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William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland

1649 - 1709

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William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, (Dutch: Hans Willem Bentinck; 20 July 1649 – 23 November 1709) was a Dutch-born English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder in the Netherlands, and future King of England. He was reportedly steady, sensible, modest and usually moderate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland has received more than 173,257 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland is the 1,234th most popular nobleman, the 737th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 7th most popular Dutch Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland ranks 1,234 out of 1,415. Before him are Princess Louise of Prussia, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Renauld I, Count of Nevers, Princess Sophie of Luxembourg, Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania, and Prince Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. After him are Reginar V, Count of Mons, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau, Ælfflæd, Eystein Meyla, and Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland ranks 16. Before him are Jan Luyken, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Elihu Yale, and Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. After him is Titus Oates. Among people deceased in 1709, William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland ranks 22. Before him are Thomas Corneille, Abraham a Sancta Clara, Alvise II Mocenigo, Jean-François Regnard, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Nicola Saggio. After him is Edward Lhuyd.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland ranks 737 out of 1,646. Before him are Adrian Vandenberg (1954), Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh (null), Ernie Brandts (1956), Frederik Kaiser (1808), Marie Braun (1911), and Nordin Amrabat (1987). After him are Roelof Klein (1877), Sandra Roelofs (1968), Henri Frankfort (1897), Anna Enquist (1945), Femke Halsema (1966), and Yolanda Hadid (1964).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Netherlands

Among noblemen born in Netherlands, William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland ranks 7. Before him are Sophia of Hanover (1630), Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967), Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (1968), Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969), Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau (1770), and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (1966). After him are Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (1970), Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (2003), Princess Ariane of the Netherlands (2007), Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (2005), Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau (2002), and Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau (2004).

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