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  William Of Orange - LoveToKnow 1911
WILLIAM (1533-1584), surnamed the Silent, prince of Orange and count of Nassau, was born at the castle of Dillenburg in Nassau, on the 25th of April 1533.
Philip made him councillor of state, knight of the Golden Fleece, and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht; but there was a latent antagonism between the natures of the two men which speedily developed into relations of coolness and then of distrust.
The prince of Orange was out of reach of the tyrant's arm, but by an act of imprudence he had left his eldest son, Philip William, count of Buren, studying at the university of Louvain.
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 William the Silent -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
William I of Orange-Nassau (April 24, 1533 – July 10, 1584), also widely known as William the Silent [Dutch: Willem de Zwijger], was born in the House of Nassau, and became Prince of Orange in 1544.
William was born in the castle of Dillenburg in Nassau, present-day Germany.
William was sent to Brussels to study under the supervision of Maria of Austria, the sister of Charles V and regent of the Habsburg Netherlands (Seventeen Provinces).
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WILLIAM (1J33-1584), surnamed the SILENT, prince of Orange and count of Nassau, was born at the castle of Dillenburg in Nassau, on the 25th of April 1533.
in favour of hisson Philip, the sovereignty of the Netherlands.
During the years 1569–1572 the brothers William and Louis, the one in Germany, the other in France, were, however, actively preparing for a renewal of the struggle for the freedom of the Netherlands.
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 US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : William I of Orange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
William had counted on intervention from the French Protestants (Huguenots) as well, but this plan was thwarted after the St.
William was very content with the victory, and established the University of Leiden, the first university in the Northern Provinces.
Phillip William died in Brussels on February 20, 1618 and was succeeded by his half-brother Maurice, the eldest son from William's second marriage, to Anna of Saxony, who became Prince of Orange.
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 William the Silent
William was born in the last half of April, 1533 in Germany -- hence the line in the national anthem.
William was one of 12 children, and the family was brought up and educated in the principles of the Lutheran Reformation.
Philip was determined to eradicate Calvinism from the Lowlands, and he used the Spanish Inquisition at its cruelest to accomplish this task.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Philip William, only a boy of 13, was studying at the university at Leuven.
Philip William was sent to Spain in February 1568, resuming his education at the university of Alcalá de Henares.
In 1606 Philip William was recognized in the Republic as lord of Breda and Steenbergen, and his right to appoint magistrates was acknowledged, provided he did so maintaining the "Union and the Republic religion".
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 3. Progress Of Calvinism Page 8
William of Orange fled to Germany, and Counts Egmont and Horn surrendered themselves to the mercy of the king (1567).
William of Orange tried to obscure the religious nature of the campaign by proclaiming religious freedom, but his followers could not be restrained.
William of Orange, secure in the north, determined to occupy the southern provinces, but his public profession of Calvinism and the religious intolerance of his followers prevented a combined national effort.
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 William the Silent Summary
William was born on April 24, 1533, at Dillenburg, the ancestral castle of the Nassaus near Wiesbaden, Germany, to Count William of Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliana von Stolberg.
However, William was aware that his young brother, Louis of Nassau, was one of the leaders of the movement of the lower nobility to prevent enforcement of the ordinances introducing the Inquisition.
William became a Calvinist, although a moderate one, in order to hold the support of the most vigorous opponents of Spain, and he reorganized the governments of Holland and Zeeland upon the basis of the authority of their States, with himself as governor and commander.
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 William the Silent: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
Foreign Statesmen WILLIAM THE SILENT WILLIAM THE SILENT BY FREDERIC HARRISON "The Prince is a...by Juliana of Stolberg, was the father of William the Silent.
William the Silent, William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584
WILLIAM THE SILENT or William of Orange (William...was sent to the Netherlands to quell the rebels, William withdrew to Germany.
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 William the Silent. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
After inheriting (1544) the holdings of the branch of the Nassau family in the Low Countries and the principality of Orange in S France, William was reared a Roman Catholic at the insistence of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, whose favorite page he became.
William ably served Philip II of Spain as a diplomat, particularly in the making of the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559), but Philip’s encroachments on the liberties of the Netherlands and the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition by Cardinal Granvelle led William to turn against the king.
In 1566 the party of the Gueux was organized with William’s connivance, and when Alba was sent to the Netherlands to quell the rebels, William withdrew to Germany.
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 The House of Orange
The Orange-Nassau family already died-out in 1702 with the dead of William III, the grand-son of William of Orange, and was continued in the Lowlands by the descendants of The Nassau-Dietz family-line in the person of Johann Friso.
Philips William lived a long time (1566-1596) in Spain as hostage for his father who was escaped to Dillenburg for Philips II of Spain.
The young William III was to young to succeed his grand-father as Stadtholder, and, when grown-up, he went to Great-Britain with the permission of the States of Holland and became the famous King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1689.
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 The 80 Years' War, Dutch Revolt - Timeline Index
William the Silent, of the House of Orange-Nassau, Baron of Breda, was the Low Countries greatest landowner (except for King Philip, that is).
Philip II, king of Spain and Portugal, was born at Valladolid, the only son of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V and Isabella of Portugal.
William 1 of Orange (Willem van Oranje), also known as William the Silent (Willem de Zwijger), was the leader of the Dutch war of independence from Spanish rule, known as the Eighty Years War (1568-16...
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 Siege Coins
In 1559 Philip appointed Margaret of Parma as governess.
Philip became dissatisfied with Margaret, and seized the opportunity to relieve her.
Philip's half brother, the famous Don Juan, was placed in charge of the Spanish troops who, feeling cheated at not being able to pillage Zeirikzee, mutinied and began a campaign of indiscriminate plunder and violence.
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 Tiel - LoveToKnow 1911
In later times it was held in fief, first from the dukes of Brabant, then from the dukes of Gelderland.
raised it to a countship, and in 1551 it passed by marriage to Prince William of Orange Nassau.
The title is now sometimes used by the royal family of the Netherlands when travelling incognito.
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 The House of Orange and Nassau
William and Mary were offered the throne of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1689 with the provision that they accept Parliamentary supremacy and assent to a Bill of Rights.
William's victory at the Battle of the Boyne on July 1, 1690 (July 11 on the Gregorian calendar), finished off James as King and also secured the position of the Scotch-Irish Protestants of Northern Ireland.
William was too busy using all his resources against Louis XIV to play favorites with his Dutch homeland against England.
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 Stevin biography
The north was predominantly Calvinist and effectively ruled by William, Prince of Orange.
William of Orange was assassinated on 10 July 1584 at Delft by a Roman Catholic who believed that by assassinating William he would prevent the rebellion against Catholic Spain.
William's eldest son Philip William was loyal to Spain so it was Maurits who was appointed stadholder of Holland and Zeeland, or the United Provinces of the Netherlands, in 1584.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Biographies/Stevin.html   (2144 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/William The Silent
(of Orange), known as William the Silent (1533–84) Dutch ruler, born in Dillenburg, WC Germany, the eldest son of William of Nassau (the Rich).
Brought up at Charles V's court, he had a distinguished military career, was made Knight of the Golden Fleece, was appointed stadtholder (governor) of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht by Philip II of Spain (1559–67), and in 1569 was made a member of the Council of State.
According to an apocryphal story Henry II of France told Orange of the secret plan, later carried out on St Bartholomew's night, to massacre all the leading Huguenots; Orange kept the secret to himself and so earned the soubriquet the Silent, but was always afterwards distrustful of France and Spain.
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 Philip William - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - National Museum for Art and History
Philips William was the eldest son of William of Orange.
Philip William had to make do with the title Prince of Orange.
In 1599 Philip William was made a knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece
www.rijksmuseum.nl /aria/aria_assets/SK-A-256?lang=en   (291 words)

  
 Antoine Perrenot Granvelle Biography - Biography.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He negotiated the marriage of Philip II of Spain and Mary Tudor and was involved in the Treaty of Cateau Cambresis (1559).
After Philip's departure for Spain he was adviser and in effect first minister to the regent Margaret of Parma.
He advised the release of Orange's son (Philip William) and the declaration of Orange's innocence of any offence, and suggested splitting the government, with Alexander Farnese in charge of military affairs and Margaret of Parma of civilian matters.
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 William the Silent - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
William the Silent or William of Orange (William I, prince of Orange), 1533-84, Dutch statesman, principal founder of Dutch independence.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "William the Silent" at HighBeam.
SILENT PARTNERS: Historical Representation in William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation.
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 William the Silent by Frederic Harrison at Questia Online Library
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In •1492 the emperor Charles V. raised it to a countship, and in 1551 it passed by marriage to Prince William of Orange Nassau.
The title is now sometimes used by the royal family of the Netherlands when travelling ihcog'-nito.
1473), and as the birth-place of Philip William of Orange in 1554.
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 Amazon.com: "Frederick Henry": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Princes of Orange: The Stadholders in the Dutch Republic (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History) by Herbert Harvey Rowen
the eldest son, Philip William in Spain, who became the new Prince of Orange, was beyond consideration, and Frederick Henry, born only that January, was a babe in arms), by a kind of dynastic right.
It was his successors Frederick Henry and William II who were to try to strengthen the combined powers of stadholder and captain-general in a way intended...
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 Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the ...
It was probable that the fugitives would make their way towards the Archdukes’ territory, and that afterwards their first point of destination would be Breda, of which Philip William of Orange, eldest brother of Prince Maurice, was the titular proprietor.
Since the truce recently concluded the brothers, divided so entirely by politics and religion, could meet on fraternal and friendly terms, and Breda, although a city of the Commonwealth, received its feudal lord.
The Princess of Orange was the sister of Conde.
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 All Empires: History Forum: Diplomacy 1601--AE03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Notice that the version of the variant analyzed in the homepage and the one we are playing (adapted by Graue Substanz) have rather a bunch of small but sygnificative diferences, so the advice it gives may not always be possible to apply straigtforwardly.
Philip II and his Valido, the Duke of Lerma
Prince Philip William of Orange, Stadtholder of the United Provinces.
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 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
July 23 - 25 - Wedding of Queen Mary I of England and King Philip of Naples, only son of Emperor Charles V in Winchester, England.
November 30 - Sir Philip Sidney, English courtier and poet (died 1586)
December 19 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (d.
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 AllRefer.com - William the Silent : Wives and Heirs (Benelux History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - William the Silent : Wives and Heirs (Benelux History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
1616) was born; from the second and fourth marriages issued William's successors as stadtholders : Maurice of Nassau and Frederick Henry.
More articles from AllRefer Reference on William the Silent
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 1554 at AllExperts
* July 23 - 25 - Wedding of Queen Mary I of England and King Philip of Naples, only son of Emperor Charles V in Winchester, England.
French forces led by Francis, Duke of Guise turn back an invasion of Picardy by Charles V. * The French forces in Siena surrender to the Imperialists after a long siege.
* November 30 - Sir Philip Sidney, English courtier and poet (died 1586)
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 goDutch.com The Dutch Heritage Website:: Family Page :: September 7, 1995
Lee William, Jul. 15, Calvin and Brenda (VanBeek), Bettendorf, IA; BALT - s.
Breanne Faye, Jul. 26, Eric and Julie (Zeutenhorst), Orange City, IA; GROENEBOOM - d.
Nicholas Martin Philip, Jun. 28, Gary and Christie, Woodstock, ON; VERHOEVEN - d.
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 ImageBase   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Portrait of a Nobleman - Prince Philip-William of Orange, 16th - 17th century
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