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Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine

1658 - 1716

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Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine (Jan Wellem in Low German, English: John William; 19 April 1658 – 8 June 1716) of the Wittelsbach dynasty was Elector Palatine (1690–1716), Duke of Neuburg (1690–1716), Duke of Jülich and Berg (1679–1716), and Duke of Upper Palatinate and Cham (1707–1714). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine has received more than 164,751 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine is the 3,665th most popular politician (up from 4,222nd in 2019), the 999th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,180th in 2019) and the 294th most popular German Politician.

Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine is most famous for being the first of the House of Wittelsbach to rule over the Palatinate and Bavaria.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ranks 3,665 out of 15,577Before him are Musa Çelebi, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Ziusudra, Ghazi of Iraq, Emil Jellinek, and Menander I. After him are Bayinnaung, James Brooke, Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Al-Wathiq, and Erhard Heiden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1658, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ranks 3Before him are Giuseppe Torelli and Mary of Modena. After him are Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Ogata Kōrin, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Nicolas Coustou, Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, and Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Among people deceased in 1716, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ranks 3Before him are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Louis de Montfort. After him are Engelbert Kaempfer, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Tokugawa Ietsugu, Ogata Kōrin, Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, Anthim the Iberian, Roger Cotes, Charles de La Fosse, and Giovanni Battista Bassani.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ranks 999 out of 6,142Before him are Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854), Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792), Alfred Naujocks (1911), Hermann of Reichenau (1013), Emil Jellinek (1853), and Max Liebermann (1847). After him are Georg Wittig (1897), Erhard Heiden (1901), Günter Netzer (1944), Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759), Wolfgang Overath (1943), and Eugen Dühring (1833).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine ranks 294Before him are John, Elector of Saxony (1468), Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636), Godigisel (359), Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107), Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), and Emil Jellinek (1853). After him are Erhard Heiden (1901), Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826), Natalia Alexeievna (1755), Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697), Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526), and Constantin Fehrenbach (1852).