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William II of the Netherlands

1792 - 1849

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William II (Dutch: Willem Frederik George Lodewijk; English: William Frederick George Louis; 6 December 1792 – 17 March 1849) was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg. William II was the son of William I and Wilhelmine of Prussia. When his father, who up to that time ruled as sovereign prince, proclaimed himself king in 1815, he became Prince of Orange as heir apparent of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William II of the Netherlands has received more than 1,709,347 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). William II of the Netherlands is the 985th most popular politician (up from 1,117th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 37th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Dutch Politician.

William II of the Netherlands is most famous for his reign as king of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948. He was also the Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 to 1890, and King of the Belgians from 1831 to 1839.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William II of the Netherlands ranks 985 out of 19,576. Before him are Creon, Wilhelm Pieck, William Jennings Bryan, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Geta, and Artemisia I of Caria. After him are Xuande Emperor, Guangxu Emperor, Jugurtha, Carol II of Romania, Béla Kun, and Grigory Potemkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, William II of the Netherlands ranks 4. Before him are Gioachino Rossini, Pope Pius IX, and Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis. After him are Percy Bysshe Shelley, Nikolai Lobachevsky, John Herschel, Karl Ernst von Baer, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Alexander Ypsilantis, Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and William, Duke of Nassau. Among people deceased in 1849, William II of the Netherlands ranks 8. Before him are Edgar Allan Poe, James K. Polk, Hokusai, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Johann Strauss I, and Anne Brontë. After him are France Prešeren, Sándor Petőfi, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, Charles Albert of Sardinia, Şehzade Abdullah, and Heonjong of Joseon.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, William II of the Netherlands ranks 34 out of 1,646. Before him are Rutger Hauer (1944), Louis van Gaal (1951), Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853), William I of the Netherlands (1772), William III of England (1650), and Marco van Basten (1964). After him are Guus Hiddink (1946), André Rieu (1949), Rinus Michels (1928), Gerrit Dou (1613), Johan Huizinga (1872), and Jan van Riebeeck (1619).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, William II of the Netherlands ranks 7. Before him are Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), William I of the Netherlands (1772), and William III of England (1650). After him are William II, Prince of Orange (1626), Johan de Witt (1625), William V, Prince of Orange (1748), Dries van Agt (1931), Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), and William IV, Prince of Orange (1711).

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