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William, Duke of Brunswick

1806 - 1884

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William, Duke of Brunswick (German: Wilhelm August Ludwig Maximilian Friedrich; 25 April 1806 – 18 October 1884), was ruling duke of the Duchy of Brunswick from 1830 until his death. William was the second son of Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and after the death of his father in 1815, was under the guardianship of King George IV of the United Kingdom. He became a Prussian major in 1823. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William, Duke of Brunswick has received more than 96,896 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. William, Duke of Brunswick is the 443rd most popular nobleman (down from 352nd in 2019), the 1,846th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,619th in 2019) and the 76th most popular German Nobleman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 21Before him are Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Duchenne de Boulogne, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Charles Gleyre, Antoine Wiertz, and Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich. After him are Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Karl Friedrich Mohr, John A. Roebling, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Juliette Drouet. Among people deceased in 1884, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 22Before him are Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Paul Abadie, Fanny Elssler, Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal, Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Jules Bastien-Lepage. After him are Hermann Schlegel, Eduard Rüppell, Cetshwayo kaMpande, Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, Eduard Totleben, and Gustave Le Gray.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 1,846 out of 6,142Before him are Benno (1010), Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau (1837), Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667), Walter Buch (1883), Judith of Swabia (1054), and Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923). After him are Guillermo Kahlo (1871), Fritz Witt (1908), William Dieterle (1893), Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771), Reinhard Keiser (1674), and Maria Riva (1924).

Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 76Before him are Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1547), Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739), Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria (1937), Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont (1704), William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1425), and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau (1837). After him are Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810), Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden (1824), John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625), Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach (1682), Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (1817), and Berthold, Duke of Merania (1153).