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Born 1531 • Amersfoort • Netherlands
Died May 4, 1594 (aged 63) • Netherlands
Role In Eighty Years’ War
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
Maarten Tromp
Maarten Tromp
Dutch admiral
Louis of Nassau, panel portrait by an unknown artist, 1574; in the Orange Nassau Museum, Delft, Neth.
Louis of Nassau
Dutch political leader
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Floris V
count of Holland
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William Louis
stadholder of Friesland
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Jacob van Heemskerck
Dutch naval commander and merchant
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Piet Heyn
Dutch admiral
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Johan van der Does
Dutch statesman
Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain, shown in ornate armor with one hand resting on a helmet, painted in the manner of Sir Anthony More against a dark background.
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza
Alessandro Farnese
regent of The Netherlands
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
Spanish soldier and statesman
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Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares
prime minister of Spain
Ambrogio Spinola
Ambrogio di Filippo Spinola, marquis de los Balbases
Spanish military officer
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Baltazar de Zúñiga
Spanish diplomat and statesman
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Charles-François Lebrun
French politician
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Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga
Spanish governor of The Netherlands
Louis Bonaparte
Louis Bonaparte
king of Holland