1771 - 1815
Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 9 October 1771 – 16 June 1815), was a German prince and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Oels. Nicknamed "The Black Duke", he was a military officer who led the Black Brunswickers against French domination in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel has received more than 234,489 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel is the 6,723rd most popular politician (down from 6,602nd in 2019), the 1,850th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,886th in 2019) and the 564th most popular German Politician.
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Among politicians, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 6,723 out of 15,577. Before him are Miloš Jakeš, Robert Maxwell, Gjúki, Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria, Peter II of Courtenay, and Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona. After him are Íngrid Betancourt, Taihō Kōki, Deng Yingchao, Ed Miliband, Peter II of Bulgaria, and Francisco Craveiro Lopes.
1922 - 2020
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 6,717
1923 - 1991
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 6,718
400 - 407
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 6,719
1457 - 1502
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 6,720
1155 - 1219
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 6,721
1053 - 1082
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 6,722
1771 - 1815
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 6,723
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 6,724
1940 - 2013
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 6,725
1904 - 1992
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 6,726
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 6,727
1150 - 1197
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 6,728
1894 - 1964
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 6,729
Among people born in 1771, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 17. Before him are Alois Senefelder, Jean-Andoche Junot, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Mungo Park, Laskarina Bouboulina, and Ferdinando Paer. After him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Mikhail Miloradovich, Rahel Varnhagen, Jean Rapp, and Johann Baptist Cramer. Among people deceased in 1815, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 15. Before him are Carsten Niebuhr, Guillaume Brune, José María Morelos, 9th Dalai Lama, Smithson Tennant, and Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are James Gillray, Torii Kiyonaga, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Matthias Claudius, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, and Carl Johan Adlercreutz.
1771 - 1834
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 11
1771 - 1813
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 12
1771 - 1802
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 13
1771 - 1806
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 14
1771 - 1825
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 15
1771 - 1839
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 16
1771 - 1815
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 17
1771 - 1833
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 18
1771 - 1853
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 19
1771 - 1825
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 20
1771 - 1833
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 21
1771 - 1821
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 22
1771 - 1858
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 23
1733 - 1815
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 9
1763 - 1815
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 10
1765 - 1815
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 11
1805 - 1815
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 12
1761 - 1815
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 13
1737 - 1815
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 14
1771 - 1815
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 15
1756 - 1815
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 16
1752 - 1815
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 17
1743 - 1815
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 18
1740 - 1815
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 19
1766 - 1815
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 20
1759 - 1815
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 21
Among people born in Germany, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 1,850 out of 6,142. Before him are Judith of Swabia (1054), Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923), William, Duke of Brunswick (1806), Guillermo Kahlo (1871), Fritz Witt (1908), and William Dieterle (1893). After him are Reinhard Keiser (1674), Maria Riva (1924), Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780), Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769), Fritz Fischer (1912), and Jürgen Moltmann (1926).
1054 - 1105
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 1,844
1923 - 2013
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 1,845
1806 - 1884
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 1,846
1871 - 1941
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 1,847
1908 - 1944
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,848
1893 - 1972
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,849
1771 - 1815
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,850
1674 - 1739
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 1,851
1924 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,852
1780 - 1857
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,853
1769 - 1860
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 1,854
1912 - 2003
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 1,855
1926 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 1,856
Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 564. Before him are Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1746), Hans-Gert Pöttering (1945), Margaret Sambiria (1230), George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605), Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667), and Walter Buch (1883). After him are Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780), Fritz Fischer (1912), Jürgen Moltmann (1926), Barbara of Brandenburg (1464), Princess Hilda of Nassau (1864), and Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg (1623).
1746 - 1818
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 558
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 559
1230 - 1282
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 560
1605 - 1661
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 561
1667 - 1739
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 562
1883 - 1949
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 563
1771 - 1815
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 564
1780 - 1857
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 565
1912 - 2003
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 566
1926 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 567
1464 - 1515
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 568
1864 - 1952
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 569
1623 - 1683
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 570