became Prince of Orange upon the death of his eldest half-brother Philip William on 20 February 1618, he was known as Maurice of Nassau. Maurice spent...
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Hendrik; 29 January 1584 – 14 March 1647) was the sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the...
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Prince of Orange (or Princess of Orange if the holder is female) is a title associated with the sovereign Principality of Orange, in what is now southern...
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of Maurice, Prince of Orange is an oil on panel portrait produced sometime between 1613 and 1620 by Michiel van Mierevelt. It shows Maurice, Prince of...
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named for Maurice, Prince of Orange. The Maurice River, pronounced "MAW-ris", is approximately 50 miles (80 km) long with a drainage area of 386 square...
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William the Silent (redirect from William I, Prince of Orange)
independence of the United Provinces in 1648. Born into the House of Nassau, he became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the Orange-Nassau...
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Mauritius (redirect from Ile Maurice)
after Maurice, Prince of Orange. A succession of short-lived Dutch attempts at permanent settlement took place over a century with the aim of exploiting...
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any of these candidates. A Dutch adaptation of the song replaces the Duke of York with Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567–1625), whose practice of training...
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Prince Maurice of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau (Willem Frederik Maurits Alexander Hendrik Karel; 15 September 1843 – 4 June 1850), was the...
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Arms of the Louis of Nassau, Lord of De Lek and Beverweerd, natural son of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, and his descendants the lords of den Lek...
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(1926–2013) Prince Maurizio, Duke of Montferrat (1762–1799) Prince Maurice of the Netherlands (1843–1850) Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567–1625) Maurice of the...
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ship's African captives, under the aegis of Dutch letters of marque from Maurice, Prince of Orange. White Lion captain John Colyn Jope sailed for the Virginia...
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Delft in 1584. It was his son, Maurice of Nassau (Prince of Orange after his elder brother died in 1618), with the help of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, who...
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Prince Maurits may refer to: Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567–1625) Prince Maurice of the Netherlands (1843–1850) Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van...
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home to the "Famous Maurice Fire Escape Slide" in the town park. Maurice was platted in 1882. It was named for Maurice, Prince of Orange. A post office has...
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Philip William, Prince of Orange (19 December 1554 in Buren, Gelderland – 20 February 1618) was the eldest son of William the Silent by his first wife...
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The Indian Ocean island state of Mauritius was named after Maurice, Prince of Orange, and not directly after Maurice himself. Over 650 religious foundations...
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Alexander, Prince of Orange (Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik; 25 August 1851 – 21 June 1884), was heir apparent to his father King William III of the...
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Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (31 August 1602 – 8 September 1675) was Princess of Orange by marriage to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. She acted as the...
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Maurice, Prince of Orange. It had long been a dry town where alcohol could not legally be sold. The Township Committee began consideration in 2012 of...
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today by various movements due to the stylised Guy Fawkes mask. Maurice, Prince of Orange, by Michiel van Mierevelt (c. 1613–20) Ferdinand II, Holy Roman...
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Ludolph van Ceulen (category Academic staff of Leiden University)
appointed the first professor of mathematics at the Engineering School, Duytsche Mathematique, established by Maurice, Prince of Orange, at the relatively new...
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daughter of William the Silent and half-sister of Maurice, Prince of Orange, who as stadtholders of Holland and other provinces were the leaders of the Dutch...
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William, Prince of Orange (Willem Nicolaas Alexander Frederik Karel Hendrik; 4 September 1840 – 11 June 1879), was heir apparent to the Dutch throne as...
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Simon Stevin (redirect from Epitaph of Stevinus)
position of trust he later occupied with Maurice, Prince of Orange. It is assumed that he left Bruges to escape the religious persecution of Protestants...
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IJzendijke (category Former municipalities of Zeeland)
St. Elizabeth's flood of 1404. In 1587, a sconce was constructed by the Spanish troops, and conquered by Maurice, Prince of Orange in 1604. Two polders...
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campaigns of his cousin, the stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. In 1626, he became a captain. In 1629, he was involved in the capture of Den Bosch...
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Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg; 25 September 1968 – 12 August 2013) was the...
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Volley fire (category Military history of China)
continued to drill the volley under both Louis and his cousin Maurice, Prince of Orange, so that it became second nature. One Dutch historian recounts...
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Queen Juliana, as the eldest child of Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus. He became Prince of Orange as heir apparent upon his mother's accession on 30 April...
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