Louis of Nassau
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Louis of Nassau was a Dutch nobleman, the third son of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg, and the younger brother of Prince William of Orange Nassau.
Portrait by Adriaen Thomasz Key, between 1570 and 1574
Louis (left) with his brothers John (sitting), Adolf, and Henry
Portrait of Louis of Nassau in Emanuel van Meteren's Historie der Neder-landscher ende haerder na-buren oorlogen ende geschiedenissen.., 1614
William the Silent
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William the Silent or William the Taciturn, more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange and in the Dutch national anthem as William of Nassau, was the leader of the Dutch revolt agains
Louis of Nassau
…14 April 1574) was a Dutch nobleman, the third son of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg, and the younger brother of Prince William of Orange Nassau. Louis was a key figure in the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain and a strongly convinced Calvinist, unlike his brother William, whom he helped…
Portrait by Adriaen Thomasz. Key, c. 1570–1584
Philip II of Spain berating William the Silent by Cornelis Kruseman
The triumphal entry of the Prince of Orange in Brussels. Print from The Wars of Nassau by Frans Hogenberg.
William the Silent by Willem Jacobsz Delff (1623)