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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 the 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 193,997 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. William V, Duke of Bavaria is the 4,049th most popular politician (down from 3,453rd in 2019), the 1,087th most popular biography from Germany (down from 940th in 2019) and the 315th 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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  • 190k

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  • 61.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William V, Duke of Bavaria ranks 4,049 out of 19,576. Before him are Qara Yusuf, Salam Fayyad, Piali Pasha, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Sarduri II, and Bretislav I. After him are Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Élisabeth Borne, Philopoemen, John Dickinson, Bogd Khan, and Gyula Andrássy the Younger.

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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 Bianca Cappello. After him are Honda Tadakatsu, Palma il Giovane, Catherine of Cleves, Fatma Sultan, Cornelis Ketel, and Antonio Priuli. Among people deceased in 1626, William V, Duke of Bavaria ranks 6. Before him are Francis Bacon, Nurhaci, Willebrord Snellius, John Dowland, and Ernst von Mansfeld. After him are Adriaen de Vries, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Isabella of Savoy, Wakisaka Yasuharu, Marino Ghetaldi, and Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William V, Duke of Bavaria ranks 1,087 out of 7,253. Before him are Erich Auerbach (1892), Pierre Littbarski (1960), Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886), Johann Philipp Reis (1834), Arthur Scherbius (1878), and Albert Speer (1934). After him are Carl Reinecke (1824), Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698), William, Duke of Nassau (1792), Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934), Carl Stamitz (1745), and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, William V, Duke of Bavaria ranks 315. Before him are Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876), Oswald Pohl (1892), Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311), Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823), and Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755). After him are Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698), William, Duke of Nassau (1792), Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601), Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), and Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670).

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