1425 - 1482
William III (30 April 1425 – 17 September 1482), called the Brave (in German Wilhelm der Tapfere), was landgrave of Thuringia (from 1445) and claimant duke of Luxemburg (from 1457). He is actually the second William to rule Thuringia, and in Luxembourg; he was the third Margrave of Meissen named William. He was a younger son of Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony, and Catherine of Brunswick and Lunenburg. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia has received more than 39,184 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). William III, Landgrave of Thuringia is the 436th most popular nobleman (down from 430th in 2019), the 1,820th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,923rd in 2019) and the 74th most popular German Nobleman.
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Among noblemen, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 436 out of 842. Before him are Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France, Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, and William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. After him are Hugh Magnus, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, and Maria Theresa of Austria.
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 430
1648 - 1664
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 431
1424 - 1445
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 432
1868 - 1915
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 433
1609 - 1631
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 434
1146 - 1219
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 435
1425 - 1482
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 436
1007 - 1025
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 437
1920 - 2011
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 438
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 439
1535 - 1592
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 440
1837 - 1906
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 441
1801 - 1855
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 442
Among people born in 1425, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 7. Before him are Henry IV of Castile, Juana Enríquez, Bianca Maria Visconti, Catherine of Bosnia, Alesso Baldovinetti, and John II, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Vlad Călugărul, Frederick I, Elector Palatine, Simon Marmion, Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Robert Henryson. Among people deceased in 1482, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 10. Before him are Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Luca della Robbia, Federico da Montefeltro, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, and Gedik Ahmed Pasha. After him are Giovanni di Paolo, Louis of Cyprus, and Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī.
1425 - 1474
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 1
1425 - 1468
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 2
1425 - 1468
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 3
1425 - 1478
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 4
1425 - 1499
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 5
1425 - 1470
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 6
1425 - 1482
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 7
1425 - 1495
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 8
1425 - 1476
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 9
1425 - 1489
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 10
1425 - 1475
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 11
1425 - 1506
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 12
1397 - 1482
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 4
1399 - 1482
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 5
1422 - 1482
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 6
1427 - 1482
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 7
1465 - 1482
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 8
1450 - 1482
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 9
1425 - 1482
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 10
1403 - 1482
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 11
1436 - 1482
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 12
1413 - 1482
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 13
Among people born in Germany, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 1,820 out of 6,142. Before him are Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871), Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria (1386), Golo Mann (1909), Franz Six (1909), Franz Danzi (1763), and Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730). After him are Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922), Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (1865), Bruno Streckenbach (1902), Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Sigmar Polke (1941), and Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1746).
1871 - 1943
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 1,814
1386 - 1450
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 1,815
1909 - 1994
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,816
1909 - 1975
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,817
1763 - 1826
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,818
1730 - 1794
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,819
1425 - 1482
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 1,820
1922 - 1946
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 1,821
1865 - 1912
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 1,822
1902 - 1977
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 1,823
1891 - 1985
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 1,824
1941 - 2010
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 1,825
1746 - 1818
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 1,826
Among noblemen born in Germany, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia ranks 74. Before him are Elisabeth of Swabia (1205), Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1713), Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1547), Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739), Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria (1937), and Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont (1704). After him are Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau (1837), William, Duke of Brunswick (1806), Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810), Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden (1824), John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625), and Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach (1682).
1205 - 1235
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 68
1713 - 1780
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 69
1547 - 1614
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 70
1739 - 1807
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 71
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 72
1704 - 1723
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 73
1425 - 1482
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 74
1837 - 1906
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 75
1806 - 1884
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 76
1810 - 1856
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 77
1824 - 1858
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 78
1625 - 1679
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 79
1682 - 1755
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 80