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William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

1487 - 1559

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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 and half of Diez from 1516 to 1559. He was a descendant of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau. William's reign marked a notable period in the history of his house. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg has received more than 122,925 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg is the 400th most popular nobleman (down from 375th in 2019), the 1,716th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,648th in 2019) and the 67th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ranks 400 out of 1,415. Before him are José, Prince of Brazil, Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona, Otto-William, Count of Burgundy, Philip I, Count of Savoy, Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Princess Louise of Orléans. After him are Archduchess Louise of Austria, Louis, Duke of Brittany, Elisabeth of Swabia, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, Hugh the Black, and Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1487, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ranks 8. Before him are Pope Julius III, John Zápolya, Pedro de Mendoza, Bernard van Orley, Petru Rareș, and Michael Stifel. After him are Anna of Brandenburg, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Catherine of Mecklenburg, Cristóbal de Olid, and Petar Hektorović. Among people deceased in 1559, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ranks 10. Before him are Christian III of Denmark, Beyhan Sultan, Isabella Jagiellon, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk. After him are Benvenuto Tisi, Robert Estienne, Michele Sanmicheli, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Wen Zhengming, and Fatma Sultan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ranks 1,716 out of 7,253. Before him are Albrecht Penck (1858), Maurice de Hirsch (1831), Michael Stifel (1487), Ernst-Robert Grawitz (1899), Berthold (1180), and Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721). After him are Egon Bahr (1922), Charles the Child (847), Otto Abetz (1903), Wilhelm Schepmann (1894), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), and Hans Werner Henze (1926).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ranks 67. Before him are Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739), Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778), Princess Elisabeth of Saxony (1830), Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730), Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), and Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1547). After him are Elisabeth of Swabia (1205), Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905), Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen (1893), Rupert II, Elector Palatine (1325), Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808), and Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845).

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