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Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

1771 - 1815

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Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 9 October 1771 – 16 June 1815), was a German prince and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Oels. Nicknamed "The Black Duke", he was a military officer who led the Black Brunswickers against French domination in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel has received more than 290,995 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel is the 6,634th most popular politician (up from 6,635th in 2019), the 1,800th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,848th in 2019) and the 522nd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 6,634 out of 19,576. Before him are Histiaeus, Zhang Chunqiao, Viktor Abakumov, Arame of Urartu, Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, and Magnus, Duke of Saxony. After him are Prince Harald of Denmark, Eugénie de Beauharnais, Charles I, Lord of Monaco, Fujiwara no Kamatari, Gjúki, and Tai Jia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 18. Before him are Marie François Xavier Bichat, Laskarina Bouboulina, Mungo Park, Jean-Andoche Junot, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, and Mikhail Miloradovich. After him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, Rahel Varnhagen, Ferdinando Paer, Nicolas Chopin, and Jean Rapp. Among people deceased in 1815, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 14. Before him are Emma, Lady Hamilton, Carsten Niebuhr, Guillaume Brune, José María Morelos, 9th Dalai Lama, and Smithson Tennant. After him are Ahmad al-Tijani, James Gillray, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Torii Kiyonaga, Matthias Claudius, and Solomon II of Imereti.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 1,800 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720), Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (1574), Adolph Diesterweg (1790), Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Christian Lorenz (1966), and Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp (1649). After him are Ernst Nolte (1923), Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845), Friedrich Naumann (1860), George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605), Christoph Graupner (1683), and Michael Schenker (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 522. Before him are Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1568), Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764), Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720), Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (1574), Adolph Diesterweg (1790), and Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp (1649). After him are Friedrich Naumann (1860), George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605), Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772), Miguel, Duke of Braganza (1853), and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (1807).

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