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Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria

1839 - 1909

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Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (9 August 1839 – 30 November 1909), was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a professional oculist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria has received more than 176,210 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 26 in 2019). Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria is the 2,291st most popular politician (down from 2,047th in 2019), the 627th most popular biography from Germany (down from 582nd in 2019) and the 167th most popular German Politician.

Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, is most famous for his reign as the Elector of Bavaria and the Holy Roman Emperor. He was born on September 27, 1724, in Munich, Bavaria. He was the son of Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria and Maria Amalia of Austria. He became the Elector of Bavaria in 1777. He became the Holy Roman Emperor in 1792. He died on February 12, 1799, in Munich, Bavaria.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria ranks 2,291 out of 19,576Before him are Amaro Pargo, Heonjong of Joseon, Geert Wilders, Rudolf I of Bohemia, Burhanuddin Rabbani, and Senusret II. After him are Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Nicias, Athalaric, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Antigonus II Gonatas, and Pak Hon-yong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria ranks 10Before him are Modest Mussorgsky, Alfred Sisley, Charles Sanders Peirce, Carol I of Romania, George Armstrong Custer, and Josiah Willard Gibbs. After him are Josephine Cochrane, Nikolay Przhevalsky, Emil Škoda, August Kundt, Machado de Assis, and Princess Cecilie of Baden. Among people deceased in 1909, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria ranks 10Before him are Itō Hirobumi, Isaac Albéniz, Hermann Minkowski, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Francisco Tárrega, and Peder Severin Krøyer. After him are Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Emil Erlenmeyer, Zinovy Rozhestvensky, and Besarion Jughashvili.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria ranks 627 out of 7,253Before him are Hermann Müller (1876), Hermann von Salza (1170), Fritz Strassmann (1902), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Otto Strasser (1897), and August Weismann (1834). After him are Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), Franz Brentano (1838), Heinrich Lübke (1894), Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), and Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (1653).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria ranks 167Before him are Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819), Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801), Hermann Müller (1876), Hermann von Salza (1170), Gustav Heinemann (1899), and Otto Strasser (1897). After him are Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), Heinrich Lübke (1894), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503), Erich Mielke (1907), and Erich Koch (1896).