1493 - 1550
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 125,305 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). William IV, Duke of Bavaria is the 3,328th most popular politician (down from 3,175th in 2019), the 906th most popular biography from Germany (down from 879th in 2019) and the 264th 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.
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Among politicians, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 3,328 out of 15,577. Before him are Ramiro II of Aragon, John George, Elector of Brandenburg, Cleopatra Selene of Syria, William I of Württemberg, Viracocha Inca, and Thessalonike of Macedon. After him are Salome Alexandra, Chang Myon, Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Emperor Zhezong, and Berengaria of Castile.
1086 - 1157
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 3,322
1525 - 1598
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 3,323
130 BC - 69 BC
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 3,324
1781 - 1864
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 3,325
1310 - 1438
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 3,326
352 BC - 295 BC
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 3,327
1493 - 1550
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 3,328
140 BC - 67 BC
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 3,329
1899 - 1966
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 3,330
1173 - 1231
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 3,331
1893 - 1976
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 3,332
1076 - 1100
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 3,333
1180 - 1246
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 3,334
Among people born in 1493, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 5. Before him are Paracelsus, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Maximilian Sforza, and Anne de Montmorency. After him are Sten Sture the Younger, Olaus Petri, Tansen, Yamamoto Kansuke, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, Clarice de' Medici, and Nicolaus Olahus. Among people deceased in 1550, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 2. Before him is 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, Jón Arason, Pir Sultan Abdal, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Ambrosius Benson, and Sebald Beham.
1493 - 1541
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 1
1493 - 1536
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 2
1493 - 1530
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 3
1493 - 1567
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 4
1493 - 1550
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 5
1493 - 1520
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 6
1493 - 1552
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 7
1493 - 1493
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 8
1493 - 1561
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 9
1493 - 1570
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 10
1493 - 1528
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 11
1493 - 1568
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 12
1495 - 1550
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 1
1493 - 1550
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 2
1502 - 1550
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 3
1496 - 1550
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 4
1492 - 1550
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 5
1533 - 1550
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 6
1490 - 1550
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 7
1484 - 1550
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 8
1480 - 1550
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 9
1478 - 1550
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 10
1500 - 1550
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 11
1500 - 1550
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 906 out of 6,142. Before him are Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635), Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), Reinhard Scheer (1863), John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), Kurt Koffka (1886), and Thietmar of Merseburg (975). After him are Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), Tannhäuser (1205), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), and William II of Württemberg (1848).
1635 - 1709
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 900
1370 - 1428
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 901
1863 - 1928
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 902
1525 - 1598
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 903
1886 - 1941
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 904
975 - 1018
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 905
1493 - 1550
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 906
1173 - 1231
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 907
1205 - 1270
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 908
1724 - 1780
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 909
1754 - 1832
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 910
1430 - 1495
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 911
1848 - 1921
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 912
Among politicians born in Germany, William IV, Duke of Bavaria ranks 264. Before him are Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Gottlob Berger (1896), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), and John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525). After him are Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), William II of Württemberg (1848), Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), Walter Hallstein (1901), Marie of Prussia (1825), and Ernst vom Rath (1909).
1927 - 2016
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 258
1896 - 1975
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 259
1671 - 1727
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 260
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 261
1370 - 1428
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 262
1525 - 1598
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 263
1493 - 1550
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 264
1173 - 1231
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 265
1848 - 1921
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 266
940 - 994
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 267
1901 - 1982
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 268
1825 - 1889
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 269
1909 - 1938
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 270