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William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

1532 - 1592

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William IV of Hesse-Kassel (24 June 1532 – 25 August 1592), also called William the Wise, was the first Landgrave of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel has received more than 72,858 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel is the 7,362nd most popular politician (down from 7,025th in 2019), the 2,116th most popular biography from Germany and the 613th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 7,362 out of 15,710. Before her are Rosamund, William II, Elector of Hesse, Emperor Go-En'yū, Emperor Xingzong of Liao, Gegeen Khan, and Skirgaila. After her are Rahmon Nabiyev, Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Luchino Visconti, Yael Dayan, Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany, and Malietoa Tanumafili II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 9. Before her are Yermak Timofeyevich, John Hawkins, Francis Walsingham, Maerten de Vos, Menocchio, and Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony. After her are Luís Fróis, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Étienne Jodelle, and Marino Grimani. Among people deceased in 1592, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 12. Before her are Bartolomeo Ammannati, Thomas Cavendish, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq. After her are Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, Robert Greene, and Girolamo Cassar.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 2,116 out of 5,289. Before her are Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905), Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746), Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1757), and William II, Elector of Hesse (1777). After her are Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1746), Bernd Rosemeyer (1909), Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922), Wilhelm Schmidt (1868), Ambrosius Holbein (1494), and Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 613. Before her are Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (1305), George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1539), Prince Ernst August of Hanover (1954), Christian the Younger of Brunswick (1599), Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746), and William II, Elector of Hesse (1777). After her are Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1746), Bernd Rosemeyer (1909), Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700), Gertrude of Saxony (1030), Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1627), and Oskar Lafontaine (1943).

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