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William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

1516 - 1592

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William of Jülich-Cleves-Berge (William I of Cleves, William V of Jülich-Berg) (German: Wilhelm der Reiche; 28 July 1516 – 5 January 1592) was a Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1539–1592). William was born in and died in Düsseldorf. He was the only son of John III, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Berg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg has received more than 326,934 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg is the 6,179th most popular politician (down from 5,998th in 2019), the 1,691st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,683rd in 2019) and the 487th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg ranks 6,179 out of 19,576Before him are Niklot, Parshatatar, Toqto'a, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Rei Kawakubo, and Abdul Ghani Baradar. After him are Vladimir of Bulgaria, Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, Qakare Ibi, Takelot I, and Gottfried Silbermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1516, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg ranks 5Before him are Mary I of England, Conrad Gessner, Bayinnaung, and Margaret Leijonhufvud. After him are Tabinshwehti, Hieronymus Wolf, André Thevet, Cristóvão da Gama, Realdo Colombo, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Söyembikä of Kazan. Among people deceased in 1592, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg ranks 10Before him are Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, Hümaşah Sultan, Jacopo Bassano, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Thomas Cavendish, and Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli. After him are Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Michiel Coxie, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, and John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg ranks 1,691 out of 7,253Before him are Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820), Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (1654), Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark (1808), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (1949), Niklot (1100), and Heinrich Geißler (1814). After him are Hans Driesch (1867), Gottfried Silbermann (1683), Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (1878), Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1719), Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884), and Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld (1651).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg ranks 487Before him are Rudolf Lange (1910), George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1624), Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806), Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820), Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (1654), and Niklot (1100). After him are Gottfried Silbermann (1683), Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (1878), Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1719), Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884), Anna of Saxony (1544), and Joschka Fischer (1948).