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Facts

Also Known As Willem de Zwijger • William, prince of Orange, count of Nassau • William the Silent • Willem, prins van Oranje, graaf van Nassau
Born April 24, 1533 • Germany
Died July 10, 1584 (aged 51) • Delft • Netherlands
House / Dynasty House of Orange
Notable Family Members son Frederick Henry • son Maurice • brother Louis of Nassau
Role In Eighty Years’ War • Pacification of Ghent

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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.
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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
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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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
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Filips van Montmorency, count van Horne
Dutch statesman
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Willem Drees
prime minister of the Netherlands
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Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga
Spanish governor of The Netherlands
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Hendricus Sneevliet
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Pim Fortuyn
Dutch sociologist and politician
Maurice, prince of Orange
Maurice
stadholder of The Netherlands
The Great Condé, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1662
Louis II de Bourbon, 4 prince de Condé
French general and prince
Geert Wilders, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and dark tie, stands outdoors with a neutral expression.
Geert Wilders
Dutch politician
Mark Rutte wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and navy tie, standing in front of a blue backdrop at a European Council Summit in Brussels.
Mark Rutte
prime minister of the Netherlands and secretary-general of NATO
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Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, count of Nassau
prince of Orange
Maarten Tromp
Maarten Tromp
Dutch admiral
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Somali-born Dutch American activist, writer, and politician
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William I
king of The Netherlands
Silvio Berlusconi and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
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Bernhard, prince of the Netherlands, prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
prince of the Netherlands
Count van Egmond, painting by an unknown artist, 16th century; in the German National Museum, Nürnberg.
Lamoraal, graaf van Egmond
Dutch noble