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John II, Count Palatine of Simmern

1492 - 1557

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John II (21 March 1492 – 18 May 1557) was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1509 until 1557. John II was born in Simmern in 1492 as the eldest surviving son of John I, Count Palatine of Simmern. In 1508 he married Beatrix of Baden, daughter of Margrave Christoph I. He succeeded his father in 1509. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John II, Count Palatine of Simmern has received more than 41,366 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John II, Count Palatine of Simmern is the 699th most popular nobleman (down from 652nd in 2019), the 2,680th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,746th in 2019) and the 140th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 699 out of 842. Before him are Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence, Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, Respendial, and Yolande II, Countess of Nevers. After him are Infante Gonzalo of Spain, Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and John of Montfort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1492, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 9. Before him are Pietro Aretino, Antonio Pigafetta, Juan Luis Vives, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Andrea Alciato, and Elizabeth Tudor. After him are Martín de Azpilcueta, Adam Ries, and Jean du Bellay. Among people deceased in 1557, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 17. Before him are Lautaro, Ferrante Gonzaga, Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Mohammed al-Shaykh, Galvarino, and Giovanni Francesco Straparola. After him are Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Söyembikä of Kazan, Giovanni Battista Ramusio, and Kamran Mirza.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 2,680 out of 6,142. Before him are Adam Kraft (1450), Gerardus Vossius (1577), Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1885), Martin Walser (1927), Carl Brockelmann (1868), and Sigmar Gabriel (1959). After him are Rainer Bonhof (1952), Özlem Türeci (1967), Ricardo Wolf (1887), George Mosse (1918), Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), and Armin T. Wegner (1886).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 140. Before him are Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach (1662), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia (1746), Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1601), William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1662), Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1800), and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (1821). After him are John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1666), Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (1468), Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (1269), John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1634), Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1614), and Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1468).

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