NOBLEMAN

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. John II allowed printing to be established in Simmern and was a patron of sculpture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John II, Count Palatine of Simmern has received more than 40,949 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John II, Count Palatine of Simmern is the 705th most popular nobleman (down from 697th in 2019), the 2,640th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,677th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular German Nobleman.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Over the past year John II, Count Palatine of Simmern has had the most page views in the with 5,151 views, followed by German (2,702), and Russian (1,215). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bulgarian (35.82%), Hebrew (34.16%), and Chinese (26.27%)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 705 out of 1,415. Before him are Adalbert I of Ivrea, Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, Lambert I, Count of Louvain, Eleanor of Woodstock, Ulf Jarl, and Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. After him are Jasper Tudor, Reginald II, Count of Burgundy, Otto of Nordheim, Gilbert, Count of Montpensier, Bernhard von Spanheim, and Infanta María Amalia of Spain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1492, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 8. Before him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, Marguerite de Navarre, Juan Luis Vives, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Andrea Alciato, and Elizabeth Tudor. After him are Sabina of Bavaria, Saadet I Giray, Jean du Bellay, Adam Ries, and Martín de Azpilcueta. Among people deceased in 1557, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 17. Before him are Lautaro, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Ferrante Gonzaga, Galvarino, Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Mohammed al-Shaykh. After him are Söyembikä of Kazan, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Giovanni Battista Ramusio, and Kamran Mirza.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 2,640 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720), Oskar von Hutier (1857), Princess Maria Anna of Saxony (1799), Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (1271), Heinrich Ehrler (1917), and Erwin Jaenecke (1890). After him are Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834), Regina Jonas (1902), Doro (1964), Carl Ludwig Blume (1796), Otl Aicher (1922), and Ursula Kuczynski (1907).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern ranks 142. Before him are Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1489), Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (1269), Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1560), Charlotte von Stein (1742), Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf (1724), and Princess Maria Anna of Saxony (1799). After him are Philippine Welser (1527), Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1700), Frederick of Saxony (1474), John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1666), Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria (1937), and Elisa Radziwiłł (1803).

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