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Prince Augustus William of Prussia

1722 - 1758

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Prince Augustus William of Prussia (German: August Wilhelm; 9 August 1722 – 12 June 1758) was the son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and a younger brother and general of Frederick the Great. Augustus was the second surviving son of Frederick William I and Sophia Dorothea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Augustus William of Prussia has received more than 366,713 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 27 in 2019). Prince Augustus William of Prussia is the 3,381st most popular politician (down from 2,994th in 2019), the 914th most popular biography from Germany (down from 815th in 2019) and the 259th most popular German Politician.

Prince Augustus William of Prussia is most famous for being the father of Frederick the Great.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Augustus William of Prussia ranks 3,381 out of 19,576Before him are Rumen Radev, Theudebald, Lars Porsena, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, and Stenkil. After him are Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Roberto Eduardo Viola, Frederick I of Württemberg, Albert of Saxony, Hiero I of Syracuse, and Louis, Duke of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1722, Prince Augustus William of Prussia ranks 4Before him are Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, Gregory Skovoroda, and Ahmad Shah Durrani. After him are Jazzar Pasha, Georg Benda, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Samuel Adams, Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Paisius Velichkovsky, Pietro Nardini, and Amursana. Among people deceased in 1758, Prince Augustus William of Prussia ranks 3Before him are Pope Benedict XIV, and Barbara of Portugal. After him are Pierre Bouguer, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Hans Egede, Senesino, Jonathan Edwards, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Antoine de Jussieu, and Johan Helmich Roman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Prince Augustus William of Prussia ranks 914 out of 7,253Before him are Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), Max Delbrück (1906), Ernst Chain (1906), Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche (1846), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), and William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493). After him are Leo Strauss (1899), Hans Sachs (1494), Hans Scholl (1918), Albert of Saxony (1828), August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), and Luise Rainer (1910).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Prince Augustus William of Prussia ranks 259Before 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). After him are Albert of Saxony (1828), Julius Schreck (1898), Emil Maurice (1897), Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868), John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647), and Harald Quandt (1921).