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William I, Prince of Orange (24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), also widely known as William the Silent (), or simply William of Orange (), was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of Nassau as Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau and the ancestor of the monarchy of the Netherlands.

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  • William the Silent
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  • William I, Prince of Orange (24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), also widely known as William the Silent (), or simply William of Orange (), was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of Nassau as Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau and the ancestor of the monarchy of the Netherlands.
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  • Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Friesland
  • Leader of the Dutch Revolt
  • Republican Stadtholder of Friesland
  • Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht
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  • Philip II of Spain
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  • 1544(xsd:integer)
  • 1559(xsd:integer)
  • 1572(xsd:integer)
  • 1580(xsd:integer)
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  • 2(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1533-04-24(xsd:date)
death place
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Name
  • William the Silent
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  • Anna of Egmond in c. 1550
  • William the Silent in 1555
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  • 114(xsd:integer)
  • 130(xsd:integer)
Birth Place
Title
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  • 1567(xsd:integer)
  • 1584(xsd:integer)
death date
  • 1584-07-10(xsd:date)
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Religion
  • Calvinism
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  • 1544(xsd:integer)
  • 1559(xsd:integer)
  • 1572(xsd:integer)
  • 1580(xsd:integer)
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  • Close-up portrait of Anna of Egmond
  • Full body portrait of William the Silent
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  • Anna von Egmond.jpg
  • Antonio Moro - Willem I van Nassau.jpg
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  • 16(xsd:integer)
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  • William I, Prince of Orange (24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), also widely known as William the Silent (), or simply William of Orange (), was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of Nassau as Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau and the ancestor of the monarchy of the Netherlands. A wealthy nobleman, William originally served the Habsburgs as a member of the court of Margaret of Parma, governor of the Spanish Netherlands. Unhappy with the centralisation of political power away from the local estates and with the Spanish persecution of Dutch Protestants, William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his former masters. The most influential and politically capable of the rebels, he led the Dutch to several successes in the fight against the Spanish. Declared an outlaw by the Spanish king in 1580, he was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard (also written as "Gerardts") in Delft four years later (1584).
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