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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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 PRINCE OF ORANGE FREDERICK HENRY - LoveToKnow Article on PRINCE OF ORANGE FREDERICK HENRY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
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, Overysel 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 Hertogenbosch in 1629, of Maastricht in 1632, of Breda in 1637, of Sas van Ghent in 1644, and of Hulst in 1645.
Frederick Henry was married in 1625 to Amalia von Solms, and left one son, William II.
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 Frederick Henry, prince of Orange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
On the death of Maurice in 1625, Frederick Henry succeeded him in his paternaldignities and estates, and also in the stadtholderates of the five provincesof 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 in1644, and of Hulst in 1645.
Frederick Henry was married in 1625 to Amalia von Solms, andleft one son, William II of Orange, and four daughters.
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 Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Frederick Henry proved himself almost as good a general as his brother, and a far more capable statesman and politician.
Frederick Henry was married in 1625 to Amalia von Solms, and left one son, William II of Orange, and four daughters.
On Frederick Henry's death, he was buried with great pomp beside his father and brother at Delft.
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 Henry
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 Encyclopedia: Orange Nassau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Henry was succeded by René of Châlon-Orange in 1538, who was, as his full name stated, Prince of Orange.
William of Orange was considered a threat to Spanish rule in the area and was assissinated in 1584 by a hired killer sent by Philip.
The problem of the lands solved itself as the principality of Orange was conquered by Louis XIV in 1713.
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 FREDERICK HENRY, PRINCE OF ORANGE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (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.
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.
Frederick Henry was married in 1625 to Amalia_von_Solms, and left one son, William_II_of_Orange, and four daughters.
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 Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friedrich Wilhelm (Frederick William) of Brandenburg, Kurfürst of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia (February 16, 1620 - April 29, 1688) of the House of Hohenzollern, was the Kurfürst (elector) of Brandenburg, from 1640 until his death.
He simplified travel in the ancestral lands of Brandenburg and Prussia by connecting riverways with canals, a system, that was expanded by later Prussian architects, such as Georg Steenke and which is still functioning and in use today.
On 7 December 1646, at The Hague, he married Luise Henriette von Nassau (1627-1667), daughter of Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg114 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Frederick 11 HOHENZOLLERN King of Prussia was born 24 Jan 1712 and died 17 Aug 1786.
Frederick Henry of Orange DE NASSAU Prince [Parents] was born 28 Feb 1584 in Delft, Netherlands.
Louise Henriette of ORANGE was born 1627 and died 1667.
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 FREDERICK WILLIAM OF BRANDENBURG - LoveToKnow Article on FREDERICK WILLIAM OF BRANDENBURG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Owing to the disorders which were prevalent in Brandenburg he passed part of his youth in the Netherlands, studying at the university of Leiden and learning something of war and statecraft under Frederick Henry, prince of Orange.
Although found once or twice on the side of France, he was generally loyal to the interests of the empire and the Habsburgs, probably because his political acumen scented danger to Brandenburg from the aggressive policy of Louis XIV.
His concluding years were troubled by differences between his wife and her step-son, Frederick; and influenced by D-orothea he bequeathed portions of Brandenburg to her four sons, a bequest which was annulled under his successor.
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 Courtly Lives - The House of Nassau
William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, married Albertina, daughter of Frederick Henry of Orange.
Henry Casimir II (1657-1696), son of William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz.
Wilhelmia was the daughter of Prince Augustus William (1722-1758) of Prussia, and Louise (1722-1780), daughter of Frederick Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel.
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 boys clothing: European royalty -- Netherlands
The revolt was led by Prince William I of Orange, the founder of the modern Netherlnds.
Prince Frederick Henry of Orange was the son of Prince William I (Maurice) of Nassau/Orange Luise de Coligny (1546-).
Prince William II of Orange was stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
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 Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
On the death of Maurice in 1625 Frederick Henry succeeded him in his 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 and admiral-general of the Union.
Frederick Henry proved himself almost as good general as his brother and a far capable statesman and politician.
The treaty of Munster ending the long struggle between the and the Spaniards was not actually signed January 30 1648 the illness and death of the having caused a delay in the negotiations.
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 BREDA - LoveToKnow Article on BREDA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
History.Breda was in the 11th century a direct fief of the Holy Roman Empire, its earliest known lord being Henry I. (1098 1125), in.
In 1637 Breda was recaptured by Frederick Henry of Orange after a four months siege, and in 1648 it was finally ceded to Holland by the treaty of Westphalia.
In 1696 William, prince of Orange and king of England, built the new castle, one of the finest buildings of the period, which now serves as the military academy.
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 FRISIANS - LoveToKnow Article on FRISIANS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
In 1498 Maximilian reversed the policy of his father Frederick III., and detached this territory, known afterwards as the province of Friesland, from the empire.
Count William Lewis of Nassau-Siegen, nephew and son-in-law of William the Silent, was chosen stadtholder, and through all the vicissitudes of the 17th and 18th centuries the stadtholdership was held by one of his descendants.
Frederick Henry of Orange was stadtholder of six provinces, but not of Friesland, and even during the stadtholderless periods which followed the deaths of William II.
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 The House of Orange
The history of the house of orange is a little confusing because, as we will see later, the original Orange family, on which the Dutch Kingdom is based, point out that the, so called Heir, was not based on the habit that the eldest son was automatically the Heir of the family.
Louise Juliana (1576-1644), married 1593 Frederick IV of The Palts (1574-1610).
King Frederick I of Prussia states that the possessions are his because of the last will of his grand-father Frederick Henry, in which is stated that when the male line of William I dies-out, the possessions will be taken over by his eldest daughter, Louise Henriette and her offspring, the mother of the king.
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 THIRTY YEARS' WAR - LoveToKnow Article on THIRTY YEARS' WAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Frederick took Mansfeld and Christian back to Alsace, and after dismissing their troops from his employment, retired to Sedan.
But the Brabanters and Flemings had in sixty years of warfare parted so far from their former associates over the Waal that the inroad of Frederick Henry's army produced one of those rare outbursts of a momentary "people's war," w'nich occur from time to time in the wars of the 17th and i8th centuries.
The effect of it was that Frederick Henry withdrew to his own country, and in 1636 the French northern army had to face the whole of the Cardinal Infante's forces.
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 Stadholder (from Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
At Maurice's death, in 1625, Frederick Henry became stadholder in five of the seven United Provinces; a sixth, Groningen, was added in 1640.
Continuing the war against Spain, Frederick Henry was the first of the House of Orange to assume semimonarchical powers in foreign as well as domestic policies.
Orange was a part of Newark until 1806, when it became a separate community.
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 schom.html schomberg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Schomberg's father was the Protestant court marshal of Frederick V.
He served under Frederick Henry of Orange in 1633 and under Bernard of Saxe-Weimar during the 30 years war from 1634-1637 in the campaigns on the Upper Rhine.
In 1688 he was lent together with a Prussian force to William of Orange.
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 AmaliaSolms
Amalia van Solms (31 August 1602 - 8 September 1675), countess of Braunfels, was the wife of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.
When Frederick Henry after the death of his half-brother Prince Maurice became stadtholder, his influence grew substantially, as did Amalia's.
Together Frederick Henry and Amalia succeeded to enlarge court-life in The Hague.
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 The Frederick Family Tree - lmfg17
In her father Henry Mapes Will (dated 1812), Hezekiah Braffit, her son by her first marriage, is to receive his inheritance when he comes of age.
Henry Mapes Junior the father, has no revolutionary pension record of his own, but his service as a soldier can be proved through that of his son John, whose pension claim is S.13831.
Henry Mapes was born 6 Nov 1765 and died (UNKNOWN).
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 William I of Orange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje) (1533-1584), also known as William the Silent (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger), was the leader of the Dutch war of independence from Spanish rule, known as the Eighty Years War (1568-1648).
Willem was born on April 24, 1533, at Dillenburg in the county of Nassau, presently in Germany.
In 1544, at the age of 11, Willem succeeded his cousin René, head of the principality of Orange (France), who had died without children.
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 Genealogie Koninklijk huis 05 - parkstad.com
Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana (1581-1657) married 1616 Frederik Casimir of The Palts-Zweibrücken-Landsberg (1585-1645) Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau (1584-1647), heir.
Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau (1584-1647), prince of Orange 1625, count of Nassau, stadholder of Holland, Zealand, Utrecht, Overijssel and Guelders 1625, Groningen and Drenthe 1640.
In 1625 prince Frederick Henry married Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (1602-1675).
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 Breda
Breda was in the 11th century a direct fief of the Holy Roman Emperor, its earliest known lord being Henry I (1098 - 1125), whose heirs retained it, in the female line, until Alix, heiress of Philip (d.
Thus the baron of Breda was also count of Nassau, Germany; Prince of Orange and stadtholders of the Dutch Republic (from 1572-1650, 1672-1702, 1747-1795).
It was fortified in 1534 by Count Henry of Nassau and remained an impregnible stronghold of the line of fortresses along the Meuse.
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 Worlds Famous Diamonds: The Beau Sancy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
This is a brilliant of splendid shape weighing 34 carats, worn as a pendant to a necklace, and known as the 'Little Sancy.' This diamond was bought by Prince Frederick Henry of Orange, who died in the year 1647, and who was grandfather of King Frederick I of Prussia.
After the murder of Henry IV in the same year, the Queen became Regent and devoted herself to affairs of state; she developed a passion for power which led to civil unrest in France and estrangement from her son, King Louis XIII.
Prince Frederick Henry (1584 - 1687), the son of William the Silent, the principal leader of the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain, achieved fame as a general and a politician.
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 Frederick William I of Brandenburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Friedrich Wilhelm (Frederick William) of Brandenburg, Kurfürst of Brandenburg, Duke ofPrussia (February 16, 1620 - April 29, 1688) of the House of Hohenzollern, was the Kurfürst (elector) of Brandenburg, from 1640 until his death.
Wilhelm was born, in Berlin, to GeorgWilhelm von Brandeburg and Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz.
On 7 December 1646, at The Hague, he married Luise Henriettevon Nassau (1627-1667), daughter of Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels.
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