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 Willem van Nassau, was the leader of the Dutch revolt agains
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)
Frederick Henry was the sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from his older half-brother's death on 23 April 1625 unt
Portrait by Anthony van Dyck, c. 1629
Portrait of Prince Frederick Henry by Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, painted c. 1620–1624
Portrait by Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, 1632
Frederick Henry and Ernst Casimir at the siege of 's-Hertogenbosch, 1629