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Maurice, Prince of Orange

1567 - 1625

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Maurice of Orange (Dutch: Maurits van Oranje; 14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625) was stadtholder of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic except for Friesland from 1585 at the earliest until his death in 1625. Before he became Prince of Orange upon the death of his eldest half-brother Philip William in 1618, he was known as Maurice of Nassau. Maurice spent his youth in Dillenburg in Nassau, and studied in Heidelberg and Leiden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice, Prince of Orange has received more than 604,454 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Maurice, Prince of Orange is the 990th most popular politician (down from 946th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Germany (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular German Politician.

Maurice, Prince of Orange, is most famous for being the founder of the Dutch Republic and for his victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Nieuwpoort.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maurice, Prince of Orange ranks 990 out of 15,577. Before him are Muhammad II of Khwarazm, Clement Attlee, George II of Greece, Josep Borrell, Alauddin Khalji, and Leo VI the Wise. After him are Justinian II, Gudea, John I Tzimiskes, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, John VIII Palaiologos, and Alfonso VI of León and Castile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1567, Maurice, Prince of Orange ranks 3. Before him are Claudio Monteverdi and Francis de Sales. After him are Date Masamune, Samuel de Champlain, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Sanada Yukimura, Jacques Clément, Willem Schouten, Eleanor de' Medici, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, and Honoré d'Urfé. Among people deceased in 1625, Maurice, Prince of Orange ranks 3. Before him are James VI and I and Sofonisba Anguissola. After him are Jan Brueghel the Elder, Johann Bayer, Simon Marius, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Willem Schouten, Duchess Anna of Prussia, Giambattista Marino, Mōri Terumoto, and Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maurice, Prince of Orange ranks 279 out of 6,142. Before him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), Paul Heyse (1830), Max Horkheimer (1895), Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Carl Zeiss (1816), and Joseph Beuys (1921). After him are Constanze Mozart (1762), Michael Haneke (1942), August Kekulé (1829), Georgius Agricola (1494), Karl May (1842), and Karl Weierstrass (1815).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Maurice, Prince of Orange ranks 83. Before him are Helmut Schmidt (1918), Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Ferdinand I of Romania (1865), and Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710). After him are Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Gustav Stresemann (1878), Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175), Valentinian II (371), and Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744).

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