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Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau

1968 - 2013

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Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg; 25 September 1968 – 12 August 2013) was the second son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg, and younger brother of King Willem-Alexander. Friso was a member of the Dutch Royal Family, but because of his marriage without an Act of Consent in 2004, he lost his membership of the Dutch Royal House and was no longer in the line of succession to the throne. On 17 February 2012, Prince Friso was buried under an avalanche in Lech, Austria, while skiing off piste. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau has received more than 908,719 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau is the 465th most popular nobleman (up from 606th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 344th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Nobleman.

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  • 910k

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  • 56.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ranks 465 out of 1,415. Before him are Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Godfrey the Bearded, Thierry, Count of Flanders, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy, and Catherine of Cleves. After him are Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, Hanzade Sultan, Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, Berthold, Duke of Merania, Marie Victoire de Noailles, and Conrad II, Count of Luxembourg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ranks 50. Before him are Lucy Lawless, Ashley Judd, Sadyr Japarov, Josh Brolin, Hervé Renard, and Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are DJ BoBo, Sam Rockwell, Aaron Eckhart, Hajime Moriyasu, Terry Crews, and Slaven Bilić. Among people deceased in 2013, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ranks 101. Before him are Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Nguyễn Khánh, Otfried Preußler, Glafcos Clerides, Richard Ramirez, and Wolfgang Sawallisch. After him are Ray Harryhausen, Taihō Kōki, Frederik Pohl, Deanna Durbin, Tuncel Kurtiz, and Alvin Lee.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ranks 292 out of 1,646. Before him are Arnold Houbraken (1660), Wim Hof (1959), Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798), Sicco Mansholt (1908), Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), and Teddy Scholten (1926). After him are Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), Jan Mandijn (1500), Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1622), and Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Netherlands

Among noblemen born in Netherlands, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ranks 3. Before him are Sophia of Hanover (1630), and Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967). After him are Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969), Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau (1770), Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (1966), William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649), Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (1970), Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (2003), Princess Ariane of the Netherlands (2007), Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (2005), and Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau (2002).

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