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George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

1605 - 1661

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George II of Hesse-Darmstadt, German: Georg II von Hessen-Darmstadt (17 March 1605, in Darmstadt – 11 June 1661) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1626 to 1661. He was the son of Ludwig V and Magdalene of Brandenburg. He married Sophia Eleonore of Saxony on 1 April 1627. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt has received more than 119,830 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 22 in 2019). George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt is the 6,647th most popular politician (down from 6,593rd in 2019), the 1,804th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,832nd in 2019) and the 524th most popular German Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ranks 6,647 out of 19,576. Before him are Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Diagoras of Rhodes, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Meir Amit, and Friedrich Naumann. After him are Félix Gouin, Cao Kun, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Neferirkare, Emperor Xizong of Jin, and Phriapatius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1605, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ranks 13. Before him are Şehzade Mehmed, Adriaen Brouwer, Ayşe Sultan, Semyon Dezhnev, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, and Thomas Browne. After him are Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Simon Dach, Zhu Yuyue, Brynjólfur Sveinsson, Ferenc Wesselényi, and Ismaël Bullialdus. Among people deceased in 1661, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ranks 7. Before him are Cardinal Mazarin, Shunzhi Emperor, Girard Desargues, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Vasile Lupu, and Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias. After him are Zheng Zhilong, Andrea Sacchi, Louis Couperin, Jan Fyt, Teimuraz I of Kakheti, and Martino Martini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ranks 1,804 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian Lorenz (1966), Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp (1649), Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771), Ernst Nolte (1923), Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845), and Friedrich Naumann (1860). After him are Christoph Graupner (1683), Michael Schenker (1955), Herbert Kappler (1907), Adolf Bastian (1826), Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), and Johann Gottfried Walther (1684).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ranks 524. Before him are Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720), Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (1574), Adolph Diesterweg (1790), Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp (1649), Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771), and Friedrich Naumann (1860). After him are Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772), Miguel, Duke of Braganza (1853), Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (1807), Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (1902), and Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (1072).

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