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George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

1624 - 1705

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George William (German: Georg Wilhelm; 26 January 1624 – 28 August 1705) was the first Welf Duke of Lauenburg after its occupation in 1689. From 1648 to 1665, he was the ruler of the Principality of Calenberg as an appanage from his eldest brother, Christian Louis, Prince of Luneburg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg has received more than 148,362 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the 6,146th most popular politician (up from 7,778th in 2019), the 1,683rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,201st in 2019) and the 482nd most popular German Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg has had the most page views in the with 20,064 views, followed by German (9,973), and Spanish (3,784). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (46.46%), Estonian (42.08%), and Catalan (34.11%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 6,146 out of 19,576. Before him are Gaius Julius Vindex, Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha, James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Infanta Eulalia of Spain, Emperor Hanazono, and Sancho IV of Pamplona. After him are Ronald Venetiaan, Itzcoatl, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Le Pétomane, and Arnuwanda I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1624, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 6. Before him are Koxinga, Guarino Guarini, Angelus Silesius, Empress Meishō, and George Fox. After him are Maria Miloslavskaya, François de la Chaise, Arnold Geulincx, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Thomas Sydenham, and Barent Fabritius. Among people deceased in 1705, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 12. Before him are Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Catherine of Braganza, John Ray, Philipp Spener, Madame d'Aulnoy, and Pierre Beauchamp. After him are Guillaume Amontons, Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Bada Shanren, Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, and Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 1,683 out of 7,253. Before him are Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), Otto Sander (1941), August Sander (1876), Hemma (800), Hans Langsdorff (1894), and Ferdinand Ries (1784). After him are Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806), Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820), Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (1654), Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark (1808), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (1949), and Niklot (1100).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ranks 482. Before him are Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866), Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (1344), Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff (1896), Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria (1752), Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (1310), and Rudolf Lange (1910). After him are Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806), Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820), Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (1654), Niklot (1100), William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1516), and Gottfried Silbermann (1683).

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