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George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg

1582 - 1641

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George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (17 February 1582, in Celle – 12 April 1641, in Hildesheim), ruled as Prince of Calenberg from 1635. George was the sixth son of William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1535–1592) and Dorothea of Denmark (1546–1617). His mother was daughter to King Christian III of Denmark and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg has received more than 159,973 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg is the 274th most popular nobleman (down from 226th in 2019), the 1,206th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,102nd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Nobleman.

George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg is most famous for being the father of the future king of England, George I.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg ranks 274 out of 842Before him are Fumihito, Prince Akishino, Princess Charlotte of Denmark, Robert III of Artois, Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, Henry I, Count of Champagne, and Anne Geneviève de Bourbon. After him are Stephen, Count of Blois, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Gioffre Borgia, Clemence of Austria, and Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1582, George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg ranks 6Before him are Frans Hals, Gregorio Allegri, Taichang Emperor, Dmitry of Uglich, and Şehzade Mahmud. After him are Giovanni Lanfranco, Bartolomeo Manfredi, John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, David Teniers the Elder, Magdalene of Brandenburg, and Stephen Pongracz. Among people deceased in 1641, George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg ranks 7Before him are Anthony van Dyck, Gwanghaegun of Joseon, Domenichino, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Thomas Mun, and Jane Frances de Chantal. After him are Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Jan Janszoon, Jeremiah Horrocks, Johan Banér, Hedwig of Denmark, and Pau Claris i Casademunt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg ranks 1,206 out of 6,142Before him are Ernst Troeltsch (1865), Sebastian Kneipp (1821), Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (1925), Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671), John George II, Elector of Saxony (1613), and Ludwig Prandtl (1875). After him are Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (1262), Gustav Noske (1868), Alfred Krupp (1812), Theodor Escherich (1857), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884), and Fritz Bauer (1903).

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