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Also Known As Willem, prins van Oranje, graaf van Nassau • William, prince of Orange, count of Nassau • Willem de Zwijger • William the Silent
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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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
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
Willem Drees
prime minister of the Netherlands
Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga
Spanish governor of The Netherlands
Hendricus Sneevliet
Dutch politician
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
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
Geert Wilders
Dutch politician
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte
Mark Rutte
prime minister of the Netherlands and secretary-general of NATO
Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, count of Nassau
prince of Orange
Maarten Tromp
Maarten Tromp
Dutch admiral
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Dutch politician
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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
Count van Egmond, painting by an unknown artist, 16th century; in the German National Museum, Nürnberg.
Lamoraal, graaf van Egmond
Dutch noble