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William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

1647 - 1677

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William Louis (7 January 1647 – 23 June 1677) was Duke of Württemberg from 1674 until his death in 1677. William Louis was born in Stuttgart, the ninth child of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, and his first wife Anna Katharina of Kyrburg. At the age of 30, the Duke died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the stop-over in Schloß Hirsau. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Louis, Duke of Württemberg has received more than 41,819 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. William Louis, Duke of Württemberg is the 606th most popular nobleman (up from 641st in 2019), the 2,367th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,502nd in 2019) and the 115th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg ranks 606 out of 1,415Before him are Conan I of Rennes, Margaret Paleologa, Anna of Cleves, William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine, and Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him are Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Heinz Brandt, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, and Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1647, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg ranks 12Before him are Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Suleiman of Persia, Giovanni Ceva, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Elisabeth Hevelius, and Constantine Phaulkon. After him are John de Britto, Petter Dass, Giovanni II Cornaro, and John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. Among people deceased in 1677, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg ranks 9Before him are Isaac Barrow, Angelus Silesius, Barbara Strozzi, Wenceslaus Hollar, Antonio Maria Abbatini, and Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. After him are Aert van der Neer, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, James Harrington, Robert Cambert, Henry Oldenburg, and Matthew Locke.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg ranks 2,367 out of 7,253Before him are Anna of Cleves (1552), William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1662), Reinhard Keiser (1674), Sebastian Koch (1962), Herman I of Baden (1040), and Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (1679). After him are Martin Lawrence (1965), Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922), Franz Six (1909), Hans Cramer (1896), Udo Lindenberg (1946), and Gundula Janowitz (1937).

Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg ranks 115Before him are Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1871), William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682), John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern (1543), Anna of Cleves (1552), William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1662), and Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (1679). After him are Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1769), Heinz Brandt (1907), Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (1770), Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797), John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1550), and Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528).