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Maurice, Prince of Orange

1567 - 1625

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Maurice of Orange (Dutch: Maurits van Oranje; 14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625) was stadtholder of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic except for Friesland from 1585 at the earliest until his death on 23 April 1625. Before he became Prince of Orange upon the death of his eldest half-brother Philip William on 20 February 1618, he was known as Maurice of Nassau. Maurice spent his youth in Dillenburg in Nassau, and studied in Heidelberg and Leiden. He succeeded his father William the Silent as stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland in 1585, and became stadtholder of Utrecht, Guelders and Overijssel in 1590, and of Groningen in 1620. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice, Prince of Orange is the 885th most popular politician (up from 1,282nd in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Germany (up from 344th in 2019) and the 68th most popular German Politician.

Maurice, Prince of Orange, is most famous for being the founder of the Dutch Republic and for his victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Nieuwpoort.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maurice, Prince of Orange ranks 885 out of 19,576. Before him are Hamid Karzai, Jeongjo of Joseon, Maxentius, Sigismund II Augustus, John of Bohemia, and Gojong of Korea. After him are Jadwiga of Poland, Ngo Dinh Diem, Charles IV of Spain, Yulia Tymoshenko, Karl Liebknecht, and Gallienus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1567, Maurice, Prince of Orange ranks 3. Before him are Claudio Monteverdi, and Francis de Sales. After him are Samuel de Champlain, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Date Masamune, Willem Schouten, Eleanor de' Medici, Sanada Yukimura, Jacques Clément, Honoré d'Urfé, and Jindřich Matyáš Thurn. Among people deceased in 1625, Maurice, Prince of Orange ranks 3. Before him are James VI and I, and Sofonisba Anguissola. After him are Jan Brueghel the Elder, Johann Bayer, Simon Marius, Willem Schouten, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Giambattista Marino, Duchess Anna of Prussia, and Honoré d'Urfé.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maurice, Prince of Orange ranks 226 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg Bednorz (1950), Michel Ney (1769), Walter Ulbricht (1893), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), and Georg Simmel (1858). After him are Otto von Guericke (1602), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Karl Liebknecht (1871), Adolf Butenandt (1903), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), and Emmy Noether (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Maurice, Prince of Orange ranks 68. Before him are Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596), Ferdinand I of Romania (1865), Hans Frank (1900), Augustus III of Poland (1696), Walter Ulbricht (1893), and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887). After him are Karl Liebknecht (1871), Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075), Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744), and Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086).

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