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Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau

1968 - 2013

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Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg; 25 September 1968 – 12 August 2013) was the second son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg, and younger brother of King Willem-Alexander. Friso was a member of the Dutch Royal Family, but because of his marriage without an Act of Consent in 2004, he lost his membership of the Dutch Royal House and was no longer in the line of succession to the throne. On 17 February 2012, Prince Friso was buried under an avalanche in Lech, Austria, while skiing off piste. He was taken to a hospital in Innsbruck, where he was in a critical but stable condition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau is the 506th most popular nobleman (down from 467th in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 292nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ranks 506 out of 1,415. Before him are Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, and Liudolf, Duke of Swabia. After him are Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, Reginald I, Count of Burgundy, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, Murad Bakhsh, Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Ioveta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ranks 56. Before him are Lila Downs, Marc Anthony, Aaron Eckhart, Ashley Judd, Sadyr Japarov, and Mswati III. After him are Abdul Ghani Baradar, DJ BoBo, Mathias Rust, Évariste Ndayishimiye, Josh Brolin, and Hervé Renard. Among people deceased in 2013, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ranks 104. Before him are Jack Vance, Clive Burr, Dominique Venner, Pedro Rocha, Otfried Preußler, and Joe Weider. After him are Stéphane Hessel, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Álvaro Mutis, Dennis Farina, Mitja Ribičič, and Édouard Molinaro.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ranks 293 out of 1,646. Before him are Jacob van Campen (1596), Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), Willem de Sitter (1872), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), and Ludger (742). After him are Pieter van der Aa (1659), Zacharias Janssen (1585), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Philip de Koninck (1619), Jan Timman (1951), and Aert de Gelder (1645).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Netherlands

Among noblemen born in Netherlands, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ranks 3. Before him are Sophia of Hanover (1630), and Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967). After him are Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969), Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau (1770), Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (1966), William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649), Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (2003), Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (1970), Princess Ariane of the Netherlands (2007), Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (2005), and Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau (2002).

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