John William Friso, Prince of Orange

Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen (1687-1711)

  • Fame55.7
  • Momentum2.0
  • Wikipedia11.1K
Source-basedStable
Lived 1687–1711, aged 24Germany
  • Wikipedia
    31 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1687–1711
    Aged 24
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

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.

Biography

About

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.

Where to find them

Platforms

No platforms connected yet.

By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
55.7
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum2.0
Historical22.5
Now attention10.9
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
Global rank
Country rank
Category rank
Receipts

Sources

  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence