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Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau

1740 - 1817

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Leopold III Frederick Franz, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (10 August 1740 – 9 August 1817), known as "Prince Franz" or "Father Franz", was a German prince of the House of Ascania. From 1751 until 1807 he was reigning prince of the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau and from 1807 the first Duke of the Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau. A strong supporter of the Enlightenment, Leopold undertook numerous reforms in his principality and made Anhalt-Dessau one of the most modern and prosperous of the small German states. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau has received more than 82,246 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau is the 9,953rd most popular politician (down from 8,678th in 2019), the 2,890th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,486th in 2019) and the 836th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau ranks 9,953 out of 19,576. Before him are Carlos Westendorp, Francesco Donato, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, Birger Brosa, Thoros I, Prince of Armenia, and Mostafa Chamran. After him are Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Gerhard Schröder, Alberts Kviesis, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Leslie Manigat, and Andrei Bubnov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau ranks 18. Before him are Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, James Boswell, John Latham, and Matthias Claudius. After him are Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, Johan Tobias Sergel, Juan Ignacio Molina, J. F. Oberlin, Anders Johan Lexell, and Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar. Among people deceased in 1817, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau ranks 29. Before him are Giacomo Quarenghi, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, Jean-André Deluc, Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Policarpa Salavarrieta, and Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours. After him are Jean-Sifrein Maury, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Pattimura, William Gregor, and Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau ranks 2,890 out of 7,253. Before him are Sebastian Franck (1499), Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (1787), Hansi Müller (1957), Carl, Duke of Württemberg (1936), Uli Edel (1947), and Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1794). After him are Gerhard Schröder (1910), Mina Witkojc (1893), Theodor Boveri (1862), Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1648), Hugo Preuß (1860), and Christiane Kubrick (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau ranks 836. Before him are Judith of Thuringia (1135), Beatrice of Swabia (1198), John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513), Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (1532), Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (1787), and Carl, Duke of Württemberg (1936). After him are Gerhard Schröder (1910), Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1648), Hugo Preuß (1860), Heinrich Kiepert (1818), Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676), and Johann Fust (1400).

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