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William the Silent
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William the Silent
William I, Prince of Orange
(24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), also widely known as
William the Silent
or
William the Taciturn
(translated from ), or more commonly known as
William of Orange
, was the main leader of the
Dutch revolt
against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the
Eighty Years' War
and resulted in the formal independence of the
United Provinces
in 1648. He was born in the
House of Nassau
as
Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
. He became
Prince of Orange
in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch
House of Orange-Nassau
and the ancestor of the
monarchy of the Netherlands
.
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