# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ii-prince-of-orange
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:03:19.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ii-prince-of-orange"
name: "William II, Prince of Orange"
slug: "william-ii-prince-of-orange"
description: "He ruled the Dutch Republic for three years, died at twenty-four, and left a power vacuum that lasted two decades — ended only when his infant son grew up to seize both the stadtholdership and the English throne."
tagline: "Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland (1626–1650)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Workshop_of_Gerard_van_Honthorst_001.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1626-05-27"
deathDate: "1650-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.08655066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Politicians"
    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Early Modern Era"
    slug: "early-modern-era"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311455"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II,_Prince_of_Orange"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/William%20II%2C%20Prince%20of%20Orange"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC_II_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Вилхелм II Орански"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_II_van_Oranje-Nassau"
    title: "Willem II van Oranje-Nassau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilim_II%2C_knez_Oranske"
    title: "Vilim II, knez Oranske"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillem_II_d'Orange-Nassau"
    title: "Guillem II d'Orange-Nassau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vil%C3%A9m_II._Oran%C5%BEsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Vilém II. Oranžský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_2._af_Oranien"
    title: "Vilhelm 2. af Oranien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II._(Oranien)"
    title: "Wilhelm II. (Oranien)"
    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%B7%CF%82_%CE%9F%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B7%CF%82"
    title: "Γουλιέλμος Β΄ της Οράγγης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II%2C_Prince_of_Orange"
    title: "William II, Prince of Orange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_II_de_Orange-Nassau"
    title: "Guillermo II de Orange-Nassau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilen_II.a_Orangekoa"
    title: "Gilen II.a Orangekoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D8%8C_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%98"
    title: "ویلم دوم، شاهزاده اورانژ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_II_Oranialainen"
    title: "Vilhelm II Oranialainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_II_d'Orange-Nassau"
    title: "Guillaume II d'Orange-Nassau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_II_fan_Oranje-Nassau"
    title: "Willem II fan Oranje-Nassau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillerme_II_de_Orange-Nassau"
    title: "Guillerme II de Orange-Nassau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%2C_%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9A_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%96'"
    title: "וילם השני, נסיך אורנז'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF%2C_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "विलियम द्वितीय, ऑरेंज का राजकुमार"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/II._Vilmos_or%C3%A1niai_herceg"
    title: "II. Vilmos orániai herceg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B4_II_%D5%95%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%81%D5%AB"
    title: "Վիլհելմ II Օրանցի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II%2C_Pangeran_Oranye"
    title: "William II, Pangeran Oranye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_II_d'Orange"
    title: "Guglielmo II d'Orange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%A02%E4%B8%96_(%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E5%85%AC)"
    title: "ウィレム2世 (オラニエ公)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%8C_%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "فيليم الثاني، أمير أورانج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_II_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96"
    title: "Вільгельм II Аранскі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  William II became sovereign Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of five Dutch provinces on 14 March 1647, inheriting control of the United Provinces at twenty. His reign lasted barely three years: he died on 6 November 1650, still in his mid-twenties. The timing opened the First Stadtholderless Period, during which Johan De Witt held power for twenty-two years. William left behind one child, a son also named William, born after his death. That boy would eventually reclaim the stadtholdership in 1672 and, seventeen years later, take the crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland in the Glorious Revolution.