1497 - 1546
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, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 577 out of 842. Before 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.
1875 - 1940
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 571
1074 - 1126
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 572
300 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 573
1489 - 1525
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 574
1688 - 1748
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 575
1555 - 1623
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 576
1497 - 1546
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 577
1476 - 1497
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 578
1309 - 1390
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 579
1648 - 1723
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 580
1619 - 1680
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 581
1871 - 1937
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 582
1103 - 1130
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 583
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 Jean Fernel, Francesco Canova da Milano, and Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1546, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 10. Before 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.
1497 - 1545
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 1
1497 - 1560
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 2
1497 - 1559
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 3
1497 - 1553
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 4
1497 - 1557
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 5
1497 - 1571
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 6
1497 - 1546
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 7
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 8
1497 - 1543
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 9
1497 - 1555
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 10
1498 - 1546
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 4
1499 - 1546
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 5
1483 - 1546
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 6
1484 - 1546
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 7
1487 - 1546
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 8
1509 - 1546
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 9
1497 - 1546
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 10
1520 - 1546
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 11
1494 - 1546
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 2,229 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1878 - 1934
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 2,223
1777 - 1847
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 2,224
1856 - 1946
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 2,225
1917 - 1945
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,226
1532 - 1592
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,227
1897 - 1934
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,228
1497 - 1546
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,229
1909 - 1985
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,230
1761 - 1829
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,231
1909 - 1982
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,232
1877 - 1906
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 2,233
1910 - 1985
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 2,234
1527 - 1555
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 2,235
Among noblemen born in Germany, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 113. Before 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).
1318 - 1379
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 107
1899 - 1954
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 108
1527 - 1603
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 109
1797 - 1817
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 110
1779 - 1824
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 111
1688 - 1748
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 112
1497 - 1546
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 113
1309 - 1390
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 114
1619 - 1680
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 115
1871 - 1937
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 116
1103 - 1130
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 117
1729 - 1818
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 118
1563 - 1607
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 119