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      • The posthumous son of John William Friso of the house of Nassau-Dietz, William became stadtholder of Friesland and then later also of Groningen and of Gelderland, assuming his full functions in 1729–31.
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  2. Apr 16, 2024 · William V (born March 8, 1748, The Hague, Neth.—died April 9, 1806, Braunschweig [Germany]) was the prince of Orange and Nassau and general hereditary stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (1751–95).

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  3. Apr 16, 2024 · William I was the king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg (1815–40) who sparked a commercial and industrial revival following the period of French rule (1795–1813), but provoked the Belgian revolt of 1830 through his autocratic methods. The son of William V, prince of Orange, William.

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  4. 2 days ago · The Glorious Revolution [a] is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange, who was also his nephew. The two ruled as joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland until Mary's death in 1694.

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  5. 1 day ago · William I became king and also became the hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, that was part of the Netherlands but at the same time part of the German Confederation. The newly created country had two capitals: Amsterdam and Brussels .

  6. Apr 19, 2024 · father William I. Role In: Battle of Breda. Eighty Years’ War. Maurice (born Nov. 13, 1567, Dillenburg, Nassau—died April 23, 1625, The Hague) was the hereditary stadtholder (1585–1625) of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, or Dutch Republic, successor to his father, William I the Silent.

  7. Apr 20, 2024 · William VI became, in 1813, the Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands and then, two years later, William I, King of the Netherlands. This was the birth of the modern country. William I was the monarch at the time of the Belgian Revolution.

  8. 2 days ago · By the time he was six, Charles was already Lord of the Netherlands, a collection of semi-autonomous states that included Flanders, Brabant and Holland. When he was 16, he became co-monarch of Spain and its many dominions. And by 19, he would become Holy Roman Emperor, a title he acquired after bribing the princes who were the electors.

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