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John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

1604 - 1679

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John Maurice of Nassau (Dutch: Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen; German: Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen; Portuguese: João Maurício de Nassau-Siegen; 17 June 1604 – 20 December 1679), called "the Brazilian" for his fruitful period as governor of Dutch Brazil, was Count and (from 1664) Prince of Nassau-Siegen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen has received more than 132,807 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen is the 3,949th most popular politician (up from 4,039th in 2019), the 1,084th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,123rd in 2019) and the 320th most popular German Politician.

John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen is most famous for being the founder of the Dutch West India Company.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen ranks 3,949 out of 15,577Before him are Brigitte Bierlein, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ayşe Sultan, Anna of Saxony, Gladwyn Jebb, and Anedjib. After him are Plectrude, Shammuramat, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Archduke Joseph August of Austria, and Heracles of Macedon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1604, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen ranks 6Before him are Osman II, John IV of Portugal, Johann Rudolf Glauber, Tokugawa Iemitsu, and Claudia de' Medici. After him are Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, İslâm III Giray, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Catherine of Brandenburg, Zheng Zhilong, and Antoine III de Gramont. Among people deceased in 1679, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen ranks 6Before him are Thomas Hobbes, Jan Steen, Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, and John of Austria the Younger. After him are Joost van den Vondel, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Willem van Aelst, Marie de Rohan, Margherita de' Medici, and Francesco Barberini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen ranks 1,084 out of 6,142Before him are Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Walter Baade (1893), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Anna of Saxony (1544), and Peter Sloterdijk (1947). After him are Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Sigmund Jähn (1937), Radegund (518), and Jack Steinberger (1921).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen ranks 320Before him are Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820), Caroline of Brunswick (1768), Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1797), Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484), Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), and Anna of Saxony (1544). After him are Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811), Paul Langerhans (1847), Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647), Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883), Erwin Piscator (1893), and Otto Georg Thierack (1889).