1487 - 1559
William I of Nassau-Siegen (German: Wilhelm I. Graf von Nassau-Siegen; 10 April 1487 – 6 October 1559), nicknamed the Elder (German: der Ältere) or the Rich (German: der Reiche), was Count of Nassau-Siegen (a part of the County of Nassau) and of half Diez from 1516. He descended from the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau. During his reign William introduced the Reformation in his countries. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg has received more than 122,438 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg is the 377th most popular nobleman, the 1,648th most popular biography from Germany and the 64th most popular German Nobleman.
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Among noblemen, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ranks 377 out of 842. Before him are Prince Louis, Count of Trani, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany, Emperor Shang of Tang, and Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia. After him are Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, Otto I, Count of Burgundy, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, and John, Duke of Durazzo.
1838 - 1886
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 371
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 372
1575 - 1616
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 373
1305 - 1330
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 374
695 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 375
1238 - 1295
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 376
1487 - 1559
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 377
1851 - 1938
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 378
1821 - 1876
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 379
1170 - 1200
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 380
1730 - 1813
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 381
1814 - 1895
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 382
1294 - 1336
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 383
Among people born in 1487, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ranks 7. Before him are Ismail I, Pope Julius III, John Zápolya, Pedro de Mendoza, Bernard van Orley, and Petru Rareș. After him are Michael Stifel, Anna of Brandenburg, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Petar Hektorović, and Macropedius. Among people deceased in 1559, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ranks 11. Before him are Beyhan Sultan, Isabella Jagiellon, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Fatma Sultan, and Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk. After him are Robert Estienne, Michele Sanmicheli, Benvenuto Tisi, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Realdo Colombo, and Wen Zhengming.
1487 - 1524
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 1
1487 - 1555
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 2
1487 - 1540
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 3
1487 - 1537
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 4
1487 - 1541
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 5
1487 - 1546
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 6
1487 - 1559
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 7
1487 - 1567
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 8
1487 - 1514
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 9
1487 - 1527
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 10
1487 - 1550
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 11
1487 - 1572
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 12
1487 - 1558
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 13
1497 - 1559
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 5
1519 - 1559
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 6
1488 - 1559
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 7
1508 - 1559
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 8
1548 - 1559
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 9
1517 - 1559
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 10
1487 - 1559
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 11
1503 - 1559
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 12
1484 - 1559
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 13
1481 - 1559
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 14
1502 - 1559
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 15
1516 - 1559
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 16
1470 - 1559
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 17
Among people born in Germany, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ranks 1,648 out of 6,142. Before him are Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich (1858), Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667), Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (1811), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), Christiane F. (1962), and Anton Praetorius (1560). After him are Hartmut Michel (1948), Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723), Walter Simons (1861), Udo Dirkschneider (1952), August Kundt (1839), and Eric Voegelin (1901).
1858 - 1940
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 1,642
1667 - 1721
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 1,643
1811 - 1854
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 1,644
1671 - 1721
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 1,645
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,646
1560 - 1613
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,647
1487 - 1559
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,648
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,649
1723 - 1790
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,650
1861 - 1937
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,651
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,652
1839 - 1894
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,653
1901 - 1985
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,654
Among noblemen born in Germany, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ranks 64. Before him are Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763), Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1526), Rupert II, Elector Palatine (1325), Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1867), and John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1575). After him are Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg (1821), Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730), Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen (1893), Elisabeth of Swabia (1205), Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1713), and Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1547).
1671 - 1735
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 58
1763 - 1830
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 59
1526 - 1569
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 60
1325 - 1398
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 61
1867 - 1952
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 62
1575 - 1616
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 63
1487 - 1559
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 64
1821 - 1876
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 65
1730 - 1813
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 66
1893 - 1968
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 67
1205 - 1235
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 68
1713 - 1780
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 69
1547 - 1614
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 70