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William III of the Netherlands

1817 - 1890

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William III (Dutch: Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk; English: William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis; 19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 1890. He was also the Duke of Limburg from 1849 until the abolition of the duchy in 1866. William was the son of King William II and Anna Pavlovna of Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William III of the Netherlands has received more than 1,680,339 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). William III of the Netherlands is the 789th most popular politician (up from 820th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 33rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Belgian Politician.

William III of the Netherlands is most famous for being the last king of the Netherlands. He was a member of the House of Orange-Nassau and served as stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel from 1672 until his death in 1702.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William III of the Netherlands ranks 789 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip the Arab, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Amr ibn Hishām, Sariputta, Vladislaus II of Hungary, and Zewditu. After him are Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, İsmet İnönü, Enrico Dandolo, Robert the Bruce, Tony Blair, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, William III of the Netherlands ranks 3. Before him are Henry David Thoreau, and Theodor Mommsen. After him are Ivan Aivazovsky, Bahá'u'lláh, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Charles-François Daubigny, Niels Gade, Syed Ahmad Khan, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen. Among people deceased in 1890, William III of the Netherlands ranks 6. Before him are Vincent van Gogh, Heinrich Schliemann, Carlo Collodi, Sitting Bull, and Gyula Andrássy. After him are Amadeo I of Spain, César Franck, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Joseph Merrick, Henri Nestlé, and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, William III of the Netherlands ranks 29 out of 1,190. Before him are Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Rogier van der Weyden (1390), Albert I of Belgium (1875), Samo (600), Baudouin of Belgium (1930), and Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480). After him are Mary of Hungary (1505), Georges Lemaître (1894), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Eddy Merckx (1945), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), and Abraham Ortelius (1527).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, William III of the Netherlands ranks 14. Before him are Albert II of Belgium (1934), Mary of Burgundy (1457), Albert I of Belgium (1875), Samo (600), Baudouin of Belgium (1930), and Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480). After him are Mary of Hungary (1505), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Eleanor of Austria (1498), Pepin of Herstal (635), Margaret of Parma (1522), and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864).

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