1515 - 1576
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, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 6,228 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,222
290 BC - 176 BC
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,223
1845 - 1912
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,224
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,225
1858 - 1926
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,226
1326 - 1371
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,227
1515 - 1576
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,228
1886 - 1936
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,229
1933 - 2021
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,230
1860 - 1927
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 6,231
150 - 197
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 6,232
1871 - 1939
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 6,233
1791 - 1865
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 6,234
Among people born in 1515, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 16. Before 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 8. Before 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.
1515 - 1572
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 10
1515 - 1587
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 11
1515 - 1563
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 12
1515 - 1565
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 13
1515 - 1588
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 14
1515 - 1565
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 15
1515 - 1576
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 16
1515 - 1578
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 17
1515 - 1571
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 18
1515 - 1544
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 19
1515 - 1568
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 20
1515 - 1540
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 21
1515 - 1582
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 22
1501 - 1576
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 2
1514 - 1576
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 3
1527 - 1576
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 4
1510 - 1576
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 5
1494 - 1576
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 6
1542 - 1576
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 7
1515 - 1576
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 8
1528 - 1576
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 9
1507 - 1576
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 10
1525 - 1576
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 11
1503 - 1576
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 12
1511 - 1576
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 13
1534 - 1576
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 14
Among people born in Germany, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 1,728 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1235 - 1290
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 1,722
1788 - 1853
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 1,723
1815 - 1874
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,724
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,725
1716 - 1801
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,726
1845 - 1912
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 1,727
1515 - 1576
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 1,728
1862 - 1918
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 1,729
1829 - 1901
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 1,730
1801 - 1859
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 1,731
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 1,732
1905 - 1947
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,733
1912 - 1945
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 1,734
Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 520. Before him are Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787), Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720), George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779), Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine (1809), Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (1235), and Isidor Straus (1845). After him are Ludwig Fischer (1905), Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614), Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (1072), Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460), Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818), and Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony (1730).
1787 - 1875
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 514
1720 - 1785
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 515
1779 - 1860
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 516
1809 - 1877
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 517
1235 - 1290
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 518
1845 - 1912
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 519
1515 - 1576
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 520
1905 - 1947
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 521
1614 - 1674
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 522
1072 - 1120
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 523
1460 - 1536
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 524
1818 - 1907
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 525
1730 - 1806
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 526