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Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

1585 - 1638

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Frederick I of Hesse-Homburg (5 March 1585, at Lichtenberg Castle in Fischbachtal – 9 May 1638, in Bad Homburg), was the first Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and founder of the eponymous family line. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg has received more than 32,768 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg is the 1,023rd most popular nobleman (down from 875th in 2019), the 3,639th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,568th in 2019) and the 217th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 1,023 out of 1,415Before him are Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, Henry, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Mechthild of the Palatinate, Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Władysław Opolski. After him are Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Galeria Fundana, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, Anne de Mortimer, and Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 17Before him are John Rolfe, Jacques Lemercier, Mary Ward, Massimo Stanzione, Hamnet Shakespeare, and Johann Baptist Cysat. After him are Pedro Teixeira, Domenico II Contarini, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Francesco Cornaro, and Squanto. Among people deceased in 1638, Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 22Before him are Barbara Longhi, Johann Heinrich Alsted, Georg Flegel, Joachim Wtewael, Jacques Blanchard, and George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. After him are John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, Gabriello Chiabrera, and John Wilbye.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 3,639 out of 7,253Before him are Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1712), Renate Müller (1906), Leroy Sané (1996), Walther Kadow (1900), Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890), and Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1826). After him are Theodor Curtius (1857), André Schürrle (1990), Jackson Browne (1948), Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg (1717), Georg Curtius (1820), and Hans Talhoffer (1420).

Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg ranks 217Before him are Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1827), Sibylla of Anhalt (1564), Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1755), Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden (1625), Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1866), and Mechthild of the Palatinate (1419). After him are Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1700), Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel (1726), Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1592), Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1771), Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg (1852), and Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (1495).