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Magnus, Duke of Holstein

1540 - 1583

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Magnus of Denmark or Magnus of Holstein (5 September [O.S. 26 August] 1540 – 28 March [O.S. 18 March] 1583) was a Prince of Denmark, Duke of Holstein, and a member of the House of Oldenburg. As a vassal of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, he was the titular King of Livonia from 1570 to 1578. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Magnus, Duke of Holstein is the 5,161st most popular politician, the 145th most popular biography from Denmark and the 57th most popular Danish Politician.

Magnus, Duke of Holstein was most famous for being the father of King Christian I of Denmark.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Magnus, Duke of Holstein ranks 5,161 out of 19,576. Before him are Peter Stuyvesant, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, James Brooke, José Sarney, and Liuva I. After him are Kong Rong, Valentin Pavlov, Alexandre Pétion, Batbayan, Shoshenq II, and Bardylis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Magnus, Duke of Holstein ranks 10. Before him are Charles II, Archduke of Austria, John Sigismund Zápolya, Maharana Pratap, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Hümaşah Sultan, and Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli. After him are Gasparo da Salò, José de Acosta, Won Gyun, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, and Ostilio Ricci. Among people deceased in 1583, Magnus, Duke of Holstein ranks 4. Before him are Nurbanu Sultan, Catherine Jagiellon, and Fernão Mendes Pinto. After him are Oichi, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Shibata Katsuie, Ivan Fyodorov, Surdas, Oda Nobutaka, Pirro Ligorio, and Andrey Kurbsky.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Magnus, Duke of Holstein ranks 145 out of 1,032. Before him are Wilhelm Johannsen (1857), John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852), Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776), Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789), Otto Jespersen (1860), and Jesper Christensen (1948). After him are Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel (1784), Richard Møller Nielsen (1937), Giancarlo Esposito (1958), Vilhelm Thomsen (1842), Thorvald Stauning (1873), and Anne Sophie Reventlow (1693).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Magnus, Duke of Holstein ranks 57. Before him are Sweyn III of Denmark (1125), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858), Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), Gudfred (800), Magnus II of Sweden (1130), and Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776). After him are Thorvald Stauning (1873), Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912), Haakon III of Norway (1182), Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532), and Thyra (800).

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