1806 - 1884
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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Among noblemen, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 443 out of 842. Before him are Hugh Magnus, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, and Maria Theresa of Austria. After him are Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona, Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Louis, Duke of Vendôme, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, and John III, Duke of Brittany.
1007 - 1025
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 437
1920 - 2011
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 438
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 439
1535 - 1592
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 440
1837 - 1906
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 441
1801 - 1855
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 442
1806 - 1884
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 443
1775 - 1832
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 444
1629 - 1665
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 445
1619 - 1651
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 446
1612 - 1669
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 447
1616 - 1669
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 448
1286 - 1341
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 449
Among people born in 1806, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 21. Before 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 22. Before 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.
1806 - 1826
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 15
1806 - 1875
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 16
1806 - 1882
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 17
1806 - 1874
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 18
1806 - 1865
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 19
1806 - 1886
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 20
1806 - 1884
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 21
1806 - 1881
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 22
1806 - 1879
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 23
1806 - 1869
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 24
1806 - 1893
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 25
1806 - 1861
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 26
1806 - 1883
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 27
1817 - 1884
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 16
1812 - 1884
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 17
1810 - 1884
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 18
1843 - 1884
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 19
1851 - 1884
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 20
1848 - 1884
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 21
1806 - 1884
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 22
1804 - 1884
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 23
1794 - 1884
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 24
1826 - 1884
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 25
1820 - 1884
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 26
1818 - 1884
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 27
1820 - 1884
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 28
Among people born in Germany, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 1,846 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1010 - 1106
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 1,840
1837 - 1906
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 1,841
1667 - 1739
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 1,842
1883 - 1949
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 1,843
1054 - 1105
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 1,844
1923 - 2013
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 1,845
1806 - 1884
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 1,846
1871 - 1941
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 1,847
1908 - 1944
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,848
1893 - 1972
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,849
1771 - 1815
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,850
1674 - 1739
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,851
1924 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,852
Among noblemen born in Germany, William, Duke of Brunswick ranks 76. Before 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).
1547 - 1614
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 70
1739 - 1807
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 71
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 72
1704 - 1723
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 73
1425 - 1482
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 74
1837 - 1906
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 75
1806 - 1884
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 76
1810 - 1856
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 77
1824 - 1858
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 78
1625 - 1679
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 79
1682 - 1755
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 80
1817 - 1888
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 81
1153 - 1204
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 82