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Frederick II, Elector of Saxony

1412 - 1464

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Frederick II, The Gentle (Friedrich, der Sanftmütige; Frederick the Gentle; 22 August 1412 – 7 September 1464) was Elector of Saxony (1428–1464) and was Landgrave of Thuringia (1440–1445). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony has received more than 359,550 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Frederick II, Elector of Saxony is the 2,825th most popular politician (up from 3,179th in 2019), the 770th most popular biography from Germany (up from 883rd in 2019) and the 224th most popular German Politician.

Frederick II, Elector of Saxony is most famous for being the King of Prussia from 1740-1786.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony ranks 2,825 out of 15,577Before him are Juvénal Habyarimana, Herschel Grynszpan, Heungseon Daewongun, Francisco Macías Nguema, Emperor Zhao of Han, and Wang Xizhi. After him are Gevherhan Sultan, Henry I of Navarre, Asmā' bint Abi Bakr, Cardinal de Rohan, Süleyman Çelebi, and Christine of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1412, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony ranks 2Before him is Joan of Arc. After him are Abu'l-Khayr Khan, Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, and Jaume Huguet. Among people deceased in 1464, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony ranks 6Before him are Nicholas of Cusa, Pope Pius II, Rogier van der Weyden, Cosimo de' Medici, and Emperor Yingzong of Ming. After him are Blanche II of Navarre, Zagan Pasha, Bernardo Rossellino, Catherine of Poděbrady, Desiderio da Settignano, and Bartolomeo Bon.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony ranks 770 out of 6,142Before him are Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Peter Weiss (1916), Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666), Hugo Sperrle (1885), and Herschel Grynszpan (1921). After him are Herta Oberheuser (1911), Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Ralf Dahrendorf (1929), Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788), and Uwe Seeler (1936).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony ranks 224Before him are Heinrich Lübke (1894), Anna Leopoldovna (1718), Paul Blobel (1894), Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Maria of Yugoslavia (1900), and Herschel Grynszpan (1921). After him are Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (1261), Richard Baer (1911), Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504), Gotthard Kettler (1517), and Wolfgang Schäuble (1942).