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William I, Dutch Willem known as William the Silent, (born April 24, 1533, Dillenburg, Nassau—died July 10, 1584, Delft, Holland), First stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (1572-84). Son of William, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, he inherited the principality of Orange and other vast estates from his cousin in 1544.
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William the Silent. : In this book, first published in 1944, the distinguished historian C. V. Wedgwood takes as her subject here the figure of William, Count of Nassau and Prince of Orange, who led the revolt of the Netherlands against the Spain of Philip II. The book is not only a masterpiece of biographical writing but a rich portrait of an.
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William the Silent (l. 1533-1584, also known as William of Orange) was the leader of the Dutch Revolt (the Eighty Years' War) in the Netherlands; first politically (between 1559-1568) then militarily (between 1568-1584).
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A German nobleman by birth, William the Silent became the leader of a rebellion in the Netherlands against the king of Spain. Passionately devoted to the cause of the unity of the Netherlands, he saw the country dividing into distinct northern and southern states under the impact of military events and religious antagonisms.
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William the Silent, who was also known as William of Orange, was a Dutch military leader and the hero of the Dutch Revolt. He was instrumental in leading the Lower Countries in the war against Spain, eventually triggering the Eighty Years' War. He also led to the creation of the independent republic of the United Provinces.
William I, Prince of Orange (24 April 1533 10 July 1584), also widely known as William the
The hero of the Dutch struggle against Spanish rule was William the Silent, one of the wealthiest noblemen in Europe. He was born on April 24, 1533, in Dillenburg, Nassau. As count of Nassau he held large estates in the Netherlands, and from a cousin he inherited the French principality of Orange.
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William the Silent: the first tolerant Prince Historian article By Stephen Morse, published 1st January 2003 Email Share Tweet There will be many readers of The Historian whose knowledge of the 16th Century is wide and deep.
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From politician to rebel Philip II of Spain berating William the Silent by Cornelis Kruseman [10] Although he never directly opposed the Spanish king, William soon became one of the most prominent members of the opposition in the Council of State, together with Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn, and Lamoral, Count of Egmont.
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William I of Orange-Nassau (24 April 1533 - 10 July 1584) was an important leader of the Dutch rebellion against the Spanish in the Eighty Years' War. He was the first leader of the Netherlands. He held the title of Prince of Orange . William of Orange is better known as William the Silent (in Dutch: Willem de Zwijger ).
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William I, Prince of Orange (Born: April 24, 1533. Died: July 10, 1584). Also known as William the Silent was born in the House of Nassau as a count of Nassau-Dillenburg. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau.
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William the Silent or William the Taciturn , more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange , was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. Born into the House of Nassau, he became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the Orange-Nassau.
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Balthasar Gérard (alternative spellings Gerards or Gerardts; c. 1557 - 14 July 1584) was the assassin of the Dutch revolt 's leader, William the Silent of the House of Orange (William the Silent, and later known as the "Father of the Fatherland").
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William I, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ( 24 April 1533 - 10 July 1584 ), also widely known as William the Silent, was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against Spain that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was assassinated in 1584.
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During the 1570s and early 1580s, Prince William the Silent - William of Orange and Nassau - was the acclaimed head of the Protestant cause in the Netherlands, leading the loose alliance of states and factions in the long-running Dutch Revolt against the imposed Catholic rule of Philip II, Habsburg Emperor and Spanish sovereign, and his occupyin.
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THE TOMB OF WILLIAM THE SILENT, BY EMANUEL BE WITTE The founder of the independence of the Netherlands, William assassinated in his home at Delft in 1584. His death occurred in forty year war for liberty.
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The Power of the Individual. The Revolt of the Netherlands was the most successful of all uprisings in early modern Europe and had far reaching effects on the course of Dutch and European history. In accounting for its outcome recent research has emphasized the significance of impersonal forces of political, economic or religious nature rather.