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Prince Wolfgang of Hesse

1896 - 1989

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Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (Wolfgang Moritz Prinz von Hessen; 6 November 1896 – 12 July 1989) was the district administrator of Obertaunuskreis from 1933 to 1945. Wolfgang was born at Castle Rumpenheim, Offenbach am Main, the second son of Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868–1940) and Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872–1954). His maternal uncle was the German Emperor William II. In World War I, Wolfgang served as an officer in the command of Field Marshal August von Mackensen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Wolfgang of Hesse has received more than 225,860 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Prince Wolfgang of Hesse is the 9,714th most popular politician (up from 11,126th in 2019), the 2,809th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,289th in 2019) and the 814th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse ranks 9,714 out of 19,576. Before him are Zbigniew Religa, René Duguay-Trouin, Dmitry Peskov, Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, and Albert Zafy. After him are Ashot I of Iberia, Justas Paleckis, Wasfi Tal, Dục Đức, Alfonso Fróilaz, and Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse ranks 121. Before him are Fritz Heider, Anandamayi Ma, Richard Heidrich, Carl Ludwig Siegel, Józef Czapski, and Máté Zalka. After him are Heimito von Doderer, John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Raymond Massey, Johannes Kleiman, Besse Cooper, and Josephine Tey. Among people deceased in 1989, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse ranks 108. Before him are Zinka Milanov, Mel Blanc, Edward Ochab, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Gilbert Simondon, and Elisaveta Bykova. After him are Hans Hellmut Kirst, Harry Andrews, Richie Ginther, Yūsaku Matsuda, Gerhard Schröder, and Arnaldo Ochoa.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse ranks 2,809 out of 7,253. Before him are Sonja Ziemann (1926), Ludwig Kübler (1889), Princess Augusta of Cambridge (1822), Hermann Lang (1909), Helmut Hasse (1898), and Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890). After him are Duchess Marie of Württemberg (1799), Gustav Schwab (1792), Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808), Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1582), Duke George of Oldenburg (1784), and Nikolaus Federmann (1505).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse ranks 814. Before him are Princess Marie of Baden (1782), Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen (1710), Sophie of Brandenburg (1568), William, Prince of Wied (1845), Princess Augusta of Cambridge (1822), and Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890). After him are Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1582), Duke George of Oldenburg (1784), August Heissmeyer (1897), Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken (1385), Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832), and Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1622).

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