William the Silent

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Prince of Orange Protestant leader Stadtholder founding father human military leader nobleman politician

William the Silent was the 16th-century Prince of Orange who led the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule, laying the foundations for an independent Dutch Republic.

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Label Occurrences
William the Silent canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Prince of Orange ⓘ
Protestant leader ⓘ
Stadtholder ⓘ
founding father ⓘ
human ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
politician ⓘ
assassinatedBy Balthasar Gérard ⓘ
birthDate 1533-04-24 ⓘ
birthPlace County of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
Dillenburg ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
burialPlace Nieuwe Kerk, Delft ⓘ
surface form: New Church, Delft
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
child Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ⓘ
Louise Juliana of Nassau ⓘ
Maurice of Nassau ⓘ
commemoratedBy Wilhelmus ⓘ
surface form: Dutch national anthem "Wilhelmus"
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
deathDate 1584-07-10 ⓘ
deathPlace County of Holland ⓘ
Delft ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
father William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
fullName William I, Prince of Orange ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
heritage Dutch ⓘ
German ⓘ
influenced Formation of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
mannerOfDeath murdered ⓘ
monarchOf Principality of Orange ⓘ
mother Juliana of Stolberg ⓘ
movement Dutch independence movement ⓘ
nickname Father of the Fatherland ⓘ
William I, Prince of Orange ⓘ
surface form: William the Silent
nobleFamily House of Nassau ⓘ
House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
notableAchievement Laid foundations for the independent Dutch Republic ⓘ
notableEvent Eighty Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Revolt

Eighty Years' War ⓘ
notableWork Leadership of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
opponent Alba, Duke of Alba ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Alba

Philip II of Spain ⓘ
positionHeld Prince of Orange ⓘ
Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
Stadtholder of Utrecht ⓘ
Stadtholder of Zeeland ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Anna of Saxony ⓘ
Anna van Egmond ⓘ
Charlotte of Bourbon ⓘ
Louise de Coligny ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nieuwe Kerk, Delft → burialPlaceOf → William the Silent ⓘ
Pacificatione Gandavensi → notableParticipant → William the Silent ⓘ
Balthasar Gérard → targetOfAssassination → William the Silent ⓘ
Balthasar Gérard → hasVictim → William the Silent ⓘ
Anna van Egmond → spouse → William the Silent ⓘ
William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg → notableOffspring → William the Silent ⓘ
House of Egmont → associatedPerson → William the Silent ⓘ