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Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg

1557 - 1608

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Friedrich I of Württemberg (19 August 1557 – 29 January 1608) was the son of George of Mömpelgard and his wife Barbara of Hesse, daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. Several references are made to him in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, in which a series of anti-German jokes start with a horse theft, several references are made to German travellers in England and to a German duke who is not expected to come to Windsor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg has received more than 99,272 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg is the 465th most popular companion (up from 489th in 2019), the 1,966th most popular biography from France (up from 2,100th in 2019) and the 49th most popular French Companion.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg ranks 465 out of 784. Before him are Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, Violant of Bar, Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, and Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily. After him are Queen Saleha of Brunei, Isabella of Burgundy, Queen of Germany, Maria Clementina Sobieska, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia, and Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1557, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg ranks 9. Before him are Giovanni Gabrieli, Agostino Carracci, Stephen Bocskai, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Balthasar Gérard, and Oda Nobutada. After him are Irina Godunova, Lew Sapieha, Leandro Bassano, Öküz Mehmed Pasha, Thomas Morley, and Jean de Sponde. Among people deceased in 1608, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg ranks 7. Before him are John Dee, Giambologna, Seonjo of Joseon, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, and Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Andrew Avellino, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, Ğazı II Giray, Sigismund Rákóczi, Bernardo Buontalenti, and Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski.

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In France

Among people born in France, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg ranks 1,966 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis François, Prince of Conti (1717), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (1740), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), François Girardon (1628), and David d'Angers (1788). After him are Jean Rouch (1917), Félix Gouin (1884), Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858), Peter the Venerable (1092), Pierre Plantard (1920), and Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750).

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Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg ranks 49. Before him are Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne (1787), Isabella of Bourbon (1437), Philippa of Hainault (1314), Margaret of France, Queen of England (1282), Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508), and Camille Doncieux (1847). After him are Louise de Coligny (1555), Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais (1428), Maria of Navarre (1326), Bernadette Chirac (1933), Peter I of Courtenay (1126), and Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate (1652).

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