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John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg

1625 - 1679

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John Frederick (German: Johann Friedrich; 25 April 1625 in Herzberg am Harz – 18 December 1679 in Augsburg) was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He ruled over the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, from 1665 until his death. The third son of George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John converted to the Roman Catholic Church, the only member of his family to do so, in 1651, as a result of a visit while in Italy to Saint Joseph of Cupertino. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg has received more than 37,838 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg is the 463rd most popular nobleman (down from 461st in 2019), the 1,886th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,037th in 2019) and the 79th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg ranks 463 out of 842Before him are Yaroslav of Tver, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden, Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy, Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, and Louise d'Orléans. After him are Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, Richard, Duke of Burgundy, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, and Igor Svyatoslavich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1625, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg ranks 5Before him are Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Johan de Witt, Paulus Potter, and Rasmus Bartholin. After him are Carlo Maratta, Erik Dahlbergh, Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, François de Créquy, Gregorio Barbarigo, Samuel Morland, and Pierre Nicole. Among people deceased in 1679, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg ranks 13Before him are Joost van den Vondel, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Willem van Aelst, Marie de Rohan, Margherita de' Medici, and Francesco Barberini. After him are Jean François Paul de Gondi, Anne Conway, Abraham Mignon, Jan van de Cappelle, Jan van Kessel the Elder, and Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg ranks 1,886 out of 6,142Before him are Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden (1824), Henry III, Duke of Bavaria (940), Sebastian Haffner (1907), Johann Homann (1664), Jürgen Kohler (1965), and Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633). After him are William I, Duke of Bavaria (1330), Toni Kroos (1990), Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach (1682), Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (1817), Bernd Rosemeyer (1909), and Ludwig Börne (1786).

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