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Frederick III, Elector Palatine

1515 - 1576

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Frederick III of Simmern, the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (14 February 1515 – 16 October 1576) was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach, branch Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim. He was a son of John II of Simmern and inherited the Palatinate from the childless Elector Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine (Ottheinrich) in 1559. He was a devout convert to Calvinism, and made the Reformed confession the official religion of his domain by overseeing the composition and promulgation of the Heidelberg Catechism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick III, Elector Palatine has received more than 131,589 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Frederick III, Elector Palatine is the 6,228th most popular politician (down from 5,547th in 2019), the 1,728th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,565th in 2019) and the 520th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 6,228 out of 15,577Before him are Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Phriapatius, Isidor Straus, Issa Hayatou, Ye Wanyong, and Simeon Uroš. After him are Gyula Gömbös, Carlos Correia, Sergey Sazonov, Gogukcheon of Goguryeo, Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, and Alexandros Mavrokordatos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 16Before him are Petrus Ramus, Felix of Cantalice, Sebastian Castellio, Cipriano de Rore, Johann Weyer, and Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł. After him are Margaret Douglas, Hōjō Ujiyasu, Valerius Cordus, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, and Francisco de Toledo. Among people deceased in 1576, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 8Before him are Gerolamo Cardano, Tahmasp I, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Aloysius Lilius, Hans Sachs, and Isabella de' Medici. After him are Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bálint Bakfark, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Bartolomé Carranza, Nicola Vicentino, and Volcher Coiter.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 1,728 out of 6,142Before him are Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (1235), Leopold Gmelin (1788), Constantin von Tischendorf (1815), Jochen Mass (1946), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), and Isidor Straus (1845). After him are August Oetker (1862), Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), Karl Baedeker (1801), Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria (1937), Ludwig Fischer (1905), and Fritz Klingenberg (1912).

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