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In the Low Countries, a stadtholder was a steward, first appointed as a medieval official and ultimately functioning as a provincial and later national leader. The stadtholder was the replacement of t
William the Silent was a stadtholder during the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Empire.
William Frederick, was Count of Nassau-Dietz, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe.
William Frederick of Nassau-Dietz by Wybrand de Geest, 1632
Diez Castle, Germany
William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz in later life