COMPANION

Sophia of Nassau

1836 - 1913

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Sophia of Nassau (Sophia Wilhelmine Marianne Henriette; 9 July 1836 – 30 December 1913), also Sofia, was Queen of Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Oscar II. She was Queen of Sweden for 35 years, longer than anyone before her, and the longest-serving queen until 2011, when she was surpassed by Queen Silvia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sophia of Nassau has received more than 402,996 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Sophia of Nassau is the 119th most popular companion (up from 125th in 2019), the 491st most popular biography from Germany (down from 481st in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Companion.

Sophia of Nassau was a German princess who married the King of England, George I. She was born in 1630 in Hesse and died in 1714.

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  • 400k

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  • 66.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Sophia of Nassau ranks 119 out of 784. Before her are Louise of Sweden, Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, Maria Anna of Neuburg, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, and Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. After her are Julie Clary, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Carlota of Mexico, Maria Feodorovna, Marie of Anjou, and Berengaria of Navarre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Sophia of Nassau ranks 5. Before her are Ramakrishna, Wilhelm Steinitz, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and Léo Delibes. After her are Ferdinand Cheval, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sakamoto Ryōma, Marie Henriette of Austria, Henri Fantin-Latour, and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. Among people deceased in 1913, Sophia of Nassau ranks 10. Before her are Alfred Russel Wallace, J. P. Morgan, Alfred von Schlieffen, Lesya Ukrainka, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, and Menelik II. After her are Tobias Asser, August Bebel, Josephine Cochrane, Harriet Tubman, Philip Sclater, and Francisco I. Madero.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sophia of Nassau ranks 491 out of 7,253. Before her are Ernst Bloch (1885), Rupert, King of Germany (1352), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Emile Berliner (1851), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), and Otto Loewi (1873). After her are Jean Paul (1763), Hans Eysenck (1916), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), Pope Victor II (1018), Fritz Todt (1891), and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Sophia of Nassau ranks 18. Before her are Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724), Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667), and Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817). After her are Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879), Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1858), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860), Caroline of Baden (1776), Cunigunde of Luxembourg (978), and Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792).

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