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William III, Landgrave of Thuringia

1425 - 1482

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William III (30 April 1425 – 17 September 1482), called the Brave (in German Wilhelm der Tapfere), was landgrave of Thuringia (from 1445) and claimant duke of Luxemburg (from 1457). He is actually the second William to rule Thuringia, and in Luxembourg; he was the third Margrave of Meissen named William. He was a younger son of Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony, and Catherine of Brunswick and Lunenburg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia has received more than 41,937 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. William III, Landgrave of Thuringia is the 434th most popular nobleman, the 1,811th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,818th in 2019) and the 74th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 434 out of 1,415. Before him are Amadeus V, Count of Savoy, Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary, Helena of Serbia, Queen of Hungary, Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, and Richard, Duke of Burgundy. After him are Sophia of Lithuania, Ingegerd of Norway, Burchard III, Duke of Swabia, Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria, Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, and John, Count of Angoulême.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1425, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 6. Before him are Henry IV of Castile, Catherine of Bosnia, Juana Enríquez, Alesso Baldovinetti, and Bianca Maria Visconti. After him are Kerei Khan, Vlad Călugărul, John II, Duke of Lorraine, Frederick I, Elector Palatine, Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Simon Marmion. Among people deceased in 1482, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 10. Before him are Luca della Robbia, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Federico da Montefeltro, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, and Lucrezia Tornabuoni. After him are Louis of Cyprus, Giovanni di Paolo, William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Mechthild of the Palatinate, and Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 1,811 out of 7,253. Before him are Christoph Graupner (1683), Michael Schenker (1955), Herbert Kappler (1907), Adolf Bastian (1826), Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), and Johann Gottfried Walther (1684). After him are Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772), Robert Enke (1977), Miguel, Duke of Braganza (1853), Johann Arndt (1555), Kathrine Switzer (1947), and Elke Sommer (1940).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 74. Before 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). After him are Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1713), Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (1527), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia (1746), Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373), Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg (1821), and Berthold, Duke of Merania (1153).

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