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Philip III (r. 1555–1581, 1581-1598 titular only), King Philip II of Spain. During the 'foreign rule' by Burgundy and Habsburg, the county was governed by a stadtholder in name of the count. In 1581, the Estates General of the United Provinces declared themselves independent from the Spanish rule of Philip II (who was Philip III of Holland).
Johan Willem Friso. ( 1687-08-04) 4 August 1687 – 14 July 1711. (1711-07-14) (aged 23) 25 March 1696. 14 July 1711. Hereditary Stadtholder, [14] son of Henry Casimir II and Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, succeeded by his son William IV of Orange-Nassau, Hereditary Stadtholder of the United Netherlands.
William III of Holland. William III of holland. Portrait of William. William the Good (1286 – 7 June 1337) was count of Hainaut (as William I), Avesnes, Holland (as William III), and Zeeland (as William II) from 1304 to his death. Categories: 1280s births. 1337 deaths. Counts of Holland. Counts of Hainaut.
The County of Holland was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and from 1433 part of the Burgundian Netherlands, from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands and from 1581 onward the leading province of the Dutch Republic, of which it remained a part until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. The territory of the County of Holland corresponds roughly ...
William II of Normandy (c. 1028–1087), William I of England. William II of England (c. 1056 –1100), commonly referred to as William Rufus. William II, Count of Burgundy (1061–1125) William II Jordan (died 1109), Count of Berga, Count of Cerdanya and Regent of Tripoli. William II, Duke of Apulia (1095–1127), Duke of Apulia and Calabria.
William II (1307 – 26 September 1345) was Count of Hainaut from 1337 until his death. He was also Count of Holland (as William IV) and Count of Zeeland. He succeeded his father, Count William I of Hainaut. While away fighting in Prussia, the Frisians revolted. William returned home and was killed at the Battle of Warns . Categories: 1307 births.
William I, Count of Hainaut. William the Good ( Dutch: Willem, French: Guillaume; c. 1286 – 7 June 1337) was count of Hainaut (as William I), Avesnes, Holland (as William III), and Zeeland (as William II) from 1304 to his death.
