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George, Duke of Saxony

1471 - 1539

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George the Bearded (Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539) was Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539 known for his opposition to the Reformation. While the Ernestine line embraced Lutheranism, the Albertines (headed by George) were reluctant to do so. Despite George's efforts to avoid a succession by a Lutheran upon his death in 1539, he could not prevent it from happening. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George, Duke of Saxony has received more than 130,578 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). George, Duke of Saxony is the 299th most popular nobleman (down from 265th in 2019), the 1,275th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,315th in 2019) and the 46th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, George, Duke of Saxony ranks 299 out of 842Before him are Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, Madeleine of Valois, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, and Thomas, Count of Savoy. After him are Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Marina Mniszech, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, and Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1471, George, Duke of Saxony ranks 3Before him are Albrecht Dürer and Frederick I of Denmark. After him are Krishnadevaraya and Elisabetta Gonzaga. Among people deceased in 1539, George, Duke of Saxony ranks 7Before him are Isabella of Portugal, Guru Nanak, Isabella d'Este, Ayas Mehmed Pasha, Ferdinand Columbus, and Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. After him are Elizabeth Blount, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, John III, Duke of Cleves, Ottaviano Petrucci, Il Pordenone, and Pierre Gringore.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George, Duke of Saxony ranks 1,275 out of 6,142Before him are Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857), Henri Victor Regnault (1810), Heinz Linge (1913), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), and Samuel Scheidt (1587). After him are Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), Dagmar of Bohemia (1186), Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), Anselm Feuerbach (1829), and Constantin Carathéodory (1873).

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