John William Friso | |
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Prince of Orange | |
Reign | 8 March 1702 – 14 July 1711 |
Predecessor | William III |
Successor | William IV |
Prince of Nassau-Dietz | |
Reign | 25 March 1696 – ca. 1702 |
Predecessor | Henry Casimir II |
Prince of Orange-Nassau | |
Reign | ca. 1702 – 14 July 1711 |
Successor | William IV |
Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen | |
Reign | 25 March 1696 – 14 July 1711 |
Predecessor | Henry Casimir II |
Successor | William IV |
Born | 14 August 1687 Dessau, Anhalt |
Died | 14 July 1711 Hollands Diep, between Dordrecht and Moerdijk | (aged 23)
Burial | 25 February 1712 Grote of Jacobijnerkerk, Leeuwarden |
Spouse | |
Issue | Amalia, Hereditary Princess of Baden-Durlach William IV, Prince of Orange |
House | Orange-Nassau |
Father | Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz |
Mother | Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau |
Military service | |
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John William Friso (Dutch: Johan Willem Friso; 14 August 1687 – 14 July 1711) became the (titular) Prince of Orange in 1702. He was the Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen in the Dutch Republic until his death by accidental drowning in the Hollands Diep in 1711.[1] From the end of World War II in 1945 until 2022, Friso and his wife, Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, were the most recent common ancestors of all reigning hereditary European monarchs.[citation needed]