# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ii-de-la-marck
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:02:18.584Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ii-de-la-marck"
name: "William II de La Marck"
slug: "william-ii-de-la-marck"
description: "William II de la Marck was the Lord of Lumey and initially admiral of the Watergeuzen, the so-called 'sea beggars' who fought in the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648), together with among others William the Silent, Prince of Orange-Nassau. He was the great-grandson of an equally notorious character, baron William de la Marck, nicknamed the \"wild boar of the Ardennes\"."
tagline: "Dutch pirate"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emanuel_van_Meteren_Historie_ppn_051504510_MG_8701_Wilhem_van_der_Marck.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1542"
deathDate: "1578-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.35
  momentum:             6.734693877551021
  historical:           8.968901333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_II_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Вільгельм II де ла Марк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "ويليام اى د لا مارك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II._von_der_Mark"
    title: "Wilhelm II. von der Mark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9B%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BA"
    title: "Γουλιέλμος Β΄ του Λα Μαρκ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II_de_La_Marck"
    title: "William II de La Marck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_II_de_La_Marck"
    title: "Guillaume II de La Marck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_II_di_La_Marck"
    title: "Guglielmo II di La Marck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_II_van_der_Marck"
    title: "Willem II van der Marck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilherme_II_de_Mark"
    title: "Guilherme II de Mark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC_II_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Виллем II де ла Марк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510160"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump