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George William, Elector of Brandenburg

1595 - 1640

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George William (German: Georg Wilhelm; 13 November 1595 – 1 December 1640), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was Margrave and Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia from 1619 until his death. His reign was marked by ineffective governance during the Thirty Years' War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George William, Elector of Brandenburg has received more than 361,765 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). George William, Elector of Brandenburg is the 2,476th most popular politician (down from 2,428th in 2019), the 661st most popular biography from Germany (up from 662nd in 2019) and the 178th most popular German Politician.

George William, Elector of Brandenburg is most famous for being the first ruler to unite the Margraviate of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George William, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 2,476 out of 19,576. Before him are Joscelin I, Count of Edessa, Louis I, Duke of Anjou, Longqing Emperor, Mentuhotep IV, Siptah, and Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld. After him are Stefan Uroš V, Rusudan of Georgia, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, Karl Carstens, Raúl Alfonsín, and Marcus Claudius Tacitus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1595, George William, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 6. Before him are Pocahontas, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Władysław IV Vasa, Injo of Joseon, and Alessandro Algardi. After him are Vasile Lupu, Dirck van Baburen, Jean Chapelain, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Ludovico Ludovisi, and Albert Girard. Among people deceased in 1640, George William, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 3. Before him are Peter Paul Rubens, and Murad IV. After him are Francesca Caccini, Uriel da Costa, Giuseppe Cesari, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Vittoria Aleotti, Wilhelm Kettler, Alessandro Salvio, and Charles, Duke of Guise.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George William, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 661 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), Gerhard Ertl (1936), Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949), Rudolf Bultmann (1884), Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797), and Ernst Otto Fischer (1918). After him are Werner Sombart (1863), Maurice de Saxe (1696), Karl Carstens (1914), Werner von Haeften (1908), Otto Grotewohl (1894), and Manfred Eigen (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, George William, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 178. Before him are Erich Mielke (1907), Erich Koch (1896), Manfred Gerlach (1928), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), John of Saxony (1801), and Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797). After him are Karl Carstens (1914), Werner von Haeften (1908), Otto Grotewohl (1894), Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873), Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636), and Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673).

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