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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 276,439 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the 577th most popular nobleman (up from 629th in 2019), the 2,229th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,670th in 2019) and the 113th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 577 out of 842Before him are Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, Hugh, Count of Champagne, Laodice III, Fernando d'Ávalos, Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon. After him are Anna Sforza, Rupert I, Elector Palatine, Anne Henriette of Bavaria, Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, and Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1497, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 7Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger, Philip Melanchthon, Beyhan Sultan, Pedro de Valdivia, Emperor Go-Nara, and Mōri Motonari. After him are Jean Fernel, Francesco Canova da Milano, and Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1546, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 10Before him are Meera, Giulio Romano, Francisco de Vitoria, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Petru Rareș, 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 2,229 out of 6,142Before him are Erich Mühsam (1878), William II, Elector of Hesse (1777), Henry Morgenthau Sr. (1856), Heinrich Ehrler (1917), William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532), and Edmund Heines (1897). After him are Wolfgang Reitherman (1909), Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761), Georg Konrad Morgen (1909), Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877), Heinz Hoffmann (1910), and Agnes of Hesse (1527).

Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 113Before him are Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (1318), Princess Antonia of Luxembourg (1899), Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (1527), Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797), Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779), and Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1688). After him are Rupert I, Elector Palatine (1309), Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (1619), Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1871), Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia (1103), Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1729), and Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1563).