1687 - 1711
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, 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.
1700 BC - 1590 BC
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 2,425
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 2,426
427 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 2,427
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 2,428
1778 - 1842
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 2,429
1767 - 1851
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 2,430
1687 - 1711
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 2,431
1627 - 1693
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 2,432
1919 - 2000
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 2,433
1924 - 2005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 2,434
1925 - 2005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 2,435
1595 - 1640
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 2,436
1917 - 1989
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 2,437
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.
1687 - 1757
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 1
1687 - 1711
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 2
1687 - 1762
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 3
1687 - 1767
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 4
1687 - 1753
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 5
1687 - 1750
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 6
1687 - 1755
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 7
1687 - 1744
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 8
1687 - 1763
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 9
1687 - 1759
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10
1687 - 1768
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 11
1687 - 1765
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 12
1678 - 1711
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 1
1661 - 1711
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 2
1636 - 1711
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 3
1687 - 1711
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 4
1692 - 1711
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 5
1644 - 1711
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 6
1653 - 1711
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 7
1660 - 1711
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 8
1661 - 1711
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 9
1651 - 1711
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 10
1648 - 1711
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 11
1645 - 1711
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 12
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).
1818 - 1893
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 655
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 656
1859 - 1935
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 657
1877 - 1957
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 658
1887 - 1948
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 659
1887 - 1914
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 660
1687 - 1711
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 661
1595 - 1640
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 662
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 663
1805 - 1873
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 664
1860 - 1919
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 665
1949 - Present
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 666
1722 - 1763
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 667
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).
1908 - 1944
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 174
1837 - 1892
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 175
1629 - 1698
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 176
1673 - 1742
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 177
1876 - 1936
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 178
1805 - 1877
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 179
1687 - 1711
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 180
1595 - 1640
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 181
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 182
1722 - 1763
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 183
1919 - 2016
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 184
1832 - 1904
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 185
1899 - 1976
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 186