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William IV, Prince of Orange

1711 - 1751

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William IV (Willem Karel Hendrik Friso; 1 September 1711 – 22 October 1751) was Prince of Orange from birth and the first hereditary stadtholder of all the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1747 until his death in 1751. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William IV, Prince of Orange has received more than 878,632 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). William IV, Prince of Orange is the 2,245th most popular politician (down from 1,872nd in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 68th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Dutch Politician.

William IV, Prince of Orange is most famous for being the last king of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. He was also the king of England and Ireland from 1830 to 1837.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William IV, Prince of Orange ranks 2,245 out of 19,576Before him are Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Karl Hermann Frank, Pang Tong, Childeric II, Bahram V, and José Manuel Barroso. After him are Khieu Samphan, Ma Chao, James Callaghan, Hermann Müller, Radu cel Frumos, and Hermann von Salza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1711, William IV, Prince of Orange ranks 6Before him are David Hume, Qianlong Emperor, Mikhail Lomonosov, Roger Joseph Boscovich, and Laura Bassi. After him are Barbara of Portugal, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Ablai Khan, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, and Georg Wilhelm Richmann. Among people deceased in 1751, William IV, Prince of Orange ranks 4Before him are Tomaso Albinoni, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, and Frederick I of Sweden. After him are Frederick, Prince of Wales, Louise of Great Britain, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Peter Lacy, Christopher Polhem, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, and Robert Maynard.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, William IV, Prince of Orange ranks 93 out of 1,646Before him are Lucas van Leyden (1494), Cornelis Drebbel (1572), Gerard Kuiper (1905), Gerard van Honthorst (1592), Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931), and Sophia of Hanover (1630). After him are Menno Simons (1496), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Geert Wilders (1963), Gerard ter Borch (1617), Gabriël Metsu (1629), and Carel Fabritius (1622).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, William IV, Prince of Orange ranks 13Before him are William II of the Netherlands (1792), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), Johan de Witt (1625), William V, Prince of Orange (1748), Dries van Agt (1931), and Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584). After him are Geert Wilders (1963), William II of Holland (1228), Mark Rutte (1967), Pim Fortuyn (1948), Pieter van der Aa (1659), and William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365).