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Hedwig of Silesia

1174 - 1243

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Hedwig of Silesia (also Hedwig of Andechs (German: Heilige Hedwig von Andechs, Polish: Święta Jadwiga Śląska, Latin: Hedvigis; 1174 – 15 October 1243), a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and of Greater Poland from 1231 as well as High Duchess consort of Poland from 1232 until 1238. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hedwig of Silesia has received more than 262,307 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Hedwig of Silesia is the 1,623rd most popular politician (up from 1,695th in 2019), the 446th most popular biography from Germany (up from 469th in 2019) and the 124th most popular German Politician.

Hedwig of Silesia is most famous for being the wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II. She was a member of the Piast dynasty and was the daughter of Duke Bolesław I the Tall of Silesia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hedwig of Silesia ranks 1,623 out of 19,576. Before her are Miloš Obrenović, Ferdinand I of Aragon, Otto of Greece, Emeric Thököly, George Tupou V, and Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria. After her are Hassan Nasrallah, Lala Mustafa Pasha, Gelimer, Paul Bocuse, Victoria of Baden, and Leopold, Duke of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1174, Hedwig of Silesia ranks 2. Before her is Theodore I Laskaris. After her are Emeric, King of Hungary, Peter II of Aragon, Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France, Henry of Flanders, Marie of Champagne, Richeza of Denmark, and Philip I of Namur. Among people deceased in 1243, Hedwig of Silesia ranks 1. After her are Yelü Chucai, Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Indravarman II.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hedwig of Silesia ranks 446 out of 7,253. Before her are Walther Bothe (1891), Louis the Child (893), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), Gregor Strasser (1892), Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724), and Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750). After her are Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), Victoria of Baden (1862), Conradin (1252), Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), Otto Frank (1889), and Till Lindemann (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Hedwig of Silesia ranks 124. Before her are Elsa Einstein (1876), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Louis the Child (893), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), Gregor Strasser (1892), and Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750). After her are Victoria of Baden (1862), Conradin (1252), Ananda Mahidol (1925), Maria Josepha of Bavaria (1739), Friedrich Fromm (1888), and Pyotr Stolypin (1862).

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