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William the Silent

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William the Silent

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Also known as William I, Prince of Orange, William the Taciturn, William of Orange, Willem de Zwijger, prins van Oranje, graaf van Nassau Dutch Willem, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau William, William I of Orange-Nassau, Vader des Vaderlands Willem van Oranje

Dutch statesman and revolt leader (1533-1584)

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William of Orange, known as "William the Silent," was a Dutch nobleman who led the revolt against Spanish rule in the Netherlands during the 16th century. He is considered a founding figure of the Dutch Republic because his military and political leadership helped establish Dutch independence from Spain.

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  • “Sire, have pity on the Spanish infantry, which, for lack of pay and out of sheer starvation, is scouring the low country round, plundering the peasantry in mere need of food. These disorders I cannot repress, much less can I punish them, for necessity has no law.”
  • “All in the world I have is yours; Next to God, you are the one I love best, and if I did not know that your love for me is the same, I could not be so happy as I am: May God give us both the grace to live always in this affection without any guile.”
  • “I will say no more, than that I will act as I shall answer hereafter to God and to man.”
  • “The end will show the whole truth.”
  • “In all things there must be order, but it must of such a kind as is possible to observe … to see a man burnt for doing as he thought right, harms the people, for this is a matter of conscience.”
  • “I have come to make my grave in this land.”

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William the Silent or William the Taciturn (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger; 24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje) and in the Dutch National anthem as Willem van Nassau, was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. Born into the House of Nassau, he became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the Orange-Nassau branch and the ancestor of the monarchy of the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, he is also known as Father of the Fatherland (Latin: Pater Patriae; Dutch: Vader des Vaderlands).

A wealthy nobleman, William originally served the Habsburgs as a member of the court of Margaret of Parma, governor of the Spanish Netherlands. Unhappy with the centralisation of political power away from the local estates and with the Spanish persecution of Dutch Protestants, William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his former masters. The most influential and politically capable of the rebels, he led the Dutch to several successes in the fight against the Spanish. Declared an outlaw by the Spanish king in 1580, he was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard in Delft in 1584.

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