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William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

1682 - 1760

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William VIII (10 March 1682 – 1 February 1760) ruled the German Landgraviate Hesse-Kassel from 1730 until his death, first as regent (1730–1751) and then as landgrave (1751–1760). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel has received more than 128,609 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel is the 514th most popular nobleman (up from 515th in 2019), the 2,028th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,231st in 2019) and the 91st most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 514 out of 842. Before him are Ferdinand the Holy Prince, Margaret Fredkulla, Amadeus V, Count of Savoy, Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona, Jasper Tudor, and Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After him are Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, Constance of Portugal, Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily, Sancha of Aragon, Archduke Friedrich of Austria, and Peter, Constable of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1682, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 11. Before him are Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Johann Friedrich Böttger, Şehsuvar Sultan, Jacopo Amigoni, Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, and Jan van Huysum. After him are Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Jean-François Dandrieu, John Hadley, Roger Cotes, Johann Jacob Bach, and Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg. Among people deceased in 1760, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 10. Before him are Baal Shem Tov, Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Alaungpaya, Adrien Manglard, and Christoph Graupner. After him are George Clifford III and Charlotte de Rohan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 2,028 out of 6,142. Before him are Hans Cramer (1896), Hans Richter (1888), Barbara Sukowa (1950), Charlotte Salomon (1917), Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1839), and Hans-Peter Briegel (1955). After him are Joseph Gaertner (1732), Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1763), Nicholas Mercator (1620), Albert Leo Schlageter (1894), Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), and Andreas Köpke (1962).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ranks 91. Before him are Violante Beatrice of Bavaria (1673), Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564), Prince Albert of Prussia (1837), Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373), Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782), and Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1839). After him are Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (1767), Magdalene of Bavaria (1587), Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1757), Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (1679), Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1284), and Konrad von Thüringen (1206).

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