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Wilhelm ( Given names: Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus; 14 June 1792, Kirchheimbolanden – 20/30 August 1839, Bad Kissingen) was joint sovereign Duke of Nassau, along with his father's cousin Frederick Augustus, reigning from 1816 until 1839. He was also sovereign Prince of Nassau-Weilburg from 1816 until its incorporation ...
William the Silent or William the Taciturn (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger; 24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as 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 (1568–1648) and resulted in the formal ...
20 apr 2024 · 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 against Spanish rule and the Catholic religion. William, the eldest son of William, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, grew up in a cultivated Lutheran.
William I of Nassau-Siegen (German: Wilhelm I. Graf von Nassau-Siegen; 10 April 1487 – 6 October 1559), nicknamed the Elder (German: der Ältere) or the Rich (German: der Reiche), was Count of Nassau-Siegen and half of Diez from 1516 to 1559.
8 lug 2022 · 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).
- Joshua J. Mark
- William the Silent (also known as William of Orange) was the leader of the Dutch Revolt in the Netherlands between 1568-1584, which established the...
- William of Orange (l. 1533-1584) was known as "William the Silent" because he was famous for not speaking his mind or letting others know what he w...
- William the Silent is the great-grandfather of William III, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland; they are not the same person, though are both k...
- William the Silent is famous for establishing Dutch independence from Spain and for his advocacy of religious freedom and tolerance of others' beli...
William’s Lutheran parents agreed, and from that moment on, William was the Prince of Orange. 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, on 24 April 1533.
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.
