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1 giorno fa · As Prince of Orange, William's coat of arms was: Quarterly, I Azure billetty a lion rampant Or (for Nassau); II Or a lion rampant guardant Gules crowned Azure (Katzenelnbogen); III Gules a fess Argent , IV Gules two lions passant guardant Or, armed and langued azure (Dietz); between the I and II quarters an inescutcheon, Or a fess Sable ; at the fess point an inescutcheon, quarterly I and IV ...
4 giorni fa · When William Hyacinth, the last ruler of the Catholic line, died in 1743, Nassau-Siegen had died out in the male line, and the territory fell to Prince William IV of the Orange-Nassau-Dietz line, who thereby reunited all the lands of the Ottonian line of the House of Nassau.
5 giorni fa · A branch of the European House of Nassau, the house has played a central role in the politics and government of the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, particularly since William the Silent organised the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule, which after the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) led to an independent Dutch state.
3 giorni fa · The latter betrayed Groninghen to the enemy, and was expelled by the Frisians. The Prince of Orange was then chosen in his stead, with the lord of Meroda as his deputy. The present Governor is Earl William of Nassau. On Lalayne's expulsion, the provincial States began to assume the sovereignty. The present government of Friesland.
2 giorni fa · William I, Prince of Orange, 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.
2 giorni fa · The other six Provinces, the two Princesses of Orange, the Elector of Brandenburg, Count William of Nassau, the governor of Friesland and all the other dependants of that family have insisted on a convocation of the States General.
2 giorni fa · William of Nassau-Vianden inherited the stronghold only to sell it to François Sebastian Bauer of Everlange in 1674. There follows a period when the feudal castle falls into total ruin ending up as a stone quarry. The chapel was demolished in 1903.
