Person:Willem van Oranje (1)

m. 8 Jul 1551
  1. Maria of Nassau1553 - Abt 1555
  2. Philip William _____, Prince of Orange1554 - 1618
  3. Maria of Nassau1556 - 1616
m. 24 Aug 1561
  1. Countess Anna of Nassau1563 - 1588
  2. Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange1567 - 1625
  3. Countess Emilia of Nassau1569 - 1629
m. 12 Apr 1583
  1. Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange1584 - 1647
  • HWillem van Oranje1533 - 1584
  • W.  Eva Elincx (add)
  1. Justinus van Nassau1559 - 1631
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Name Willem van Oranje
Alt Name Willem I de Zwijger _____, van Nassau Dillenburg
Alt Name William the Silent _____
Gender Male
Birth[1] 24 Apr 1533 Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen, Hessen, GermanyHouse of Orange-Nassau
Title (nobility)? From 1544 to 1584 prins van Oranje
Title (nobility)? From 1544 to 1584 [[Place: | ]]Graaf van Nassau-Oranje
Marriage 8 Jul 1551 Buren, Gelderland, Netherlandsto Anna van Egmond, gravin van Buren en Leerdam
Title (nobility)? From 1559 to 1567 Stadhouder van Holland, Zeeland en Utrecht
Title (nobility)[3] From 1559 to 1567 Stadhouder van Franche-Comte
Marriage 24 Aug 1561 Leipzig, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germanyto Anna of Saxony
Title (nobility)? From 1572 to 1584 Stadhouder van Holland, Zeeland en Utrecht
Marriage 12 Jul 1575 Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Netherlandsto Charlotte de Bourbon
Title (nobility)? From 1580 to 1584 Stadhouder van Friesland en Overijssel
Marriage 12 Apr 1583 Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgiumto Louise de Coligny
Marriage to Eva Elincx (add)
Occupation? Stadhouder
Death[1] 10 Jul 1584 Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Reference Number? Q78454?


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William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from ), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange, was the main leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1581. Born into the House of Nassau, he became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the Orange-Nassau branch and the ancestor of the monarchy of the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, he is also known as Father of the Fatherland (Pater Patriae).

A wealthy nobleman, William originally served the Habsburgs as a member of the court of Margaret of Parma, governor of the Spanish Netherlands. Unhappy with the centralisation of political power away from the local estates and with the Spanish persecution of Dutch Protestants, William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his former masters. The most influential and politically capable of the rebels, he led the Dutch to several successes in the fight against the Spanish. Declared an outlaw by the Spanish king in 1580, he was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard in Delft in 1584.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 William the Silent, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Willem I von Nassau-Dillenburg, Prince of Orange, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrijgraafschap_Bourgondi%C3%AB