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Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

1597 - 1659

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Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp (22 December 1597 – 10 August 1659) was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. He was the elder son of Duke Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Augusta of Denmark. His mother was a daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark.He had ambitious plans concerning the development of sea trade. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp has received more than 167,704 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp is the 219th most popular nobleman (up from 244th in 2019), the 1,017th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,100th in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Nobleman.

Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp is most famous for his marriage to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia.

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  • 61.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 219 out of 1,415. Before him are Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, and Liliʻuokalani. After him are William, Duke of Austria, Anne de Montmorency, Beatrice d'Este, Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, and Memnon of Rhodes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1597, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 1. After him are Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Martin Opitz, Francesco Barberini, François Duquesnoy, Senhime, Luigi Rossi, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Justus Sustermans, and Johann Liss. Among people deceased in 1659, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 4. Before him are Abel Tasman, Hyojong of Joseon, and Kaya Sultan. After him are Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Simon Dach, Michał Boym, Dara Shukoh, Willem Drost, Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Jan Baptist Weenix.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 1,017 out of 7,253. Before him are Manuel Neuer (1986), Herbert Gille (1897), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Emil Jellinek (1853), and Hennig Brand (1630). After him are Gert Fröbe (1913), Hrotsvitha (935), Walter Röhrl (1947), Charles De Coster (1827), Christian Wirth (1885), and Karl Bühler (1879).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 27. Before him are Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574), Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635), Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712), Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (1810), and Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (1660). After him are Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759), Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719), Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845), Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886), Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229), and Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1641).

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