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    William II (February 1227 – 28 January 1256) was the Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1234 until his death. He was elected anti-king of Germany in 1248...
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  • William II Longespee (c. 1212–1250) William II of Holland (c. 1227–1256), Count of Holland and Zeeland William de Wickwane (died 1285), Archbishop of...
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  • William of Holland may refer to: William I, Count of Holland (1167 – 1222), Count of Holland from 1203 to 1222 William II, Count of Holland (1228 - 1256)...
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    William II (Dutch: Willem II; 27 May 1626 – 6 November 1650) was sovereign Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel...
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    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...
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    from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland...
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    Matilda of Brabant, and a sister of William II, Count of Holland and King of Germany. On 9 October 1246, Adelaide married John I of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut...
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    William II (Dutch: Willem Frederik George Lodewijk; English: William Frederick George Louis; 6 December 1792 – 17 March 1849) was King of the Netherlands...
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    Edward I of England and Guy, Count of Flanders, made him a hero in Holland. Floris was the son of Count William II (1227–1256) and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
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    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...
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    Rome. In 1345 she succeeded her brother William II, Count of Hainaut and Holland (as William IV, Count of Holland) following his death in battle with her...
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  • John II (1247 – 22 August 1304) was Count of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland. John II, born 1247, was the eldest son of John I of Hainaut and Adelaide of Holland...
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    mother was Matilda of Boulogne. Henry II supported his sister Mathilde's son, William II of Holland, in his bid for election as king of Germany. He founded...
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  • also known as William the Lion William II of Holland (1227–1256), elected King of the Romans in 1247 William I, German Emperor and King of Prussia (1797–1888);...
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    west of the Vlie) was not considered to be a part of Frisia anymore, and came to be known as Holland (present day provinces North and South Holland and...
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    Holland is a geographical region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified...
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    William II of Bavaria (5 April 1365—31 May 1417) was Duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland (listed as William VI), Hainaut (listed as William...
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    should have priority. In 1957, the island of Marken was connected to the mainland of the province North-Holland. In 1976 the dam Houtribdijk connecting...
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  • Thumbnail for William the Silent
    the April 1559 Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis. In 1559, Philip II appointed William stadtholder (governor) of the provinces of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht...
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    governments were expected to request Holland for the former kaiser's extradition. Holland, it was said, will refuse on the ground of constitutional provisions covering...
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    Pieter van Abeele (category Dutch medallists)
    of the English fleet and the peace of 1667, as well as one showing the granting of the coat of arms to the city of Amsterdam by Count William II of Holland...
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    – 17 March 1831) was King of Holland for less than two weeks in July 1810 as Louis II (Dutch: Lodewijk II). He was a son of Louis Bonaparte (King Louis...
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    Imperial dignity - as King of the Romans - for himself. However, his election bid was unsuccessful and Count William II of Holland, the German anti-king since...
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    inheritance of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. She was the only daughter of William II, Duke of Bavaria (also known as William VI, Count of Holland) from...
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    Count of Holland). Another early usage of the word is a deed dated 1083 in which Dirk V used the term "Count of Holland" for himself. Holland is probably...
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    was 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...
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    the son of William II of Holland, in 1256 was ruled in personal union by Holland. By the 1323 Treaty of Paris between Flanders and Hainaut-Holland, the Count...
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    present-day South Holland in 1572. Many cities in Holland began to support William. During the 1570s he had to defend his core territories in Holland several times...
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    of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1230 – 27 May 1266) was Queen of the Romans, Countess of Holland, and Countess of Zeeland as the wife of William II of Holland...
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    (present-day Gelderland), Utrecht (present-day Utrecht), Holland (present-day North Holland and South Holland), and Zeeland (present-day Zeeland). Although the...
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