William of Nassau was the oldest son of Count Willem of Nassau and Juliana van Stolberg. He was born in Dillenburg Castle in Nassau, now part of Germany, ...
Guglielmo I d'Orange, in olandese Willem van Oranje, noto anche come Guglielmo il Taciturno (in olandese: Willem de Zwijger) o, semplicemente, ...
William I was the first of the hereditary stadtholders (1572–84) of the United Provinces of the Netherlands and leader of the revolt of the Netherlands ...
William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War
In the Netherlands, he is also known as Father of the Fatherland (Dutch: Vader des Vaderlands). A wealthy nobleman, William originally served the Habsburgs as a ...
He was the eldest son of Prince Willem V and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia. On 1 October 1791 he married his cousin Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia in Berlin.
William II was the prince of Orange, count of Nassau, stadtholder and captain general of six provinces of the Netherlands from 1647, and the central figure ...
William III was born on 4th November 1650. A Dutchman by birth, part of the House of Orange, he would later reign as King of England, Scotland and Ireland ...
Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange, Adriaen Thomasz. Key, c. 1579
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William of Orange rose to become the great leader of the Dutch Revolt. He defended his own interests, strove for greater independence and advocated freedom of ...
In 1802 William received Fulda and other territories in compensation and died 9 April 1806 before regaining possession of Holland. He had married 4 Oct 1767 ...