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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.
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. [156]
William Frederick 1613–1664: William III 1650–1650-(Eng 1689)–1702 m. Mary II of England: Henry Casimir II 1657–1696 m. Henriette Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau: Amalia m. John William III of Saxe-Eisenach: John William Friso 1687–1702–1711 m. Marie Luise of Hesse-Kassel: Amalia of Nassau-Dietz 1710–1777 m. Friedrich of Baden-Durlach ...
After William's death in 1702, his heir in the Netherlands was John William Friso of Nassau-Diez, who assumed the title, King William having bequeathed it to him by testament. The other contender was the King in Prussia , who based his claim to the title on the will of Frederick Henry, William III's grandfather.
John William Friso 1687–1711 appointed heir by William III Prince of Orange r.1702 Stadholder of Frieslandr.1696: Anne Princess Royal of England: William IV 1711–1751 Prince of Orange Stadholder of Holland, Zealand, etc. 1747: Wilhelmina of Prussia: William V 1748–1806 Prince of Orange r.1751 Stadholder of Holland, Zealand, etc. r.1751 ...
The counties of Nassau-Dietz and Spiegelberg along with the Frisian governorship were then successively taken over by his sons Heinrich Casimir I and Wilhelm Friedrich. When Prince William of Orange became King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (etc.) in February 1689, he declared Prince John William Friso as titular Prince of Orange. In 1702 ...
1647–1650: William II, Prince of Orange; 1650–1664: William Frederick of Nassau-Dietz; 1664–1673: Albertine Agnes of Nassau, regentess for Hendrick Casimir II; 1664–1696: Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz; 1696–1707: Henriette Amalia von Anhalt, regentess for Johan Willem Friso; 1696–1711: John William Friso, Prince of Orange
Only with the treaty of partition in 1732 did John William Friso's successor William IV, Prince of Orange, renounce all his claims to the territory, but again (like Frederick I) he did not renounce his claim to the title. In the same treaty an agreement was made between both claimants, stipulating that both houses be allowed to use the title.