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Philip William, Elector Palatine

1615 - 1690

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Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine (German: Philipp Wilhelm) (24 November 1615 – 2 September 1690) was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1653 to 1690, Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1653 to 1679 and Elector of the Palatinate from 1685 to 1690. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip William, Elector Palatine has received more than 247,905 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Philip William, Elector Palatine is the 3,304th most popular politician (down from 2,710th in 2019), the 892nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 738th in 2019) and the 252nd most popular German Politician.

Philip William, Elector Palatine is most famous for being the last elector of the Palatinate branch of the House of Wittelsbach and the first Elector of Bavaria.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philip William, Elector Palatine ranks 3,304 out of 19,576. Before him are Sundiata Keita, Saloninus, Bettino Craxi, Victor, Prince Napoléon, Empress Kōgyoku, and Hans-Dietrich Genscher. After him are Algirdas Brazauskas, Saliha Sultan, Antiphon, Hugh, Count of Vermandois, Giacomo Matteotti, and Emperor Huan of Han.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1615, Philip William, Elector Palatine ranks 5. Before him are Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, Pope Innocent XII, Nicolas Fouquet, and Salvator Rosa. After him are Marguerite of Lorraine, Govert Flinck, Madeleine Béjart, Maria Caterina Farnese, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Dara Shukoh, and Richard Baxter. Among people deceased in 1690, Philip William, Elector Palatine ranks 4. Before him are Charles Le Brun, Margaret Mary Alacoque, and Charles V, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, David Teniers the Younger, Abraham Brueghel, Giovanni Legrenzi, Michael I Apafi, Adam Frans van der Meulen, Juan de Valdés Leal, and Yun Shouping.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Philip William, Elector Palatine ranks 892 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Heinkel (1888), Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), Florian Geyer (1490), Saloninus (242), Fritz Haarmann (1879), and Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927). After him are Joost van den Vondel (1587), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), W. G. Sebald (1944), Eduard Künneke (1885), Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), and Gudrun Ensslin (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Philip William, Elector Palatine ranks 252. Before him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), William II of Württemberg (1848), Gotthard Kettler (1517), Florian Geyer (1490), Saloninus (242), and Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927). After him are Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120), Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), Kurt Zeitzler (1895), Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), and William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493).

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