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William II, Prince of Orange

1626 - 1650

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William II (27 May 1626 – 6 November 1650) was sovereign Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel and Groningen in the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 14 March 1647 until his death three years later. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William II, Prince of Orange has received more than 887,851 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). William II, Prince of Orange is the 1,658th most popular politician (down from 1,498th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 59th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Politician.

William II, Prince of Orange, is most famous for being the son of William I, Prince of Orange, and for being the father of William III, King of England.

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  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William II, Prince of Orange ranks 1,658 out of 15,577. Before him are Uzun Hasan, Tancred, Prince of Galilee, Cuauhtémoc, King Wu of Zhou, Stefan Lazarević, and Alexander of Battenberg. After him are Rodion Malinovsky, Bleda, Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, Charles II of Naples, Kitbuqa, and Emperor Jing of Han.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, William II, Prince of Orange ranks 6. Before him are Christina, Queen of Sweden, Sabbatai Zevi, Jan Steen, Richard Cromwell, and Francesco Redi. After him are Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Giovanni Legrenzi, Louis Couperin, Bada Shanren, and Andrea Guarneri. Among people deceased in 1650, William II, Prince of Orange ranks 2. Before him is René Descartes. After him are Dorgon, Tukaram, Matthäus Merian, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Christoph Scheiner, Bernhardus Varenius, Catalina de Erauso, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, İbrahim Peçevi, and Jean Rotrou.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, William II, Prince of Orange ranks 57 out of 1,427. Before him are Christiaan Eijkman (1858), Han van Meegeren (1889), Ronald Koeman (1963), Pieter de Hooch (1629), Dick Advocaat (1947), and Sylvia Kristel (1952). After him are Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), Ruud Gullit (1962), Rem Koolhaas (1944), Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), Theo van Gogh (1857), and Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, William II, Prince of Orange ranks 9. Before him are Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), William I of the Netherlands (1772), William II of the Netherlands (1792), and Johan de Witt (1625). After him are Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), William V, Prince of Orange (1748), William II of Holland (1228), Mark Rutte (1967), and Wim Duisenberg (1935).

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