William The Silent
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Gender | Male |
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Date of birth | April 24,1533 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Dillenburg |
Germany | |
Assassinated | Delft, Netherlands |
Place of burial | Nieuwe Church, Delft, Netherlands |
Children | Maurice, Prince of Orange |
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange | |
Job | Politician |
Army officer | |
Books | De correspondentie tussen Willem van Oranje en Jan van Nassau, 1578-1584 |
The Apologie of Prince William of Orange Against the Proclamation of the King of Spaine | |
Juliana of Stolberg | |
Parents | William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg |
Juliana of Stolberg | |
William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen | |
Spouse | Louise de Coligny |
Siblings | Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg |
Founded | Leiden University |
Great grandparent | John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 460325 |
William The Silent Life story
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.