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Frederick William II of Prussia

1744 - 1797

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Frederick William II (German: Friedrich Wilhelm II.; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was King of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was in personal union the Prince-elector of Brandenburg and (via the Orange-Nassau inheritance of his grandfather) sovereign prince of the Canton of Neuchâtel. Pleasure-loving and indolent, he is seen as the antithesis to his predecessor, Frederick the Great. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick William II of Prussia has received more than 1,286,597 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Frederick William II of Prussia is the 727th most popular politician (down from 672nd in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Germany (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular German Politician.

Frederick William II was most famous for being the king of Prussia from 1786 to 1797.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 727 out of 15,577. Before him are Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, Alexander Lukashenko, Shunzhi Emperor, Zacchaeus, Vladislaus II of Hungary, and Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. After him are Hussein of Jordan, Stanisław Leszczyński, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Árpád, John III of Sweden, and Charles IX of Sweden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 3. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Johann Gottfried Herder. After him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Pierre Méchain, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Abigail Adams, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, and Marianna Martines. Among people deceased in 1797, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 4. Before him are Baron Munchausen, Edmund Burke, and Mary Wollstonecraft. After him are François-Noël Babeuf, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, James Hutton, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Vilna Gaon, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Lazare Hoche, and Joseph Wright of Derby.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 200 out of 6,142. Before him are Emil Fischer (1852), Nelly Sachs (1891), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Jacob Grimm (1785), Michel Ney (1769), and Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838). After him are Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Otto von Guericke (1602), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Karl Liebknecht (1871), and Eckhart Tolle (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 53. Before him are Olaf Scholz (1958), Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Augustus III of Poland (1696), Ilse Koch (1906), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), and Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756). After him are Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Karl Liebknecht (1871), Conrad III of Germany (1093), Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), and Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990).

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