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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ludwig von Benedek

1804 - 1881

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Ludwig August Ritter von Benedek (14 July 1804 – 27 April 1881), also known as Lajos Benedek, with the Hungarian form of Ludwig, was an Austro-Hungarian general (Feldzeugmeister), best known for commanding the imperial army in 1866 in their defeat at the Battle of Königgrätz against the Prussian Army, which ended his career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig von Benedek has received more than 100,598 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ludwig von Benedek is the 608th most popular military personnel (down from 577th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 148th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Military Personnel.

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 608 out of 1,468. Before him are Ashraf Marwan, Demosthenes, Günther Blumentritt, Adolf Strauss, Jawhar, and Nikolay Gumilyov. After him are Wilhelm Rediess, Ernst Linder, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Minamoto no Yoshinaka, and Julius von Payer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 24. Before him are Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, Carl von Rokitansky, and Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora. After him are Eduard Mörike, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Viktor Bunyakovsky, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Jim Bridger, and Moritz von Schwind. Among people deceased in 1881, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 23. Before him are Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Theobald Boehm, Archduchess Clementina of Austria, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, and Prince Frederick of the Netherlands. After him are Eduard Heine, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Hermann Lotze, Marie Laveau, and Maria Domenica Mazzarello.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 155 out of 866. Before him are Charles Simonyi (1948), Ferenc Deák (1803), Taksony of Hungary (931), Joseph Kosma (1905), Edgar Ætheling (1051), and Béla Balázs (1884). After him are Gyula Horn (1932), Árpád Göncz (1922), Mihály Zichy (1827), László Csatáry (1915), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), and Géza Lakatos (1890).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Hungary

Among military personnels born in Hungary, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 3. Before him are George I Rákóczi (1593) and Gusztáv Jány (1883). After him are Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary (1817), Maximilian de Angelis (1889), and Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin (1855).

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