Willem de Zwijger

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founding father human military leader nobleman politician prince

Willem de Zwijger is William the Silent, Prince of Orange, the key leader of the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule and a founding figure of the Netherlands.

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Label Occurrences
Willem de Zwijger canonical 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf founding father ⓘ
human ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
politician ⓘ
prince ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Vader des Vaderlands ⓘ
William I, Prince of Orange ⓘ
surface form: Willem van Oranje

William I, Prince of Orange ⓘ
surface form: William I of Orange

William I, Prince of Orange ⓘ
surface form: William the Silent
associatedWith House of Habsburg ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Netherlands

States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: States-General of the Netherlands
birthDate 1533-04-24 ⓘ
birthPlace County of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
Dillenburg ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
child Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ⓘ
Maurice of Nassau ⓘ
Philip William, Prince of Orange ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1584-07-10 ⓘ
deathPlace County of Holland ⓘ
Delft ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
familyName Count of Nassau ⓘ
surface form: van Nassau
father William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
givenName Willem ⓘ
honorificTitle Prince of Orange ⓘ
killedBy Balthasar Gérard ⓘ
languageSpoken Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
mother Juliana of Stolberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement Eighty Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Revolt
nobleFamily House of Nassau ⓘ
House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
notableEvent Act of Abjuration context ⓘ
Eighty Years' War ⓘ
notableWork Leadership of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
placeOfBurial Nieuwe Kerk, Delft ⓘ
surface form: New Church, Delft
positionHeld Prince of Orange ⓘ
Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
Stadtholder of Utrecht ⓘ
Stadtholder of Zeeland ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantRole founding figure of the Netherlands ⓘ
leader of the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule ⓘ
spouse Anna of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anna van Egmond ⓘ
surface form: Anna van Egmond en Buren

Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier ⓘ
Louise de Coligny ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Willem van Nassau → alsoKnownAs → Willem de Zwijger ⓘ
William I, Prince of Orange → alsoKnownAs → Willem de Zwijger ⓘ