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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 92,277 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg is the 490th most popular companion (up from 527th in 2019), the 2,107th most popular biography from France (up from 2,346th in 2019) and the 50th most popular French Companion.

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Among companions, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg ranks 490 out of 673Before him are Sunanda Kumariratana, Domitilla the Elder, Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Princess Januária of Brazil, and Rukmini. After him are Umm Ruman, Gaius Laelius Sapiens, Princess Isabella of Bavaria, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and William V, Marquess of Montferrat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1557, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg ranks 10Before him are Agostino Carracci, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Stephen Bocskai, Balthasar Gérard, Irina Godunova, and Oda Nobutada. After him are Lew Sapieha, Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, Thomas Morley, and Jean de Sponde. Among people deceased in 1608, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg ranks 8Before him are Seonjo of Joseon, Giambologna, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, and Andrew Avellino. After him are Sigismund Rákóczi, Bernardo Buontalenti, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, Ğazı II Giray, Alberico Gentili, and Bartolomeo Carducci.

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In France

Among people born in France, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg ranks 2,107 out of 6,011Before him are Jules Perrot (1810), Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809), John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (1582), Maurice de Sully (1110), Joseph Darnand (1897), and Maurice André (1933). After him are Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), Léon Duguit (1859), Émile Friant (1863), Théodore Dubois (1837), Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414), and Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207).

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