Willem van Nassau

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founding father human military leader nobleman politician

Willem van Nassau is the birth name of William I of Orange, the 16th-century nobleman who led the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule and is regarded as the founding father of the Netherlands.

Aliases (2)

William the Silent ×6
Louis of Nassau ×1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	founding father → human → military leader → nobleman → politician →
alsoKnownAs	Willem de Zwijger → William I of Orange → William the Silent →
assassinatedBy	Balthasar Gérard →
birthDate	1533-04-24 →
birthPlace	County of Nassau-Dillenburg → Dillenburg → Holy Roman Empire →
burialPlace	New Church, Delft →
causeOfDeath	assassination →
child	Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange → Louise Juliana of Nassau NERFINISHED → Maurice of Nassau →
commemoratedBy	Dutch national anthem "Wilhelmus" →
countryOfCitizenship	Dutch Republic → Habsburg Netherlands →
deathDate	1584-07-10 →
deathPlace	County of Holland → Delft NERFINISHED → Habsburg Netherlands →
familyName	van Nassau →
father	William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg →
givenName	Willem →
hasTitle	Baron of Breda → Count of Nassau →
influenced	formation of the Dutch Republic →
languageSpoken	Dutch → French → German → Latin →
mannerOfDeath	homicide →
memberOf	House of Nassau → House of Orange-Nassau →
mother	Juliana of Stolberg NERFINISHED →
movement	Dutch Revolt → Eighty Years' War →
notableFor	founding the independence of the Netherlands → leading the Dutch Revolt →
notableWork	Apology (defense of his actions) →
positionHeld	Prince of Orange → Stadtholder of Holland → Stadtholder of Utrecht → Stadtholder of Zeeland →
religion	Calvinism → Lutheranism → Roman Catholicism →
residence	Breda Castle → Dillenburg Castle → The Hague →
spouse	Anna of Saxony NERFINISHED → Anna van Egmond → Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier → Louise de Coligny →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Royal Crypt in Nieuwe Kerk, Delft ("William the Silent") →	associatedWith
William I of Orange →	birthName
Siege of Leiden ("William the Silent") →	commander
Siege of Leiden ("William the Silent") →	grantedBy
Juliana of Stolberg ("Louis of Nassau") →	motherOf
Prince of Orange ("William the Silent") →	notableBearer
House of Nassau ("William the Silent") →	notableMember
County of Nassau-Dillenburg ("William the Silent") →	notablePersonAssociated