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William IV, Duke of Bavaria

1493 - 1550

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William IV (German: Wilhelm IV; 13 November 1493 – 7 March 1550) was Duke of Bavaria from 1508 to 1550, until 1545 together with his younger brother Louis X, Duke of Bavaria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William IV, Duke of Bavaria has received more than 138,682 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). William IV, Duke of Bavaria is the 3,378th most popular politician (down from 3,318th in 2019), the 913th most popular biography from Germany (down from 906th in 2019) and the 258th most popular German Politician.

William IV, Duke of Bavaria, was most famous for being a member of the House of Wittelsbach and for being the father of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 3,378 out of 19,576. Before him are Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Rudolf Schuster, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Rumen Radev, Theudebald, and Lars Porsena. After him are Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Stenkil, Prince Augustus William of Prussia, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Roberto Eduardo Viola, and Frederick I of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1493, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 4. Before him are Paracelsus, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, and Maximilian Sforza. After him are Anne de Montmorency, Sten Sture the Younger, Olaus Petri, Tansen, Clarice de' Medici, Nicolaus Olahus, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, and Yamamoto Kansuke. Among people deceased in 1550, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 3. Before him are Jang-geum, and John of God. After him are Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Claude, Duke of Guise, Andrea Alciato, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Françoise d'Alençon, Tabinshwehti, Jón Arason, Gian Giorgio Trissino, and Pir Sultan Abdal.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 913 out of 7,253. Before him are Günter Netzer (1944), Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), Max Delbrück (1906), Ernst Chain (1906), Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche (1846), and Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777). After him are Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722), Leo Strauss (1899), Hans Sachs (1494), Hans Scholl (1918), Albert of Saxony (1828), and August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 258. Before him are Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615), Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120), Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), Kurt Zeitzler (1895), and Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857). After him are Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722), Albert of Saxony (1828), Julius Schreck (1898), Emil Maurice (1897), Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868), and John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647).

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