1805 - 1872
Princess Sophie of Bavaria (Sophie Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine; 27 January 1805 – 28 May 1872) was the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife, Caroline of Baden. The identical twin sister of Queen Maria Anna of Saxony, Sophie became Archduchess of Austria by marriage to Archduke Franz Karl of Austria. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Princess Sophie of Bavaria has received more than 1,566,828 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Princess Sophie of Bavaria is the 47th most popular nobleman (up from 670th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Germany (up from 190th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Nobleman.
Princess Sophie of Bavaria is famous for being the mother of the famous Empress of Austria, Sisi (Elisabeth). She was known for her beauty and her strict, conservative nature, which put her at odds with her daughter's more liberal and free-spirited personality.
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Among noblemen, Princess Sophie of Bavaria ranks 47 out of 842. Before her are Alexander Nevsky, Queen Sofía of Spain, Pope Leo IX, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Margaret of Valois, and Henry IV of England. After her are Arthur, Prince of Wales, Giuliano de' Medici, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Edward the Black Prince, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, and Henrietta of England.
1220 - 1263
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 41
1938 - Present
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 42
1002 - 1054
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 43
1857 - 1944
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 44
1553 - 1615
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 45
1367 - 1413
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 46
1805 - 1872
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 47
1486 - 1502
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 48
1453 - 1478
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 49
1775 - 1844
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 50
1330 - 1376
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 51
1878 - 1918
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 52
1644 - 1670
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 53
Among people born in 1805, Princess Sophie of Bavaria ranks 5. Before her are Hans Christian Andersen, Alexis de Tocqueville, Giuseppe Mazzini, and Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet. After her are Ferdinand de Lesseps, William Rowan Hamilton, Joseph Smith, Fanny Mendelssohn, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Maria Anna of Bavaria, and Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Among people deceased in 1872, Princess Sophie of Bavaria ranks 4. Before her are Ludwig Feuerbach, Samuel Morse, and Giuseppe Mazzini. After her are Charles XV of Sweden, Théophile Gautier, Benito Juárez, Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Franz Grillparzer, Kawakami Gensai, N. F. S. Grundtvig, and William Webb Ellis.
1805 - 1875
HPI: 87.84
Rank: 1
1805 - 1859
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 2
1805 - 1872
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 3
1805 - 1859
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 4
1805 - 1872
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 5
1805 - 1894
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 6
1805 - 1865
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 7
1805 - 1844
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 8
1805 - 1847
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 9
1805 - 1881
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 10
1805 - 1877
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 11
1805 - 1873
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 12
1804 - 1872
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 1
1791 - 1872
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 2
1805 - 1872
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 3
1805 - 1872
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 4
1826 - 1872
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 5
1811 - 1872
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 6
1806 - 1872
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 7
1807 - 1872
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 8
1791 - 1872
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 9
1834 - 1872
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 10
1783 - 1872
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 11
1806 - 1872
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Princess Sophie of Bavaria ranks 170 out of 6,142. Before her are Gottlob Frege (1848), Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), Erich Raeder (1876), Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), and Otto Hahn (1879). After her are Oswald Spengler (1880), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), Erich Hartmann (1922), Max Ernst (1891), Magda Goebbels (1901), and Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846).
1848 - 1925
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 164
1882 - 1951
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 165
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 166
1850 - 1918
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 167
1821 - 1894
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 168
1879 - 1968
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 169
1805 - 1872
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 170
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 171
1926 - 2020
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 172
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 173
1891 - 1976
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 174
1901 - 1945
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 175
1846 - 1926
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 176
Among noblemen born in Germany, Princess Sophie of Bavaria ranks 2. Before her are Albert, Prince Consort (1819). After her are Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Maria Alexandrovna (1824), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573), and Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834).
1819 - 1861
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 1
1805 - 1872
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 2
1872 - 1918
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 3
1652 - 1722
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 4
1824 - 1880
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 5
1731 - 1767
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 6
1786 - 1861
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 7
1926 - 2002
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 8
1864 - 1918
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 9
1808 - 1888
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 10
1573 - 1651
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 11
1834 - 1890
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 12