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	William III of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born a member of the House of Orange-Nassau, William III won the English, Scottish and Irish Crowns following the Glorious Revolution, during which his uncle and father-in-law, James II, was deposed.
		William, the son of William II, Prince of Orange and Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, was born in The Hague.
		Eight days before he was born, his father died from smallpox; thus, William became the Sovereign Prince of Orange at the moment of his birth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_III_of_England

	WILLIAM II., PRINCE OF ORANGE - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM II., PRINCE OF ORANGE
		William now felt that his struggle with Philip was a war a oulrance, and knowing that the United Provinces were too weak to resist the Spanish armies unaided, he endeavoured to secure the powerful aid of France, by making the duke of Anjou sovereign of the Netherlands.
		William, however, speedily opened secret negotiations with France in the hope of securing the armed assistance of that power for the carrying out of his ambitious projects of a war of aggrandisement against the Spanish Netherlands and of a rest oration of his brother-in-law, Charles II., to the throne of England.
		William was one of the ablest of a race rich in great men, and had he lived he would probably have left his mark upon history.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WILLIAM_II_PRINCE_OF_ORANGE.htm

	Nassau. Who is Nassau? What is Nassau? Where is Nassau? Definition of Nassau. Meaning of Nassau.
		Nassau was founded by the British in the mid-17th century as Charles Towne, but it was renamed to Nassau after William III of Orange-Nassau in 1695.
		Nassau is the capital city of the Bahamas.
		This article is about the city of Nassau, Bahamas.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Nassau

	Pepys' Diary: William III of Orange
		William III who was born in 1650 was the son of Mary, the eldest daughter of Charles I, and William II, the Stadtholder, who died shortly before his birth.
		As Parliament was de facto the ruler of England, and William III had in the Netherlands more power than the stadholdership originally contained (a stadholder was a “servant” of the Provinces) it was said that he was king in the Netherlands an stadholder in England.
		In the seventeenth century power in the United Provinces, known today as Holland, was shared between the Stadtholder, a Prince of the House of Orange Nassau,and the Grand Pensionary,who was the leading politician in the States General which was composed of the representatives of the seven provinces.
	www.pepysdiary.com /p/781.php

	Louise of Orange-Nassau
		From Johann V of Nassau to William III of Orange Genealogy of the Orange-Nassau family, Royal House of The Netherlands.
		nassau nassau county louise louise rednapp sarah louise laura louise garrett sarah louise young orange agent orange orange beach orange blossom orange bowl orange county
		Nassau County The official home page of Nassau County.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Louise_of_Orange-Nassau.html

	AllRefer.com - William III, king of the Netherlands (Benelux History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		With William's death the male Dutch line of the house of Orange-Nassau became extinct.
		William III 1817–90, king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg (1849–90), son and successor of William II.
		William III ruled as a constitutional monarch, and his long reign was unmarred by friction with the States-General.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/Will3Neth.html

	William I of Orange - Metaweb
		He was originally known as William of Nassau until he inherited the principality of Orange from his cousin Rene, who died without issue, and joined the court of Hapsburg Emperor Charles V, who had been appointed regent over the young William of Orange-Nassau.
		The William of Orange in Stephenson:Neal:Quicksilver is his grandson William III.
		William I of Orange is often referred to alternatively as William the Silent (he allegedly gained this name when the kings of France and Spain proposed killing the Protestants, to which he refused to reply), to distinguish him from his more well known grandson.
	www.metaweb.com /wiki/wiki.phtml?title=William_I_of_Orange

	FIFTEENTH GENERATION
		She was married to WILLIAM III of ORANGE King of England (son of King WILLIAM II of ORANGE and Mary STUART Queen of Orange) in 1677 in (his cousin).
		WILLIAM III of ORANGE King of England was born in 1650 in Delft?
		He was christened in 1650 in Holand (House of Orange and Nassau).
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d4379.htm

	Nassau County Courthouse
		bestowed during the British occupation of Florida, apparently in honor of the late King William III of the house of Orange-Nassau.
		Nassau County, established in 1824, is named for the Nassau River which separates it from neighboring Duval County.
		Nassau County residents attended court in Jacksonville until the legislature designated “Nassau Court House” as the county seat.
	www.jud10.org /Courthouses/Nassau/nassau.htm

	Directory - Regional: Europe: Netherlands: Society and Culture: Royal Family
		From Johann V of Nassau to William III of Orange · cached · Genealogy of the Orange-Nassau family, Royal House of The Netherlands.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=357732

	William III of Orange - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about William III of Orange
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	Articles - Stadtholder
		Carolina of Orange-Nassau, regentess for William V, 1765-1766
		In 1572, William of Orange was elected as the stadtholder, although Philip II had appointed a different one.
		William IV of Orange, 1711-1747 (subsequently became hereditary stadtholder for all provinces)
	www.storegolf.com /articles/Stadholder

	artnet.com: Resource Library: William and Mary style
		Orange Nassau: (5) William III, Stadholder, Prince of Orange and King of England and Scotland
		Although at war with France, William III admired the sophistication of French culture and encouraged the immigration of Huguenot refugees, the French Protestants who fled from France after 1685 when Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had guaranteed them freedom of worship (see HUGUENOTS).
		William’s leading designer was the Huguenot architect and etcher Daniel Marot, a versatile artist trained at the court of Louis XIV (see MAROT, (2)).
	www.artnet.com /library/09/0916/T091661.ASP

	FOURTEENTH GENERATION
		Mary STUART Queen of Orange was born in 1631 in England - - dtr of Charles Stuart I. She died in 1661 in Netherlands - wife of William II.
		She was married to King WILLIAM II of ORANGE (son of King Frederick HENRY of ORANGE and Amalia of SOLMS) in 1641.
		Mary STUART Queen of Orange and King WILLIAM II of ORANGE had the following children:
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d4376.htm

	Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau
		After the death of William III of Orange the direct line of the House of Orange was extinct and Johan Willem Friso the succession as stadtholder in all provinces.
		His son however later became William IV of Orange stadtholder of all seven provinces.
		Because III was related in the female line the Prussian king the latter also claimed of the inheritance (for example Lingen).
	www.freeglossary.com /John_William_Friso

	King William III
		Posthumous son of William II of Orange ruler of the United Netherlands.
		William II was obsessed with the destruction of Imperial France and the salvation of the Netherlands.
		In 1689 William and Mary were recognized as joint monarchs and parliament moved a great step closer to limiting the tyranny of absolute monarchs.
	www.bcpl.net /~cbladey/billy.html

	Arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
		In the end of the 16th century, William of Nassau-Dillenburg inherited the Principality of Orange, in the South of France.
		King William combined the ancient arms of Nassau with the republican arms to form the present Royal Arms.
		William was one of the main noblemen who fought against Philips II of Spain, overlord of The Netherlands.
	www.ngw.nl /ryks-en.htm

	The House of Orange and Nassau
		The phrase is supposed to have been uttered by William the Silent, Prince of Orange and Nassau, who was elected William I, Stadholder of the Netherlands (actually, of Holland and several other provinces), in 1572.
		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 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.
	www.friesian.com /ross/orange.htm

	Talk:William III - Metaweb
		This is a good summation -- Who was Prince William III of Orange?
		I'm new to this wiki thing, and not sure about best protocol, but want to point out that the info below is for the wrong William of Orange.
		The title, and the disambiguation link pointing to this page do not refer to that William, but this one: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England.
	www.metaweb.com /wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Talk:William_III

	BurstFind Directory : Society > Genealogy > Royalty
		From Johann V of Nassau to William III of Orange - http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/gennl.htm
		The Descendants of William the Conqueror - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~conqueror/genealogy_html/index.html
		Ancestors of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault from the Churchyard/Orr Family Museum.
	directory.burstfind.com /Top/Society/Genealogy/Royalty

	William the Silent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William (I) of Orange-Nassau (April 24, 1533 – July 10, 1584), also widely known as William the Silent, was born in the house of Nassau, and became Prince of Orange in 1544.
		The son of Frederick Henry, William II of Orange succeeded his father as stadtholder, as did his son, William III of Orange.
		William was born in the castle of Dillenburg in Nassau, present-day Germany.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_I_of_Orange

	artnet.com: Resource Library: William and Mary style
		Orange Nassau: (5) William III, Stadholder, Prince of Orange and King of England and Scotland
		Term applied primarily to decorative arts produced in The Netherlands and England during the reign (1689–1702) of William III and Mary II ( see ORANGE NASSAU, (5) and (6)) and that spread also to North America at the end of the century.
		Although at war with France, William III admired the sophistication of French culture and encouraged the immigration of Huguenot refugees, the French Protestants who fled from France after 1685 when Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had guaranteed them freedom of worship ( see HUGUENOTS).
	www.artnet.com /library/09/0916/T091661.ASP

	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.
		She was married with the heir to the Nassau's of Frisia in 1652, Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz (1613-1664), he was her nephew in 3rd line, he was the grandson of the younger brother of William I of Orange.
		His 1st son, William II of Orange-Nassau (1626-1650) succeeded his father in 1647 for only 3 years and he suddenly died of chicken-pox when he was 24 years old.
	www.geerts.com /holland/orange-house.htm

	prince_of_orange
		William III (William of Orange), born in 1650, was the son of William, Prince of Orange, and Mary Stuart (daughter of Charles I).
		The preeminence of William III, Prince of Orange and King of England, as an international hero has made it difficult for Anglophone admirers to assess his sexual orientation candidly.
		William, Prince of Orange British General King William II of the Netherlands 1792 -1849 Educated in Berlin and Oxford, the young Prince of Orange was an...
	prince_of_orange.networklive.org

	Genealogie Koninklijk huis 08 - parkstad.com
		William III's aunt, Albertine Agnes of Orange-Nassau (1634-1696), had married a grandson of William I's brother.
		Children: Willem George Friso (1685-1686) Henriette Albertine (1686-1754) Johan Willem Friso (1687-1711), prince of Nassau-Dietz 1696 and Orange 1702, stadholder of Friesland and Groningen 1696, drowned near Strijen, married 1709 Marie Louise of Hesse-Cassel (1688-1765).
		The Dutch royal family descends from the national hero prince William I the silent of Orange (1533-1584).
	www.parkstad.com /nl/genkh08.html

	William III of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born a member of the House of Orange-Nassau, William III won the English, Scottish and Irish Crowns following the Glorious Revolution, during which his uncle and father-in-law, James II, was deposed.
		William, the son of William II, Prince of Orange and Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, was born in The Hague.
		Eight days before he was born, his father died from smallpox; thus, William became the Sovereign Prince of Orange at the moment of his birth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_III_of_Orange

	Pepys' Diary: William III of Orange
		William III who was born in 1650 was the son of Mary, the eldest daughter of Charles I, and William II, the Stadtholder, who died shortly before his birth.
		In the seventeenth century power in the United Provinces, known today as Holland, was shared between the Stadtholder, a Prince of the House of Orange Nassau,and the Grand Pensionary,who was the leading politician in the States General which was composed of the representatives of the seven provinces.
		William’s fortunes changed in 1672 when De Witt, along with his brother were killed by a mob in The Hague for Dutch humiliation and practical annihilation at the hands of the French and English during the Second Dutch War of Charles II.
	www.pepysdiary.com /p/781.php

	William I of Orange - free-definition
		William I, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau ( April 24, 1533 – July 10, 1584) was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the Netherlands in 1648.
		The son of Frederick Henry, William II of Orange succeeded his father as stadtholder, as did his son, William III of Orange.
		William was born in the castle of Dillenburg in Nassau, present-day Germany.
	www.free-definition.com /William-I-of-Orange.html

	House of Orange-Nassau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William III had an unhappy marriage with Sophie von WÃ¼rttemberg and his heirs died young, which began to raise the possibility of the extinction of the House of Orange-Nassau.
		William of Orange was considered a threat to Spanish rule in the area and was assassinated in 1584 by a hired killer sent by Philip.
		William of Orange was befriended by Charles V and his son Philip.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_of_Orange-Nassau

	Nassau. Who is Nassau? What is Nassau? Where is Nassau? Definition of Nassau. Meaning of Nassau.
		Nassau was founded by the British in the mid- 17th century as Charles Towne, but it was renamed to Nassau after William III of Orange-Nassau in 1695.
		Nassau is the capital city of the Bahamas.
		This article is about the city of Nassau, Bahamas.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Nassau

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