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William III of England

1650 - 1702

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William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702. He ruled Great Britain and Ireland with his wife, Queen Mary II, and their joint reign is known as that of William and Mary. William was the only child of William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary, Princess Royal, the daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland. His father died a week before his birth, making William III the prince of Orange from birth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William III of England is the 61st most popular politician (up from 859th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 32nd in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Politician.

William III of England is most famous for his victory over the French at the Battle of the Boyne.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William III of England ranks 61 out of 19,576. Before him are Cnut the Great, Xerxes I, Nicholas II of Russia, Henry Kissinger, Abraham Lincoln, and James K. Polk. After him are James II of England, Pompey, Darius the Great, Mikhail Gorbachev, Kim Jong-il, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Among people born in 1650, William III of England ranks 1. After him are John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Thomas Savery, Tituba, Ahmad Khani, Jean Bart, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Frederick Casimir Kettler, Anne Jules de Noailles, Vincenzo Coronelli, Joachim Neander, and Robert de Visée. Among people deceased in 1702, William III of England ranks 1. After him are Zeb-un-Nissa, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Jean Bart, Olaus Rudbeck, Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha, Georg Eberhard Rumphius, John Benbow, and Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, William III of England ranks 5 out of 1,646. Before him are Vincent van Gogh (1853), Baruch Spinoza (1632), Rembrandt (1606), and Erasmus (1466). After him are Johannes Vermeer (1632), Piet Mondrian (1872), Johan Cruyff (1947), Pope Adrian VI (1459), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), and Mata Hari (1876).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, William III of England ranks 1. After him are Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), William I of the Netherlands (1772), James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649), William II of the Netherlands (1792), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), Mark Rutte (1967), Johan de Witt (1625), and William II of Holland (1228).

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