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Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg

1620 - 1688

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Frederick William (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he is popularly known as "the Great Elector" (der Große Kurfürst) because of his military and political achievements. Frederick William was a staunch pillar of the Calvinist faith, associated with the rising commercial class. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg has received more than 818,118 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg is the 848th most popular politician (up from 924th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Germany (up from 260th in 2019) and the 66th most popular German Politician.

Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg is most famous for being the first Hohenzollern ruler of Prussia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 848 out of 19,576. Before him are Imad ad-Din Zengi, Aurangzeb, Shoshenq I, Anastasius I Dicorus, Viktor Orbán, and Georges Clemenceau. After him are Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, George II of Greece, Amadeo I of Spain, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, and Jalal Talabani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 1. After him are Ninon de l'Enclos, Edme Mariotte, Avvakum, Aelbert Cuyp, Pierre Puget, Jean Picard, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Miklós Zrínyi, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, John Graunt, and François Bernier. Among people deceased in 1688, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 1. After him are Henry Morgan, Ferdinand Verbiest, John Bunyan, Claude Perrault, Joachim von Sandrart, Narai, Philippe Quinault, François Bernier, Constantine Phaulkon, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, and Maximilian Henry of Bavaria.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 235 out of 7,253. Before him are Johannes Stark (1874), Magda Goebbels (1901), Otto von Guericke (1602), Max Scheler (1874), Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838), and Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717). After him are Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), Georgius Agricola (1494), Erich Hartmann (1922), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Paul Heyse (1830), and Herbert Marcuse (1898).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 66. Before him are Karl Liebknecht (1871), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Eduard Bernstein (1850), and Walter Ulbricht (1893). After him are Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), and Valentinian II (371).

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