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Prince of Orange 1502–1530: William I "the Silent" 1533–1584 Prince of Orange 1544 Stadholder of Holland, Zealand & Utrecht: Louis 1538–1574: Adolf 1540–1568: Henry 1550–1574: John VI "the Elder" 1536–1606 Stadholder of Gelderland: René of Chalon 1519–1544 Prince of Orange r.1521: Philip William 1554–1618 Prince of Orange r ...
William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), [c] also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.
With the death of William III of Orange, the legitimate male line of William the Silent (the second House of Orange) became extinct. John William Friso, the senior agnatic descendant of William the Silent's brother and a cognatic descendant of Frederick Henry, grandfather of William III, claimed the succession as stadtholder in all provinces ...
All stadtholders after William of Orange were drawn from his descendants or the descendants of his brother. Many of the Dutch national symbols can be traced back to William of Orange: He is the ancestor of the Dutch monarchy; The flag of the Netherlands (red, white and blue) is derived from the flag of the prince, which was orange, white and ...
An agnatic relative of William III, John William Friso of Nassau, who was also cognatically descended from William the Silent, was designated the heir to the Princes of Orange in the Netherlands by the last will of William III. Several of his descendants became stadtholders.
The following is a family tree for the Princes of Orange, a line which culminated in the Dutch monarchy with the accession of Prince William VI to the newly created throne of the Netherlands in 1815. Dates given are those of birth and death; for Princes of Orange (shown in bold), the intermediate date is the date of accession to the Princedom.
Do was one of 38 student volunteers, including 11 others from UC Irvine, who took part in the Orange County district attorney's office law-clerk intern program. She applied for the program on Nov ...
William of Orange usually refers to either: William the Silent, William I, (1533–1584), Prince of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt, founder of the House Orange-Nassau and the United Provinces as a state; William III of England, William III of Orange-Nassau, William II of Scotland, (1650–1702) stadtholder of the Dutch Republic; William of ...