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John William Friso, Prince of Orange

1687 - 1711

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John William Friso (Dutch: Johan Willem Friso; 14 August 1687 – 14 July 1711) became the (titular) Prince of Orange in 1702. He was the Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen in the Dutch Republic until his death by accidental drowning in the Hollands Diep in 1711. From 1938 to 2022, Friso and his wife, Marie Louise, were the most recent common ancestors of all then-reigning European monarchs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John William Friso, Prince of Orange has received more than 427,151 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John William Friso, Prince of Orange is the 2,431st most popular politician (up from 2,739th in 2019), the 661st most popular biography from Germany (up from 760th in 2019) and the 180th most popular German Politician.

John William Friso, Prince of Orange is most famous for being the last male heir to the Dutch throne. He died in 1806 without any children, so the Dutch throne passed to his sister, Wilhelmina.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John William Friso, Prince of Orange ranks 2,431 out of 15,577. Before him are Mursili I, Alcinous, Emperor Kōan, Tarō Asō, Bernardo O'Higgins, and Manuel Godoy. After him are Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, Pierre Trudeau, Ezer Weizman, Milton Obote, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, and Ferdinand Marcos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1687, John William Friso, Prince of Orange ranks 2. Before him is Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. After him are Francesco Geminiani, Giambattista Pittoni, Balthasar Neumann, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Johann Georg Pisendel, Johann Heinrich Schulze, Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Robert Simson, and William Stukeley. Among people deceased in 1711, John William Friso, Prince of Orange ranks 4. Before him are Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis, Grand Dauphin, and Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. After him are Frederick William, Duke of Courland, Louis-François de Boufflers, Maria Amalia of Courland, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, Vladimir Atlasov, Joseph Vaz, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, and Eusebio Kino.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John William Friso, Prince of Orange ranks 661 out of 6,142. Before him are Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818), James Last (1929), Hugo Junkers (1859), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), Kurt Schwitters (1887), and August Macke (1887). After him are George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595), Erich Mielke (1907), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860), Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949), and Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, John William Friso, Prince of Orange ranks 180. Before him are Werner von Haeften (1908), Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837), Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629), Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673), Elsa Einstein (1876), and Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805). After him are George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595), Erich Mielke (1907), Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), Walter Scheel (1919), George, King of Saxony (1832), and Gustav Heinemann (1899).

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