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William V, Duke of Bavaria

1548 - 1626

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William V (29 September 1548 – 7 February 1626), called the Pious, (German: Wilhelm V., der Fromme, Herzog von Bayern) was Duke of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William V, Duke of Bavaria has received more than 177,389 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). William V, Duke of Bavaria is the 3,463rd most popular politician (up from 3,758th in 2019), the 940th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,036th in 2019) and the 278th most popular German Politician.

William V, Duke of Bavaria is most famous for being the last of the Wittelsbach dynasty to rule Bavaria.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William V, Duke of Bavaria ranks 3,463 out of 15,577. Before him are Emperor Kanmu, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Cyril Ramaphosa, Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Josef Terboven, and Mihály Károlyi. After him are Theudebert II, Princess Louise of Prussia, Ambrosius Aurelianus, Yolande of Aragon, Dred Scott, and Sumu-abum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1548, William V, Duke of Bavaria ranks 8. Before him are Simon Stevin, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Francisco Suárez, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Karel van Mander, and Honda Tadakatsu. After him are Bianca Cappello, Fatma Sultan, Palma il Giovane, Antonio Priuli, Sebastián Vizcaíno, and Giulio Cesare Polerio. Among people deceased in 1626, William V, Duke of Bavaria ranks 5. Before him are Francis Bacon, Nurhaci, Willebrord Snellius, and John Dowland. After him are Ernst von Mansfeld, Isabella of Savoy, Adriaen de Vries, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Pietro Cataldi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William V, Duke of Bavaria ranks 940 out of 6,142. Before him are Karlheinz Böhm (1928), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1724), Albert of Saxony (1828), Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835), and Josef Terboven (1898). After him are Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Kurt Zeitzler (1895), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), Hans Scholl (1918), and Karl Rahner (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, William V, Duke of Bavaria ranks 278. Before him are Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1724), Albert of Saxony (1828), Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835), and Josef Terboven (1898). After him are Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Kurt Zeitzler (1895), Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Emil Maurice (1897), and Harald Quandt (1921).

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