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Born September 24, 1625 • Dordrecht • Netherlands
Died August 20, 1672 (aged 46) • The Hague • Netherlands
Role In Anglo-Dutch War • Treaty of Breda

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Portrait painting by Jacobus de Baen of Johan de Witt with long brown hair, mustache, and a white collar, with courtroom stands faintly visible in the background.
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Cornelis Tromp, detail of an oil painting by Sir Peter Lely and Willem van de Velde; in the Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam
Cornelis Tromp
Dutch admiral
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
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Maarten Tromp
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Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
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Anthonie Heinsius, engraving by L.A. Claesens, after a portrait by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
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Henry Bennet, 1st earl of Arlington
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Sir William Temple, detail of a painting attributed to Peter Lely, 1660; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir William Temple, Baronet
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Sir William Penn
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Frederik de Houtman
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Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange, by Adriaen Thomasz Key. He wears a dark embroidered coat, a white ruff collar, and a black cap, with a trimmed beard and mustache.
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
Maurice, prince of Orange
Maurice
stadholder of The Netherlands
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
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John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice Of Nassau
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