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Born September 14, 1547 • Amersfoort • Netherlands
Died May 13, 1619 (aged 71) • The Hague • Netherlands
Role In Eighty Years’ War

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William I
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
Willem Drees
prime minister of the Netherlands
Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, count of Nassau
prince of Orange
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
Filips van Montmorency, count van Horne
Dutch statesman
Hendricus Sneevliet
Dutch politician
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
Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga
Spanish governor of The Netherlands
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Maurice, prince of Orange
Maurice
stadholder of The Netherlands
Geert Wilders
Geert Wilders
Dutch politician
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte
Mark Rutte
prime minister of the Netherlands and secretary-general of NATO
Johan De Witt
Johan De Witt
Dutch statesman
Maarten Tromp
Maarten Tromp
Dutch admiral
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Dutch politician
William I
William I
king of The Netherlands
Silvio Berlusconi and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Dutch politician
Bernhard, prince of the Netherlands, prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
prince of the Netherlands
Abraham Kuyper
Abraham Kuyper
Dutch theologian and statesman