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Statue of William III, Kensington Palace This page was last edited on 17 December 2024, at 10:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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.
Statue of William III, Kensington Palace This page was last edited on 1 February 2024, at 02:08 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
A bronze statue of William III of England stands on the south side of Kensington Palace in London, facing towards the Golden Gates. The statue was designed by Heinrich Baucke and erected in 1907. It was cast by the Gladenbeck foundry in Berlin and given as a gift by the German Emperor Wilhelm II to his uncle, King Edward VII. [1]
During William's birthday celebrations, the statue was painted white, and decorated with an orange cloak and sash with orange streamers. In July, the statue was decorated with orange lilies. [4] In 1836, the statue was bombed, but was re-erected. It was later destroyed by another bomb in 1929. [5]
Jolliffe left £500 in his will for the erection of a statue of William, which was sculpted in c.1757 and placed at the entrance to Petersfield House, the Jolliffe home in the town. Following the demolition of the house in the 1790s, the statue was moved to its present position in The Square.
William ruled jointly with his wife, Mary, [2] James's daughter, until her death in 1694, and then solely until his own death in 1702. [3] In 1697 the first proposal had been made to erect a statue in the king's honour in St James's Square, home to many of his strongest supporters. [ 4 ]
William III, Count of Burgundy (c. 1110 –1127) William III of Forcalquier (died 1129) William III of Mâcon (1088–1156) William III, Count of Nevers (c. 1107 –1161) William III, Count of Ponthieu (c. 1093 –1172) William III, Count of Jülich (r. 1207–1219) William II, Count of Flanders, also styled William III of Dampierre (1224–1251)