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William III of England

1650 - 1702

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William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702. He ruled Great Britain and Ireland with his wife, Queen Mary II, and their joint reign is known as that of William and Mary. William was the only child of William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary, Princess Royal, the daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William III of England has received more than 12,982,835 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). William III of England is the 859th most popular politician (down from 434th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 19th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Dutch Politician.

William III of England is most famous for his victory over the French at the Battle of the Boyne.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William III of England ranks 859 out of 19,576Before him are Antigonus I Monophthalmus, Jalal Talabani, Gordian III, Gwangjong of Goryeo, Barbara of Cilli, and Rudolf I of Germany. After him are Diane de Poitiers, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, Julius Nepos, Kliment Voroshilov, Lev Kamenev, and Frederick V of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1650, William III of England ranks 1After him are John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Thomas Savery, Ahmad Khani, Jean Bart, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Giovanni Battista Bassani, Frederick Casimir Kettler, Vincenzo Coronelli, Joachim Neander, Robert de Visée, and George Rooke. Among people deceased in 1702, William III of England ranks 1After him are Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Jean Bart, Olaus Rudbeck, Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha, Zeb-un-Nissa, Georg Eberhard Rumphius, John Benbow, and Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, William III of England ranks 32 out of 1,646Before him are Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), Rutger Hauer (1944), Louis van Gaal (1951), Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853), and William I of the Netherlands (1772). After him are Marco van Basten (1964), William II of the Netherlands (1792), Guus Hiddink (1946), André Rieu (1949), Rinus Michels (1928), and Gerrit Dou (1613).

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