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William V, Prince of Orange

1748 - 1806

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William V (Willem Batavus; 8 March 1748 – 9 April 1806) was Prince of Orange and the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. He went into exile to London in 1795. He was furthermore ruler of the Principality of Orange-Nassau until his death in 1806. In that capacity, he was succeeded by his son William. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William V, Prince of Orange is the 2,375th most popular politician (down from 1,992nd in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 69th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Dutch Politician.

William V, Prince of Orange is most famous for his role in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William V, Prince of Orange ranks 2,375 out of 19,576. Before him are Bounnhang Vorachith, Eric VI of Denmark, Sophia Palaiologina, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and Elsa Einstein. After him are Stephen II of Hungary, Louise of Orléans, Palmiro Togliatti, Sahure, Sogdianus of Persia, and Peter IV of Aragon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, William V, Prince of Orange ranks 11. Before him are Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Olympe de Gouges, Claude Louis Berthollet, Adam Weishaupt, and Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. After him are Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Adamantios Korais, Anders Sparrman, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Timur Shah Durrani, and Benedict Joseph Labre. Among people deceased in 1806, William V, Prince of Orange ranks 7. Before him are Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, William Pitt the Younger, and Charles-Henri Sanson. After him are Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Carlo Gozzi, Michael Haydn, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, and Johann Christoph Adelung.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, William V, Prince of Orange ranks 85 out of 1,646. Before him are Johan de Witt (1625), Gerrit Rietveld (1888), Petrus Christus (1410), William II of Holland (1228), Jan Oort (1900), and Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584). After him are Gerard van Honthorst (1592), Cornelius Jansen (1585), Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562), Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Jan van Goyen (1596), and Gerard Kuiper (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, William V, Prince of Orange ranks 14. Before him are William II of the Netherlands (1792), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), Mark Rutte (1967), Johan de Witt (1625), William II of Holland (1228), and Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584). After him are William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), Wim Kok (1938), Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), and Roméo Dallaire (1946).

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