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Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria

1636 - 1679

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Ferdinand Maria (31 October 1636 – 26 May 1679) was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679. The Elector modernized the army and introduced Bavaria's first government code. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria has received more than 183,514 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria is the 2,541st most popular politician (down from 2,498th in 2019), the 672nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 682nd in 2019) and the 183rd most popular German Politician.

Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria is most famous for being the elector of Bavaria from 1651 to 1679. He was also a member of the Wittelsbach family.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria ranks 2,541 out of 19,576. Before him are Asmā' bint Abi Bakr, Jie of Xia, Emperor Gaozong of Song, Lee Hsien Loong, Charibert I, and Nectanebo I. After him are Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Lentulus Batiatus, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Aybak, Krum, and Ahaziah of Judah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria ranks 2. Before him is Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. After him are Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Laura Mancini, Adriaen van de Velde, Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Libéral Bruant, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Nikolai Spathari, and Charles de La Fosse. Among people deceased in 1679, Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria ranks 3. Before him are Thomas Hobbes, and Jan Steen. After him are Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Joost van den Vondel, John of Austria the Younger, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, Marie de Rohan, Willem van Aelst, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Jean François Paul de Gondi, and Francesco Barberini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria ranks 672 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Grotewohl (1894), Manfred Eigen (1927), Berti Vogts (1946), Georg Wittig (1897), August Macke (1887), and Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873). After him are Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Ernst Mayr (1904), Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876), and Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria ranks 183. Before him are Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797), George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595), Karl Carstens (1914), Werner von Haeften (1908), Otto Grotewohl (1894), and Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873). After him are Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876), Jürgen Stroop (1895), Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821), George V of Hanover (1819), and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513).

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