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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.
		William became the King, and the Netherlands was formed.
	www.prca.org /books/portraits/william.htm (2286 words)

	William the Silent Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		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.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/william-the-silent (1416 words)

	William I of Orange (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		William I (William the Silent) 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 United Provinces in 1648.
		However, Charles V demanded that William receive a Catholic education, and William was sent to Brussels to study under the supervision of Maria of Hungary, regent of the Netherlands.
		William was very content with the victory, and established the University of Leiden, the first university in the country.
	william-i-of-orange.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (3414 words)

	William the Silent. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		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.
		The Union of Utrecht (1579) proclaimed the virtual independence of the northern provinces, of which William was the uncrowned ruler, but the victories of the Spaniards under Alessandro Farnese forced William to seek French support by offering (1580) the rule over the Netherlands to Francis, duke of Alençon and Anjou.
	www.bartleby.com /65/wm/WmSil.html (531 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for William the Silent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		William the Silent WILLIAM THE SILENT [William the Silent] or William of Orange (William I, prince of Orange), 1533-84, Dutch statesman, principal founder of Dutch independence.
		Maurice of Nassau MAURICE OF NASSAU [Maurice of Nassau], 1567-1625, prince of Orange (1618-25); son of William the Silent by Anne of Saxony.
		He aided William the Silent in the struggle for Dutch independence from Spain and opposed the dictatorial policy set by Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, chosen by the States-General as governor-general in 1586.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/13887.html (719 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Awful End of Prince William the Silent: The First Assassination of a Head of State with a Handgun: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		William the Silent may be an obscure name for many readers, but his assassination in 1584, at close range with a handgun, is still remembered in the Netherlands as a key event in the long Dutch struggle for independence from Spain.
		Born to a German family, William inherited a French principality and was raised under the tutelage of the Catholic Emperor Charles V, yet became the "father" of Netherlands Protestant national identity.
		On July 10, 1584, William the Silent, prince of Orange and leader of the Dutch (Protestant, that is) resistance to Spanish (Catholic, that is) rule, was shot to death in his house in Delft.
	www.amazon.ca /Awful-Prince-William-Silent-Assassination/dp/0060838353 (531 words)

	William of Orange, The Silent - Timeline Index
		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 (1568-1648).
		William's body was laid to rest in a mausoleum at the New Church in Delft.
		After the assassination of his father William of Orange, the 18-year-old Maurice was appointed stadholder by the provinces of Holland and Zeeland and captain general of t...
	www.timelineindex.com /content/view/830 (631 words)

	William the Silent — Infoplease.com
		William the Silent or William of Orange(William I, prince of Orange), 1533–84, Dutch statesman, principal founder of Dutch independence.
		William the Silent: Struggles with Spain - Struggles with Spain William ably served Philip II of Spain as a diplomat, particularly in the...
		William the Silent: Early Life - Early Life A descendant of the Ottonian line of Nassau, he was born at Dillenburg, near Wiesbaden,...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0852351.html (299 words)

	Wikinfo \| William I of Orange
		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).
		In 1559, under Charles' son, Philip II of Spain (ruled 1556-1598), Willem became the stadtholder (governor) of the king in the provinces of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.
		William decided to flee, while his friends and fellow leaders of the opposition, the counts of Egmont and Hoorne, did not.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=William_I_of_Orange (1019 words)

	History of Holland - Chapter V: William the Silent (by George Edmundson)
		William however had committed himself to the candidature of the duke, through lack of any fitter choice; and at last both the States-General and the several provincial Estates (Holland and Zeeland excepted) agreed to confer the sovereignty upon the French prince subject to the conditions of the treaty of Plessis-les-Tours.
		William himself exercised the powers with which Holland and Zeeland had invested him in the name of the king, whose stadholder he was, even when waging war against him.
		William Iv, 1740-1751 • Chapter XXIII: The Regency of Anne and of Brunswick.
	www.authorama.com /history-of-holland-7.html (4636 words)

	Review \| Silent Justice by William Bernhardt
		Silent Justice is William Bernhardt's ninth novel in the Ben Kincaid series.
		In the first 57 pages of Silent Justice, a "loony" breaks into a law school class and takes hostages and -- in an apparently unrelated matter -- a 15-year-old junior high school student is executed in his sleep.
		The litigation in Silent Justice is centered around "eleven sets of parents, all of whom had recently lost a child between the ages of eight and fifteen to leukemia." The only common denominators for this "cancer cluster" are the children's "air supply and their water supply."
	www.januarymagazine.com /crfiction/silentjustice.html (1739 words)

	Eighty Years' War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William I of Orange was stadtholder of the provinces Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht, and Margrave of Antwerp.
		William of Orange stayed at large and was from then on seen as the leader of the rebellion.
		In response to the union of Atrecht, William united the northern states of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders and the province of Groningen in the Union of Utrecht on January 23, 1579.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eighty_Years'_War (4498 words)

	The Tomb of William the Silent in an Imaginary Church by BASSEN, Bartholomeus van
		The Tomb of William the Silent in an Imaginary Church by BASSEN, Bartholomeus van
		The Tomb of William the Silent in an Imaginary Church
		The actual setting of the tomb of William the Silent is in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft, where the monument stands in the choir and the seated effigy of the prince faces the nave.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /html/b/bassen/1william.html (574 words)

	William I, Prince of Orange, called William the Silent, by KEY, Adriaan
		The revolt was led by Prince William I of Orange (1533 - 1584), stadholder of Holland and Zeeland (1533-1584).
		William of Orange championed freedom and tolerance and led the Dutch revolt against Philip II's harsh regime.
		Key lived in Antwerp, as did William at the time this picture was painted.
	www.wga.hu /html/k/key/adriaan/william1.html (248 words)

	Trespassers William - Having: Silent Uproar
		Vocalist Anna-Lynne Williams is an absolute revelation, hypnotically narrating each tune and expressing a wide breadth of emotion through a focused, constant tone.
		Williams’ bandmates provide a dazzling environment for her to thrive within.
		The members of Trespassers William have not only submitted a record that is substantive but have created an atmosphere that rewards the listener for their trust and patience.
	www.silentuproar.com /showreview.php?ID=1470 (255 words)

	The Open Door Web Site : History Biographies : William I, Prince of Orange (1533 - 1584) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		William I, also known as William the Silent because of his cautious attitude, was born in Germany.
		William, however, re-converted to Protestantism and led a rebellion against Philip II in 1568.
		William tried hard to unite all of the Low Countries in the Protestant faith, but it proved an impossible task.
	www.saburchill.com /history/biblio/015.html (267 words)

	A Silent Toast to William Willett - The Churchill Centre
		These advantages seem so clear and obvious today, that it is difficult to realize and recapture the mood in which the idea of summer time was received when, early in the 20th century, Mr.
		Indeed, it should have been obvious from the first that overtime is regulated, not by daylight, but by the strength of the worker and the strength of the workers' organizations.
		Let us, then, as we put forward our clocks for another summer, drink a silent toast to the memory of William Willett, who spared neither labour nor money over a long period of his life in his advocacy of this great reform.
	www.winstonchurchill.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=266 (1366 words)

	THE MYSTERY READER reviews: Silent Justice by William Bernhardt, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Attorney Ben Kincaid is substituting for a professor at a law school when an apparent deranged man interrupts his class, demanding “his merchandise.” The man holds the class hostage until the SWAT team finally kills him.
		Beautifully highlighted are the intricacies of the trial including the presentation of the evidence, the expert witnesses, the trial tactics of the attorneys, their relationships to each other and most importantly to the judge, and the monumental effect of a trial judge, even when there is a jury present.
		Both the tension of a trial and the tension of a serial killer closing in are carefully maintained and increased, slowly and effectively.
	www.themysteryreader.com /bernhardt-silent.html (422 words)

	William Tan Underwater Photography at Bunaken National Park and Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi
		At a young age, William became a keen follower of Cousteau's documentaries of the underwater world, and while he was studying at the Johns Hopkins University, much of his spare time was spent gazing at the extensive marine collection of the nearby National Aquarium in Baltimore.
		William earned his scuba diving certification in 1994, thereafter spending nearly all his free time in the water.
		William believes that cultivating knowledge and understanding of marine life is the key to long-term concern for and preservation of our rich marine heritage.
	www.eco-divers.com /uwphotography_williamtan.html (174 words)

	t r u t h o u t - William Rivers Pitt \| Silent Night
		Take a silent moment to offer a thought or prayer for the safe return of Frank's son.
		Take a silent moment to offer a thought or prayer to all of the families for whom this Iraq occupation is more than fleeting images on the television.
		William Rivers Pitt is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of two books: War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You to Know and The Greatest Sedition Is Silence.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2005/122605A.shtml (888 words)

	William the Silent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Later, William of Orange had a brief relationship with one Eva Elincx, leading to the birth of their illegitimate son, Justinus van Nassau: William of Orange officially recognised him and took responsibility of his education - Justinus would become an admiral in his later years.
		So, Frederick Henry, Maurice's half-brother (and William's youngest son from his fourth marriage, to Louise de Coligny) inherited the title of Prince of Orange.
		married to Gräfin Amalia zu Solms-Braunfels, father of William II and grandfather of William III, King of England, Scotland, Ireland and Stadtholder of the Netherlands
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_the_Silent (3988 words)

	William Goldman: The Silent Gondoliers
		For all the humor in The Silent Gondoliers, Goldman does have a lot to say about the way legends are maintained by people who have a stake in them.
		Although the cover of this reprint edition is different, Del Rey has included the numerous interior illustrations by Paul Giovanopoulos which graced the original edition and which give a better feel for the story Goldman relates.
		While it may have been wished that this book were more readily available during the intervening years (particular after the release of the film "The Princess Bride"), it is now available to a wider readership who can pick it up and introduce themselves to Goldman's enchanting characters and situations.
	www.sfsite.com /~silverag/silent.html (465 words)

	Balthazar Gerards kills William l - Timeline Index
		Philip II offered his reward of 25000 crowns on William the Silent, calling him a 'pest on the whole of Christianity and the enemy of the human race'.
		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...
	www.timelineindex.com /content/view/858 (193 words)

	Amazon.com: The Awful End of Prince William the Silent: The First Assassination of a Head of State with a Handgun ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		In 1584, William of Orange, Stadholder of the Low Countries, was shot to death in his home in Delft by a French assassin, Balthasar Gérard, who used a wheel-lock pistol, then a fairly recent invention.
		This was especially true for William's close ally, Queen Elizabeth of England which had her own Cold War with Spain going at that time and she herself, victim of many assassination plots.
		A new trend of assassination was born when William the Silent was murdered, it will be replayed in history as the author stated, in murders of Lincoln or Archduke Ferdinand (which launched the murderous World War I).
	www.amazon.com /Awful-Prince-William-Silent-Assassination/dp/0060838353 (1876 words)

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