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John II, Duke of Cleves

1458 - 1521

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John II, "The Babymaker", Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark, (German: Johann II. "der Kindermacher", Herzog von Kleve, Graf von Mark) (13 April 1458 – 15 March 1521) was a son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers. He ruled Cleves from 1481 to his death in 1521. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John II, Duke of Cleves has received more than 119,891 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John II, Duke of Cleves is the 11,595th most popular politician (down from 11,185th in 2019), the 3,493rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,310th in 2019) and the 989th most popular German Politician.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John II, Duke of Cleves ranks 11,595 out of 19,576. Before him are Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Karin Kneissl, Audrey Azoulay, Marcus Junius Brutus, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, and Wu Bangguo. After him are Egon Klepsch, Judith, Duchess of Bavaria, Lagus, Rodney Williams, King Ai of Zhou, and Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1458, John II, Duke of Cleves ranks 7. Before him are Saint Casimir, Sebastian Brant, Piri Mehmed Pasha, Eleanor of Viseu, Jacopo Sannazaro, and Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham.  Among people deceased in 1521, John II, Duke of Cleves ranks 18. Before him are Raffaele Riario, Jorge Álvares, Tamás Bakócz, Neagoe Basarab, Duarte Barbosa, and Al-Mustamsik. After him is Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John II, Duke of Cleves ranks 3,493 out of 7,253. Before him are Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576), Friedrich Dickel (1913), Carl Humann (1839), Herman Grimm (1828), Johannes Cocceius (1603), and Martin Ohm (1792). After him are Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846), Dominic Monaghan (1976), John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1596), Robert von Mohl (1799), Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern (1537), and Hildegard Behrens (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, John II, Duke of Cleves ranks 989. Before him are Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (1532), Paul Reinecke (1872), Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau (1682), Edzard I, Count of East Frisia (1462), Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576), and Friedrich Dickel (1913). After him are Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846), John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1596), Robert von Mohl (1799), Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern (1537), Hermann Muhs (1894), and Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1581).

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