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How was Frederick William related to William the Silent, prince of Orange?

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Frederick William, the elector of Brandenburg, was the great-grandson of William the Silent, Prince of Orange.

This relationship was established through Frederick William’s mother, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, who was a granddaughter of William the Silent.1