POLITICIAN

Frederick II of Denmark

1534 - 1588

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Frederick II (1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1559 until his death in 1588. A member of the House of Oldenburg, Frederick began his personal rule of Denmark-Norway at the age of 24. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick II of Denmark has received more than 720,242 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Frederick II of Denmark is the 1,174th most popular politician (up from 1,286th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 46th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Danish Politician.

Frederick II of Denmark is most famous for his military prowess.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick II of Denmark ranks 1,174 out of 19,576. Before him are Ahmed Ben Bella, Sandra Mason, Michael VII Doukas, Al-Mu'tasim, Basil I, and Alauddin Khalji. After him are Alfredo Stroessner, Hua Guofeng, Pauline Bonaparte, Ghazan, Fuxi, and Chun Doo-hwan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1534, Frederick II of Denmark ranks 3. Before him are Oda Nobunaga, and Orlande de Lassus. After him are Myeongjong of Joseon, Joseph of Anchieta, Isaac Luria, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Guru Ram Das, Lautaro, Abtai Sain Khan, and Giovanni de' Bardi. Among people deceased in 1588, Frederick II of Denmark ranks 3. Before him are Mimar Sinan, and Paolo Veronese. After him are Henry I, Duke of Guise, 3rd Dalai Lama, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Qi Jiguang, Henri, Prince of Condé, Bernardino Telesio, Johann Weyer, Abtai Sain Khan, and Alonso Sánchez Coello.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Frederick II of Denmark ranks 44 out of 1,032. Before him are Maria Feodorovna (1847), Valdemar IV of Denmark (1320), Victor Borge (1909), Christian VI of Denmark (1699), Henrik Dam (1895), and Saxo Grammaticus (1150). After him are Frederick I of Denmark (1471), Aage Bohr (1922), Sveinn Björnsson (1881), Frederick IV of Denmark (1671), Fredrik Bajer (1837), and Ubba (1000).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Frederick II of Denmark ranks 24. Before him are Frederick VI of Denmark (1768), Frederick III of Denmark (1609), Valdemar II of Denmark (1170), Frederick VII of Denmark (1808), Valdemar IV of Denmark (1320), and Christian VI of Denmark (1699). After him are Frederick I of Denmark (1471), Sveinn Björnsson (1881), Frederick IV of Denmark (1671), Fredrik Bajer (1837), Harald Bluetooth (935), and Abel, King of Denmark (1218).

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