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Peter III of Russia

1728 - 1762

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Peter III Fyodorovich (Russian: Пётр III Фёдорович, romanized: Pyotr III Fyodorovich; 21 February [O.S. 10 February] 1728 – 17 July [O.S. 6 July] 1762) was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine II (the Great). He was born in the German city of Kiel as Charles Peter Ulrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (German: Karl Peter Ulrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp), the grandson of Peter the Great and great-grandson of Charles XI of Sweden. Peter III could barely speak Russian and pursued a strongly pro-Prussian policy, which made him an unpopular leader. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter III of Russia has received more than 9,104,955 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Peter III of Russia is the 300th most popular politician (down from 282nd in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 85th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Politician.

Peter III was most famous for being the tsar of Russia from 1762 to 1796. He was overthrown by his wife, Catherine the Great, who took over the throne.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter III of Russia ranks 300 out of 19,576. Before him are Moshe Dayan, Charles I of Austria, Woodrow Wilson, Hugh Capet, Konstantin Chernenko, and Philip III of Spain. After him are Charles VI of France, Mahmud II, Slobodan Milošević, Chagatai Khan, Solon, and Ahmed II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Peter III of Russia ranks 2. Before him is James Cook. After him are Johann Heinrich Lambert, Joseph Black, Anton Raphael Mengs, Niccolò Piccinni, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Chevalier d'Éon, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, and Antoine Baumé. Among people deceased in 1762, Peter III of Russia ranks 1. After him are Elizabeth of Russia, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Crown Prince Sado, James Bradley, Emperor Momozono, Francesco Geminiani, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter III of Russia ranks 83 out of 7,253. Before him are Charles the Bald (823), Martin Bormann (1900), Karl Jaspers (1883), Heinrich Hertz (1857), Charles Bukowski (1920), and Arminius (-17). After him are Helmut Kohl (1930), William Herschel (1738), Jürgen Habermas (1929), Heinz Guderian (1888), Gottlieb Daimler (1834), and Heinrich Schliemann (1822).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Peter III of Russia ranks 17. Before him are Klemens von Metternich (1773), Joseph Goebbels (1897), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Konrad Adenauer (1876), Charles the Bald (823), and Martin Bormann (1900). After him are Helmut Kohl (1930), Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893), Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050), Gerhard Schröder (1944), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), and Erich Honecker (1912).

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