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Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange

1584 - 1647

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Frederick Henry (Dutch: Frederik Hendrik; 29 January 1584 – 14 March 1647) was the sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from his older half-brother's death on 23 April 1625 until his death on 14 March 1647. In the last seven years of his life, he was also the stadtholder of Groningen (1640-1647). As the leading soldier in the Dutch wars against Spain, his main achievement was the successful Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch in 1629. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange has received more than 592,892 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange is the 2,063rd most popular politician (down from 1,767th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Politician.

Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange is most famous for his role in the Dutch War of Independence.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ranks 2,063 out of 19,576. Before him are Zalman Shazar, Alexandre Millerand, Martin of Aragon, Al-Aziz Uthman, Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat, and Alfonso II of Aragon. After him are François Ravaillac, Jotham of Judah, Kurt Daluege, Michael VI Bringas, Jean Parisot de Valette, and Marie of Romania.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1584, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ranks 5. Before him are Miyamoto Musashi, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, William Baffin, and Francisco de Quevedo. After him are Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Yuan Chonghuan, Matthias Gallas, Mehmed III Giray, Cornelis de Vos, Gaspar de Crayer, and Hu Zhengyan. Among people deceased in 1647, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ranks 3. Before him are Evangelista Torricelli, and Bonaventura Cavalieri. After him are Peter Mogila, Matthias Gallas, Giovanni Lanfranco, Zhang Xianzhong, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Masaniello, Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, and Zhu Yuyue.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ranks 76 out of 1,646. Before him are Dieric Bouts (1415), Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836), Rob Rensenbrink (1947), Dries van Agt (1931), Dick Advocaat (1947), and Peter Canisius (1521). After him are Hugo de Vries (1848), Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), Petrus Christus (1410), Tobias Asser (1838), Cornelius Jansen (1585), and Bernard Mandeville (1670).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ranks 12. Before him are William III of England (1650), William II of the Netherlands (1792), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), Johan de Witt (1625), William V, Prince of Orange (1748), and Dries van Agt (1931). After him are William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Geert Wilders (1963), William II of Holland (1228), Mark Rutte (1967), Pim Fortuyn (1948), and Pieter van der Aa (1659).

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