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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 ...
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 held by William III.
The House of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Huis van Oranje-Nassau, pronounced [ˈɦœys fɑn oːˌrɑɲə ˈnɑsʌu]) [a] is the current reigning house of the Netherlands.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 ...
William I "the Silent" 1533–1584 ... John William Friso 1687–1711 appointed heir by William III ... William III, 1817–1890, King of the Netherlands, 1849 ...
The House of Orange-Nassau are a line of the House of Nassau.Their founder William the Silent succeeded to the title of Prince of Orange in 1544.They have played a central role in the political life of the Netherlands since William organised the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule, which after the Eighty Years' War led to an independent Dutch state.
-Last broken off in 1504 for "William the Rich", father of William the Silent and his younger brother "John the Elder". It went John in 1544 when William went to the Netherlands to claim the inheritance of the Nassau-Breda line as Prince of Orange.-Confiscated by Napoleon in Favor of the Confederation of the Rhine/Grand Duchy of Berg.
In 1702, after William the Silent's great-grandson William III of England died without children, a dispute arose between his cousins, Johan Willem Friso and Frederick I of Prussia. In 1713, under the Treaty of Utrecht [ 3 ] Frederick William I of Prussia ceded the Principality of Orange to King Louis XIV of France (while retaining the title as ...
In 1544, William the Silent, count of Nassau, with large properties in the Netherlands, inherited the principality. William, 11 years old at the time, was the cousin of René of Châlon who died without an heir when he was shot at St. Dizier in 1544 during the Franco-Imperial wars. René, it turned out, willed his entire fortune to this very ...