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Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) |
 | | Frederick Henry (January 29, 1584–March 14, 1647), Prince of Orange, the youngest child of William the Silent, was born at Delft about six months before his father's assassination. |
 | | On the death of Maurice in 1625, Frederick Henry succeeded him in his paternal dignities and estates, and also in the stadtholderates of the five provinces of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Overijssel and Gelderland, and in the important posts of captain and admiral-general of the Union. |
 | | The chief military exploits of Frederick Henry were the sieges and captures of 's Hertogenbosch in 1629, of Maastricht in 1632, of Breda in 1637, of Sas van Gent in 1644, and of Hulst in 1645. |
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