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Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

1721 - 1773

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Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Seydlitz (3 February 1721 – 8 November 1773) was a Prussian officer, lieutenant general, and among the greatest of the Prussian cavalry generals. He commanded one of the first Hussar squadrons of Frederick the Great's army and is credited with the development of the Prussian cavalry to its efficient level of performance in the Seven Years' War. His cavalryman father retired and then died while Seydlitz was still young. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz has received more than 166,064 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz is the 6,237th most popular politician (down from 4,858th in 2019), the 1,715th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,350th in 2019) and the 496th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz ranks 6,237 out of 19,576. Before him are Fayez al-Sarraj, László Tőkés, Fayzulla Khodzhayev, Malcolm I of Scotland, Demetrius III Eucaerus, and Michelle of Valois. After him are Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Arsames, Geunchogo of Baekje, and Hilda Heine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz ranks 5. Before him are Madame de Pompadour, Bernardo Bellotto, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, and Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Johann Kirnberger, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, and Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud. Among people deceased in 1773, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz ranks 5. Before him are Mustafa III, Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, Johann Joachim Quantz, and Ali Bey al-Kabir. After him are Luigi Vanvitelli, Paisius of Hilendar, Philibert Commerson, Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, Anton Janša, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, and Johan Ernst Gunnerus.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz ranks 1,715 out of 7,253. Before him are Uri Avnery (1923), Albrecht Penck (1858), Maurice de Hirsch (1831), Michael Stifel (1487), Ernst-Robert Grawitz (1899), and Berthold (1180). After him are William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487), Egon Bahr (1922), Charles the Child (847), Otto Abetz (1903), Wilhelm Schepmann (1894), and Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz ranks 496. Before him are Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1719), Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884), Anna of Saxony (1544), Joschka Fischer (1948), Gisela of Swabia (990), and Christian Thielemann (1959). After him are Egon Bahr (1922), Charles the Child (847), Otto Abetz (1903), Günther Quandt (1881), Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332), and Cerdic of Wessex (467).

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