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John George, Elector of Brandenburg

1525 - 1598

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John George of Brandenburg (German: Johann Georg von Brandenburg; 11 September 1525 – 8 January 1598) was a prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1571–1598). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John George, Elector of Brandenburg has received more than 223,427 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. John George, Elector of Brandenburg is the 3,699th most popular politician (down from 3,313th in 2019), the 1,007th most popular biography from Germany (down from 903rd in 2019) and the 292nd most popular German Politician.

John George, Elector of Brandenburg is most famous for being a ruler of the House of Hohenzollern. He was the first member of the family to rule Brandenburg and Prussia.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John George, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 3,699 out of 19,576. Before him are Hasan Akhund, Yukio Hatoyama, Ahmad al-Mansur, Eric XI of Sweden, Emperor Buretsu, and Zwentibold. After him are Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Roza Otunbayeva, Maria Theresa of Austria, and Giovanni Leone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1525, John George, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 4. Before him are Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Nurbanu Sultan, and Şehzade Bayezid. After him are Hans Staden, Giovanni Battista Moroni, Zhang Juzheng, Germain Pilon, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Abbakka Chowta, Patriarch Job of Moscow, and Caspar Peucer. Among people deceased in 1598, John George, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 7. Before him are Philip II of Spain, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Feodor I of Russia, Yi Sun-sin, Abraham Ortelius, and Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland. After him are William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Abdullah Khan II, Theodor de Bry, Henri Estienne, Paolo Boi, and Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John George, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 1,007 out of 7,253. Before him are Emmy Göring (1893), August Grisebach (1814), Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), Christian Thomasius (1655), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), and Zwentibold (870). After him are Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526), Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), Manuel Neuer (1986), Herbert Gille (1897), and Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, John George, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 292. Before him are Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1876), Gottlob Berger (1896), Princess Louise of Prussia (1838), Hans Oster (1887), Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786), and Zwentibold (870). After him are Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), Emil Jellinek (1853), Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647), John, Elector of Saxony (1468), and Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484).

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