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William I of the Netherlands

1772 - 1843

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William I (Willem Frederik; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840. Born as the son of William V, Prince of Orange, the last stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, and Wilhelmina of Prussia, William experienced significant political upheavals early in life. He fought against the French invasion during the Flanders campaign, and after the Batavian Revolution in 1795, his family went into exile. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William I of the Netherlands has received more than 1,677,836 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). William I of the Netherlands is the 815th most popular politician (down from 757th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 29th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Politician.

William I of the Netherlands is most famous for being the first king of the Netherlands. He was also the head of the House of Orange-Nassau.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William I of the Netherlands ranks 815 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexis of Russia, Leonid Kuchma, Roger II of Sicily, Mary of Hungary, Nikolai Bukharin, and Ehud Olmert. After him are Farah Pahlavi, Shapur I, Ardashir I, Bashar al-Assad, Habib Bourguiba, and Kurt Waldheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, William I of the Netherlands ranks 4. Before him are David Ricardo, Novalis, and Charles Fourier. After him are Friedrich Schlegel, Nachman of Breslov, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ram Mohan Roy, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien. Among people deceased in 1843, William I of the Netherlands ranks 2. Before him is Friedrich Hölderlin. After him are Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, Noah Webster, Samuel Hahnemann, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Joseph Lanner, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Marie Anne Lenormand, Sequoyah, and Peter Wittgenstein.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, William I of the Netherlands ranks 31 out of 1,646. Before him are Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837), Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), Rutger Hauer (1944), Louis van Gaal (1951), and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853). After him are William III of England (1650), Marco van Basten (1964), William II of the Netherlands (1792), Guus Hiddink (1946), André Rieu (1949), and Rinus Michels (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, William I of the Netherlands ranks 5. Before him are Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), and Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165). After him are William III of England (1650), 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).

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