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John William Friso, Prince of Orange

1687 - 1711

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John William Friso (Dutch: Johan Willem Friso; 14 August 1687 – 14 July 1711) became the (titular) Prince of Orange in 1702. He was the Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen in the Dutch Republic. He also served in the Dutch States Army during the War of the Spanish Succession until his death by accidental drowning in the Hollands Diep in 1711. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John William Friso, Prince of Orange is the 1,949th most popular politician (up from 2,797th in 2019), the 498th most popular biography from Germany (up from 740th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular German Politician.

John William Friso, Prince of Orange is most famous for being the last male heir to the Dutch throne. He died in 1806 without any children, so the Dutch throne passed to his sister, Wilhelmina.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John William Friso, Prince of Orange ranks 1,949 out of 19,576. Before him are Leo II, Yoshihide Suga, Libius Severus, False Dmitry I, Luís I of Portugal, and Nitocris. After him are Benigno Aquino Jr., Marcelo Caetano, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Ghazi of Iraq, Bolesław I the Brave, and Christine of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1687, John William Friso, Prince of Orange ranks 1. After him are Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Giambattista Pittoni, Francesco Geminiani, Johann Georg Pisendel, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Balthasar Neumann, Johann Heinrich Schulze, Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, William Stukeley, and Robert Simson. Among people deceased in 1711, John William Friso, Prince of Orange ranks 4. Before him are Louis, Grand Dauphin, Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. After him are Louis-François de Boufflers, Frederick William, Duke of Courland, Maria Amalia of Courland, Vladimir Atlasov, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, Joseph Vaz, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, and Eusebio Kino.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John William Friso, Prince of Orange ranks 498 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Stuck (1863), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Roman Herzog (1934), Paul Hausser (1880), Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), and Oliver Kahn (1969). After him are Rudolf Dassler (1898), Gerhard Richter (1932), Dieter Bohlen (1954), Georg von Küchler (1881), Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria (1843), and Erwin Panofsky (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, John William Friso, Prince of Orange ranks 143. Before him are Gregor Strasser (1892), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876), Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673), Josef Kramer (1906), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), and Roman Herzog (1934). After him are Heinrich Brüning (1885), Johannes Rau (1931), Wied, Prince of Albania (1876), Hans Luther (1879), Robert Ley (1890), and Bernhard von Bülow (1849).

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