst Curtius (1814).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 105. Before him are Konrad von Thüringen (1206), Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1284), William, Duke of Brunswick (1806), Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia (1103), Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (1817), and Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598). After him are Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck (1620), Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779), Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach (1662), Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1871), William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682), and John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern (1543).

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