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Karl August von Hardenberg

1750 - 1822

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Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg (31 May 1750, in Essenrode-Lehre – 26 November 1822, in Genoa) was a Prussian statesman and Chief Minister of Prussia. While during his late career he acquiesced to reactionary policies, earlier in his career he implemented a variety of Liberal reforms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl August von Hardenberg has received more than 153,725 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Karl August von Hardenberg is the 5,588th most popular politician (up from 5,861st in 2019), the 1,531st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,637th in 2019) and the 440th most popular German Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karl August von Hardenberg ranks 5,588 out of 19,576. Before him are Al-Musta'in, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Hisham III of Córdoba, Spiro Agnew, Lestek, and Helena of Moscow. After him are Radagaisus, Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, William Walker, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, and Doubravka of Bohemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Karl August von Hardenberg ranks 14. Before him are Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Francisco de Miranda, Heshen, Murad Bey, Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa, and Ami Argand. After him are Adam Afzelius, Sheikh Mansur, Henri Grégoire, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Lorenzo Mascheroni, and Princess Louise of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1822, Karl August von Hardenberg ranks 14. Before him are Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Giovanni Battista Venturi, Paolo Ruffini, René Just Haüy, and Valentin Haüy. After him are Johann Matthäus Bechstein, Jean-Robert Argand, Sophie de Condorcet, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Slimane of Morocco, and Bathilde d'Orléans.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl August von Hardenberg ranks 1,531 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Rée (1849), Ruth Fuchs (1946), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), Joachim von Sandrart (1606), Karl Albrecht (1920), and Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922). After him are Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), Golo Mann (1909), Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887), Carl Heinrich Graun (1704), Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795), and John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Karl August von Hardenberg ranks 440. Before him are Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria (1319), Wolfram Sievers (1905), John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658), Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1724), Duke Pius August in Bavaria (1786), and Ruth Fuchs (1946). After him are Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887), John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455), Viktor Brack (1904), Karl August Wittfogel (1896), Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1756), and Princess Margaretha of Saxony (1840).

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