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William II, Elector of Hesse

1777 - 1847

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William II (German: Wilhelm II; 28 July 1777 – 20 November 1847) was the penultimate Elector of Hesse. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William II, Elector of Hesse has received more than 160,632 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William II, Elector of Hesse is the 8,755th most popular politician (down from 7,867th in 2019), the 2,480th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,222nd in 2019) and the 720th most popular German Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William II, Elector of Hesse ranks 8,755 out of 19,576. Before him are Khieu Ponnary, Anastasio Bustamante, Andronikos II of Trebizond, Burna-Buriash II, Henry V, Count of Luxembourg, and Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei. After him are Artabanus III of Parthia, Alfred Meyer, Elbridge Gerry, Johan Nygaardsvold, Aga Khan I, and Venancio Flores.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, William II, Elector of Hesse ranks 26. Before him are Guillaume Dupuytren, Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Lorenzo Bartolini, John Ross, and Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom. After him are Heinrich Marx, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, Aleksander Orłowski, Christian Daniel Rauch, William Brown, and Hyacinth. Among people deceased in 1847, William II, Elector of Hesse ranks 19. Before him are Eugénie de Beauharnais, Alexandre Brongniart, Maria Schicklgruber, Friedrich von Gärtner, Thiệu Trị, and Charles Hatchett. After him are Ioannis Kolettis, Josef Jungmann, Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil, Alexandre Deschapelles, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, and Karl Friedrich Burdach.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William II, Elector of Hesse ranks 2,480 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Richter (1966), Johann Liss (1597), Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1694), Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823), Rolf Stommelen (1943), and Ami Boué (1794). After him are Alfred Meyer (1891), Michael Rummenigge (1964), Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519), Andrzej Seweryn (1946), Hans Robert Jauss (1921), and Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, William II, Elector of Hesse ranks 720. Before him are Horst Sindermann (1915), Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1481), Franz von Sickingen (1481), Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700), Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1842), and Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1694). After him are Alfred Meyer (1891), Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519), Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761), Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (1536), Christine of Saxony (1505), and Manfred Wörner (1934).

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