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Henry the Lion

1129 - 1195

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Henry the Lion (German: Heinrich der Löwe; 1129/1131 – 6 August 1195), also known as Henry III, Duke of Saxony (ruled 1142-1180) and Henry XII, Duke of Bavaria (ruled 1156-1180), was a member of the Welf dynasty. Henry was one of the most powerful German princes of his time, until the rival Hohenstaufen dynasty succeeded in isolating him and eventually deprived him of his duchies of Bavaria and Saxony during the reign of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and of Frederick's son and successor Henry VI. At the height of his reign, Henry ruled over a vast territory stretching from the coast of the North and Baltic seas to the Alps, and from Westphalia to Pomerania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry the Lion has received more than 896,350 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Henry the Lion is the 1,159th most popular politician (up from 1,267th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Germany (up from 352nd in 2019) and the 87th most popular German Politician.

Henry the Lion was the Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, and he was most famous for his role in the Great Saxon Revolt against Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

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  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry the Lion ranks 1,159 out of 19,576. Before him are Tvrtko I of Bosnia, Muawiya II, Anna Jagiellon, Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain, Mohamed Morsi, and Vasili IV of Russia. After him are Vasili III of Russia, Christian III of Denmark, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Takeda Shingen, David Lloyd George, and Nikolai Yezhov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1129, Henry the Lion ranks 1. After him are Canute V of Denmark, Elisabeth of Schönau, and Ottokar III of Styria. Among people deceased in 1195, Henry the Lion ranks 1. After him are Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut, Herrad of Landsberg, Alix of France, Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Wu Yi of Shang, and Albert I, Margrave of Meissen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henry the Lion ranks 307 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Hermann Hoth (1885), Michael Wittmann (1914), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Sepp Dietrich (1892), and Baldur von Schirach (1907). After him are Christian III of Denmark (1503), Hans von Aachen (1552), Karen Horney (1885), Carl Bosch (1874), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), and Theodor Heuss (1884).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Henry the Lion ranks 87. Before him are Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596), Irma Grese (1923), Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175), Helmut Schmidt (1918), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), and Baldur von Schirach (1907). After him are Christian III of Denmark (1503), Theodor Heuss (1884), Julius Streicher (1885), Georgy Lvov (1861), Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737), and Ilse Koch (1906).

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