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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) • DelftNetherlands
House / Dynasty House of Orange
Notable Family Members son Maurice • son Frederick Henry • brother Louis of Nassau
Role In Eighty Years’ WarPacification of Ghent

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Louis of Nassau, panel portrait by an unknown artist, 1574; in the Orange Nassau Museum, Delft, Neth.
Louis of Nassau
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Hugo Grotius
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Maurice, prince of Orange
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The Great Condé, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1662
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Geert Wilders
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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte
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Maarten Tromp
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William I
William I
king of The Netherlands
Silvio Berlusconi and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
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