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Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

1757 - 1828

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Karl August, sometimes anglicised as Charles Augustus (3 September 1757 – 14 June 1828), was the sovereign Duke of Saxe-Weimar and of Saxe-Eisenach (in personal union) from 1758, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from its creation (as a political union) in 1809, and grand duke from 1815 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach has received more than 163,954 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach is the 3,950th most popular politician (up from 4,156th in 2019), the 1,062nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,148th in 2019) and the 307th most popular German Politician.

Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, was most famous for being a German prince and a member of the House of Wettin.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ranks 3,950 out of 19,576. Before him are Anthony of Saxony, Phraortes, Chadli Bendjedid, Janez Drnovšek, Sweyn III of Denmark, and Yaropolk I of Kiev. After him are Emperor Duzong, Venustiano Carranza, Ranavalona I, Senakhtenre Ahmose, Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ranks 9. Before him are Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Antonio Canova, Jacques Hébert, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Pierre Augereau, and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. After him are Rigas Feraios, George Vancouver, Erik Acharius, Ignaz Pleyel, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, and Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis. Among people deceased in 1828, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ranks 10. Before him are Maria Feodorovna, Victor of Aveyron, Alexander Ypsilantis, Franz Joseph Gall, Jean-Antoine Houdon, and Kobayashi Issa. After him are Karl Mack von Leiberich, Carl Peter Thunberg, Charlotte, Princess Royal, William Hyde Wollaston, Sineperver Sultan, and Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ranks 1,062 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719), Hanns Eisler (1898), Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511), Anthony of Saxony (1755), Hermann Kolbe (1818), and Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775). After him are Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830), Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Georg Kaiser (1878), Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876), and Oswald Pohl (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ranks 307. Before him are Godigisel (359), Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835), Marie of Prussia (1825), Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1658), Manfred Rommel (1928), and Anthony of Saxony (1755). After him are Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830), Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876), Oswald Pohl (1892), Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311), and Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823).

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