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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.
William the Silent or William the Taciturn (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger; [1] [2] 24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands [3] [4] 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 ...
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
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...
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Prince William was the eldest son of King William III of the Netherlands and his first wife, Princess Sophie of Württemberg.His nickname was Wiwill.At his birth, he held the third position in the line of succession to the Dutch throne behind his grandfather and father.
The Prince of Orange, William III, Embarked from Holland, and Landed at Torbay, November 4th, 1688, after a Stormy Passage is an 1832 marine history painting by the English artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. [1] [2] It depicts an event from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when William III had landed at Brixham.
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 ...