# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-william-friso-prince-of-orange
# Generated: 2026-09-02T07:11:12.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-william-friso-prince-of-orange"
name: "John William Friso, Prince of Orange"
slug: "john-william-friso-prince-of-orange"
description: "He inherited the Orange title and led troops through two of the bloodiest battles of the War of the Spanish Succession, then drowned crossing a Dutch waterway at twenty-three."
tagline: "Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen (1687-1711)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Johan_Willem_Friso_van_Nassau-Dietz_(1687-1711)_by_Lancelot_Volders.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1687-08-04"
deathDate: "1711-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.74
  momentum:             1.959134615384615
  historical:           22.46489866666667
  currentAttention:     10.8840811965812
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Politician"
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  - name: "Politics"
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  - name: "Early Modern Era"
    slug: "early-modern-era"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Йохан Вилхелм Фризо (Насау-Диц)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Vil%C3%A9m_Friso"
    title: "Jan Vilém Friso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wilhelm_Friso_(Nassau-Dietz)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John William Friso"
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    title: "Jean-Guillaume-Friso d'Orange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jehan Willem Friso fan Nassau-Dietz"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "János Vilmos Friso orániai herceg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "იოჰან ვილემ ფრისო (ორანის პრინცი)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Willem_Friso_van_Nassau-Dietz"
    title: "Johan Willem Friso van Nassau-Dietz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Wilhelm_Friso"
    title: "Jan Wilhelm Friso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Guilherme_Friso%2C_Pr%C3%ADncipe_de_Orange"
    title: "João Guilherme Friso, Príncipe de Orange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Willem_Friso%2C_Prin%C8%9B_de_Orania"
    title: "Johan Willem Friso, Prinț de Orania"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Иоганн Вильгельм Фризо Оранский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1n_Viliam_Friso"
    title: "Ján Viliam Friso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%88"
    title: "يوهان فيليم فريزو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  John William Friso was born on 14 August 1687 and became the titular Prince of Orange in 1702. As Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen, he commanded forces in the Dutch States Army during the War of the Spanish Succession, fighting at Oudenaarde and Malplaquet — engagements that ground through thousands of lives. His trajectory pointed upward until 14 July 1711, when he drowned by accident while crossing the Hollands Diep. He was twenty-three.