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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.
John William Friso was a Dutch prince of Nassau-Dietz and of Orange and stadtholder of the provinces of Friesland and Groningen. His rejection as stadtholder by five of the seven Dutch provinces in 1702 marked the return to political supremacy of the States General (national assembly).
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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.
The family spawned many famous statesmen and generals, including two of the acknowledged "first captains of their age", Maurice of Nassau and the Marshal de Turenne . John V. Count of Nassau-Siegen. 1455–1516.
On coming of age in 1707, John William Friso became a general of the Dutch troops during the War of Spanish, under the command of the Duke of Marlborough, and turned out to be a competent officer He commanded Dutch infantry in the battle of Oudenarde, siege of Lille, and battle of Malplaquet.
As a result of dynastic intra-marriage all of Europe's reigning hereditary monarchs since 1939 descend from a common ancestor, John William Friso, Prince of Orange. Since 2022, all of Europe's reigning hereditary monarchs descend from a more recent common ancestor: Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.
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Johan Willem Friso. Lived 23 years, 11 months. Friso and his wife were the most recent common ancestors of all current European monarchs until the death of Elizabeth II. He drowned when the ferry boat on the Moerdyk was overturned in heavy weather.
