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Maurice, Elector of Saxony

Elector of Saxony

1521 - 1553

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His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice, Elector of Saxony is the 3,881st most popular politician (down from 3,139th in 2024), the 998th most popular biography from Germany (down from 842nd in 2019) and the 283rd most popular German Politician.

Maurice, elector of Saxony is most famous for his successful military campaigns against the Ottoman Empire.

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Maurice, Elector of Saxony is the most memorable of the 10 notable people born in Freiberg, in what is now modern-day Germany, ahead of Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Clemens Winkler, and Friedrich Robert Helmert.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Maurice, Elector of Saxony ranks 3,879 out of 20,022. Before him are Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Cleitus the Black, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Robert M. La Follette, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and Ramiro I of Aragon. After him are Salonia Matidia, Louis, Duke of Savoy, Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, Lionel Jospin, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Andrea Gritti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1521, Maurice, Elector of Saxony ranks 5. Before him are Pope Urban VII, Takeda Shingen, Peter Canisius, and Christina of Denmark. After him are Thomas Wyatt the Younger, Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu, Andrew Avellino, Xu Wei, Antoine Caron, Richard Chancellor, and Philippe de Monte. Among people deceased in 1553, Maurice, Elector of Saxony ranks 9. Before him are Şehzade Mustafa, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Michael Servetus, Şehzade Cihangir, Pedro de Valdivia, and Charles III, Duke of Savoy. After him are Girolamo Fracastoro, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Lucrezia de' Medici, Sinan Pasha, Juan de Homedes, and Lord Guildford Dudley.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maurice, Elector of Saxony ranks 998 out of 8,184. Before him are Wolfgang Overath (1943), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), Therese Neumann (1898), Bettina von Arnim (1785), and Princess Maria Anna of Saxony (1799). After him are Max Ophüls (1902), Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907), Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), and Hennig Brand (1630).

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Among Politicians In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Maurice, Elector of Saxony ranks 283. Before him are Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Agnes of Merania (1175), Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671), Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528), and Matthias Erzberger (1875). After him are Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), and Zwentibold (870).

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