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Also Known As Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp
Born April 23, 1598 • Netherlands
Died August 9, 1653 (aged 55) • North Sea • Netherlands
Role In Anglo-Dutch War • Anglo-Dutch Wars • Battle of Portland • Eighty Years’ War

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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
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Dutch admiral
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Jacob van Heemskerck
Dutch naval commander and merchant
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Piet Heyn
Dutch admiral
Robert Blake, portrait miniature by Samuel Cooper; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
Robert Blake
British admiral
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
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
Maurice, prince of Orange
Maurice
stadholder of The Netherlands
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Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, count of Nassau
prince of Orange
Johan De Witt
Johan De Witt
Dutch statesman
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William Louis
stadholder of Friesland
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Sir William Penn
British admiral
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John Lothrop Motley
American diplomat and writer
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Cornelis de Houtman
Dutch explorer
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Frederik de Houtman
Dutch explorer
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Dutch merchant and statesman
Peter Minuit
Peter Minuit
Dutch colonial governor
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Pieter Geyl
Dutch historian
Louis of Nassau, panel portrait by an unknown artist, 1574; in the Orange Nassau Museum, Delft, Neth.
Louis of Nassau
Dutch political leader
John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice Of Nassau
count of Nassau-Siegen