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Josephine of Leuchtenberg

1807 - 1876

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Josephine of Leuchtenberg (Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais; 14 March 1807 – 7 June 1876), also Josefina, was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 to 8 July 1859 as the wife of King Oscar I. She was also Princess of Bologna from birth and Duchess of Galliera from 1813. She was regarded as politically active during the reign of her spouse and acted as his political adviser, actively participating in government affairs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josephine of Leuchtenberg has received more than 570,742 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Josephine of Leuchtenberg is the 66th most popular companion (up from 84th in 2019), the 421st most popular biography from Italy (up from 477th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Companion.

Josephine of Leuchtenberg was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and the only daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. She was born in Munich and died in Munich. She married Duke Eugène de Beauharnais, who was later executed during the French Revolution.

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  • 74.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Josephine of Leuchtenberg ranks 66 out of 784. Before her are Zayd ibn Harithah, Isabeau of Bavaria, Abigail, Malhun Hatun, Brigitte Macron, and Mary Tudor, Queen of France. After her are Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Poppaea Sabina, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, and Maria Feodorovna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Josephine of Leuchtenberg ranks 2. Before her is Giuseppe Garibaldi. After her are Robert E. Lee, Jules Grévy, Louis Agassiz, Anthony Mary Claret, Lajos Batthyány, Bezmiâlem Sultan, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Joseph Petzval, and Harriet Taylor Mill. Among people deceased in 1876, Josephine of Leuchtenberg ranks 4. Before her are Mikhail Bakunin, George Sand, and Abdülaziz. After her are Truganini, Karl Ernst von Baer, George Armstrong Custer, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Catherine Labouré, Marie d'Agoult, Ildefons Cerdà, and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Josephine of Leuchtenberg ranks 421 out of 5,161. Before her are Giovanni Falcone (1939), Pope Soter (120), Pope Clement III (1130), Vittorio De Sica (1901), Pope Sergius I (650), and Philolaus (-470). After her are Geta (189), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Arturo Toscanini (1867), Louis II of Italy (825), Poppaea Sabina (30), and Andrea Doria (1466).

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Among COMPANIONS In Italy

Among companions born in Italy, Josephine of Leuchtenberg ranks 5. Before her are Catherine de' Medici (1519), Livia (-58), Messalina (17), and Zita of Bourbon-Parma (1892). After her are Poppaea Sabina (30), Julia the Elder (-39), Constance, Queen of Sicily (1154), Caterina Sforza (1463), Maria Luisa of Parma (1751), Bianca Maria Sforza (1472), and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685).

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