William I of Orange

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founding father human military leader nobleman politician

William I of Orange, also known as William the Silent, was the 16th-century Dutch nobleman who led the revolt against Spanish rule and is regarded as the founding father of the independent Dutch Republic.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
William the Silent 6
William I, Prince of Orange 2
William of Orange 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf founding father ⓘ
human ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
politician ⓘ
assassinatedBy Balthasar Gérard ⓘ
birthName Willem van Nassau ⓘ
burialPlace Nieuwe Kerk, Delft ⓘ
surface form: New Church, Delft
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
child Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ⓘ
Maurice of Nassau ⓘ
Philip William, Prince of Orange ⓘ
countryLed Dutch Republic ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1533-04-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1584-07-10 ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
father Prince of Nassau ⓘ
surface form: William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
givenName William ⓘ
hasMonument Prins Willem van Oranje statue in The Hague ⓘ
house House of Nassau ⓘ
House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
influenced Dutch independence movement ⓘ
knownFor founding the independent Dutch Republic ⓘ
leading the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
mother Juliana of Stolberg ⓘ
movement Eighty Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Revolt
nickname Father of the Fatherland ⓘ
William I of Orange self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William the Silent
nobleTitle County of Nassau ⓘ
surface form: Count of Nassau

Prince of Orange ⓘ
Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ
Stadtholder of Utrecht ⓘ
Maurice of Nassau ⓘ
surface form: Stadtholder of Zeeland
notableWork Leadership in the Eighty Years' War ⓘ
opponent Fernando Álvarez de Toledo ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Alba

Philip II of Spain ⓘ
placeOfBirth County of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
Dillenburg ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath County of Holland ⓘ
Delft ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
positionHeld Maurice of Nassau ⓘ
surface form: Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Anna of Saxony ⓘ
Anna van Egmond ⓘ
Charlotte of Bourbon ⓘ
Gaspard II de Coligny ⓘ
surface form: Louise de Coligny

Referenced by (17)

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

County of Nassau → associatedWithPerson → William I of Orange ⓘ
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange → father → William I of Orange ⓘ
this entity surface form: William the Silent
Maurice of Nassau → father → William I of Orange ⓘ
this entity surface form: William the Silent
Maurice of Nassau → father → William I of Orange ⓘ
this entity surface form: William I, Prince of Orange
University of Leiden → foundedBy → William I of Orange ⓘ
subject surface form: Leiden University
this entity surface form: William of Orange
this entity surface form: William I, Prince of Orange
Prince of Nassau → hasNotableBearer → William I of Orange ⓘ
this entity surface form: William I of Orange (William the Silent)
House of Orange-Nassau → hasNotableMember → William I of Orange ⓘ
Eighty Years' War → involvedPerson → William I of Orange ⓘ
this entity surface form: William the Silent
Fort William → namedAfter → William I of Orange ⓘ
this entity surface form: William of Orange
William I of Orange → nickname → William I of Orange self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William the Silent
Prince of Orange → notableBearer → William I of Orange ⓘ
House of Nassau → notableMember → William I of Orange ⓘ
Principality of Orange → notableRuler → William I of Orange ⓘ
this entity surface form: William the Silent
Principality of Orange → notableRuler → William I of Orange ⓘ
Henrietta d’Oultremont → spouseName → William I of Orange ⓘ
this entity surface form: William I of Orange-Nassau
Pacification of Ghent → supportedBy → William I of Orange ⓘ
this entity surface form: William the Silent