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Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg

1537 - 1604

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Landgrave Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg (27 May 1537 – 9 October 1604) was the son of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse and his wife Christine of Saxony. After the death of his father in 1567, Hesse was divided among his sons and Louis received Hesse-Marburg (Upper Hesse) including Marburg and Giessen. Louis received his education at the court of Duke Christoph of Württemberg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg has received more than 31,048 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg is the 1,081st most popular nobleman (down from 890th in 2019), the 3,876th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,672nd in 2019) and the 229th most popular German Nobleman.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg ranks 1,081 out of 1,415. Before him are Eudokia Komnene, Lady of Montpellier, Matilda of Carinthia, Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg, Louis the Springer, Norihito, Prince Takamado, and Marie de Nemours. After him are Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine, Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Odo, Count of Nevers, Christina Abrahamsdotter, and Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1537, Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg ranks 11. Before him are Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Petrus Gonsalvus, João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern, Simon I of Kartli, and Francesco Barozzi. After him is Diego Durán. Among people deceased in 1604, Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg ranks 13. Before him are Christine of Hesse, Hamida Banu Begum, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, Isabella Andreini, Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Francesco Barozzi. After him are Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Juan Fernández, and William Morgan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg ranks 3,876 out of 7,253. Before him are Peer Steinbrück (1947), Dora Gerson (1899), Günther Schwägermann (1915), Michael Verhoeven (1938), Tatjana Patitz (1966), and Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763). After him are Uwe Boll (1965), Friedrich Kittler (1943), Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705), Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg (1864), Heinrich Gelzer (1847), and Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1681).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg ranks 229. Before him are Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (1495), Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg (1912), Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852), Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805), Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar (1740), and Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg (1815). After him are Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1698), Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1506), Christian Louis I (1623), Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564), Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena (1638), and Philip, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1570).

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