1777 - 1848
Louis II (26 December 1777 – 16 June 1848) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 6 April 1830 until 16 June 1848. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse has received more than 450,944 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse is the 3,084th most popular politician (up from 3,190th in 2019), the 845th most popular biography from Germany (up from 888th in 2019) and the 246th most popular German Politician.
Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, was most famous for being the father of the last German Emperor, Wilhelm II.
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Among politicians, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 3,084 out of 15,577. Before him are Marduk-apla-iddina II, Traian Băsescu, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, Néstor Kirchner, Abdurrahman Wahid, and Anastasio Somoza García. After him are Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, Taharqa, Henri, Prince of Condé, Emperor Hui of Jin, Plaek Phibunsongkhram, and Aleksey Kuropatkin.
800 BC - 760 BC
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 3,078
1951 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 3,079
1784 - 1803
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 3,080
1950 - 2010
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 3,081
1940 - 2009
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 3,082
1896 - 1956
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 3,083
1777 - 1848
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 3,084
2300 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 3,085
800 BC - 664 BC
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 3,086
1588 - 1646
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 3,087
259 - 307
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 3,088
1897 - 1964
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 3,089
1848 - 1925
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 3,090
Among people born in 1777, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 11. Before him are Heinrich von Kleist, Henry Clay, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Elisa Bonaparte, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, and Juliette Récamier. After him are Philipp Otto Runge, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Louis Jacques Thénard, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Adélaïde d'Orléans, and Bernard Courtois. Among people deceased in 1848, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 15. Before him are Bernard Bolzano, Caroline Herschel, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, María Isabella of Spain, Nicolas Oudinot, and Vissarion Belinsky. After him are Khachatur Abovian, Mohammad Shah Qajar, Thomas Cole, Joseph Mohr, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, and Robert Darwin.
1777 - 1811
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 5
1777 - 1852
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 6
1777 - 1830
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 7
1777 - 1820
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 8
1777 - 1801
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 9
1777 - 1849
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 10
1777 - 1848
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 11
1777 - 1810
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 12
1777 - 1836
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 13
1777 - 1857
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 14
1777 - 1843
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 15
1777 - 1847
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 16
1777 - 1838
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 17
1781 - 1848
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 9
1750 - 1848
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 10
1779 - 1848
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 11
1789 - 1848
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 12
1767 - 1848
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 13
1811 - 1848
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 14
1777 - 1848
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 15
1805 - 1848
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 16
1808 - 1848
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 17
1801 - 1848
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 18
1792 - 1848
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 19
1776 - 1848
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 20
1766 - 1848
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 21
Among people born in Germany, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 845 out of 6,142. Before him are Achim von Arnim (1781), Steffi Graf (1969), Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1729), Kurt Eisner (1867), Oswald Pohl (1892), and John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647). After him are Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1905), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Wilhelm Kempff (1895), Hendrik Goltzius (1558), Fritz Strassmann (1902), and Bruno Walter (1876).
1781 - 1831
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 839
1969 - Present
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 840
1729 - 1796
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 841
1867 - 1919
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 842
1892 - 1951
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 843
1647 - 1691
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 844
1777 - 1848
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 845
1905 - 1944
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 846
1777 - 1810
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 847
1895 - 1991
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 848
1558 - 1617
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 849
1902 - 1980
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 850
1876 - 1962
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 851
Among politicians born in Germany, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse ranks 246. Before him are Joseph Wirth (1879), Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823), John Rabe (1882), Princess Louise of Prussia (1838), Oswald Pohl (1892), and John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647). After him are Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546), Joseph Berchtold (1897), Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862), Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120), and Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521).
1879 - 1956
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 240
1823 - 1883
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 241
1882 - 1950
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 242
1838 - 1923
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 243
1892 - 1951
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 244
1647 - 1691
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 245
1777 - 1848
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 246
1546 - 1608
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 247
1897 - 1962
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 248
1862 - 1934
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 249
1857 - 1943
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 250
1120 - 1183
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 251
1521 - 1553
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 252