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Frederick, Prince of Wales

1707 - 1751

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Frederick, Prince of Wales (Frederick Louis, German: Friedrich Ludwig; 31 January 1707 – 31 March 1751) was the eldest son and heir apparent of King George II of Great Britain. He grew estranged from his parents, King George and Queen Caroline. Frederick was the father of King George III. Under the Act of Settlement passed by the English Parliament in 1701, Frederick was fourth in the line of succession to the British throne at birth, after his great-grandmother Sophia, Dowager Electress of Hanover; his grandfather George, Prince-Elector of Hanover; and his father, George. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick, Prince of Wales has received more than 3,257,639 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Frederick, Prince of Wales is the 183rd most popular nobleman (down from 173rd in 2019), the 781st most popular biography from Germany (down from 708th in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Nobleman.

Prince Frederick, the Prince of Wales, is most famous for being the father of King George III.

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  • 63.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Frederick, Prince of Wales ranks 183 out of 1,415. Before him are Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Elizabeth of Austria, Userkare, Jobst of Moravia, and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Germaine of Foix, Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1707, Frederick, Prince of Wales ranks 6. Before him are Carl Linnaeus, Leonhard Euler, Carlo Goldoni, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, and Louis I of Spain. After him are Henry Fielding, Louis-Michel van Loo, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Michel Corrette, and Charles Wesley. Among people deceased in 1751, Frederick, Prince of Wales ranks 5. Before him are Tomaso Albinoni, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Frederick I of Sweden, and William IV, Prince of Orange. After him are Louise of Great Britain, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Peter Lacy, Christopher Polhem, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, and Robert Maynard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick, Prince of Wales ranks 781 out of 7,253. Before him are Gustav Radbruch (1878), Wilhelm Cuno (1876), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Theodor W. Hänsch (1941), and Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840). After him are Theodor Fontane (1819), Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), Udo Kier (1944), Matthias Erzberger (1875), Bernd Schuster (1959), and Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Frederick, Prince of Wales ranks 21. Before him are Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869), Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria (1843), Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414), and Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846). After him are Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574), Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635), Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712), Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (1810), Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (1660), and Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597).

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