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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
William of Orange	18
William the Silent	6
William I of Orange canonical	5
William I, Prince of Orange	2
Prince of Orange	1
William I of Orange (William the Silent)	1
William I of Orange-Nassau	1

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 (34)

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

House of Orange-Nassau → hasNotableMember → William I of Orange ⓘ

Eighty Years' War → involvedPerson → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William the Silent

County of Nassau → associatedWithPerson → William I of Orange ⓘ

Pacification of Ghent → supportedBy → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William the Silent

Prince William of Orange (disputed) → hasDisputedIdentityWith → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William I, Prince of Orange

William I of Orange → nickname → William I of Orange self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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

Principality of Orange → notableRuler → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William the Silent

Principality of Orange → notableRuler → William I of Orange ⓘ

Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange → father → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William the Silent

Prince of Orange → notableBearer → William I of Orange ⓘ

Fort William → namedAfter → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Prince of Nassau → hasNotableBearer → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William I of Orange (William the Silent)

House of Nassau → notableMember → William I of Orange ⓘ

Henrietta d’Oultremont → spouseName → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William I of Orange-Nassau

Watergeuzen → leader → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Watergeuzen → grantedLettersOfMarqueBy → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Geuzen → supported → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Prince's Flag → associatedWith → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Prinsenhof Museum → significantPerson → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

County of Orange → namedAfter → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Orange County, Vermont → namedFor → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Museum Prinsenhof Delft → significantPersonAssociated → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Siege of Florence (1529–1530) → commander → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prince of Orange

Wilhelmus → isNamedAfter → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Geschichte des Abfalls der vereinigten Niederlande von der spanischen Regierung → discusses → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Buren → associatedWithPerson → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Philippe de Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde → closeAllyOf → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Philippe de Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde → advisorTo → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Orange County, Virginia → namedAfter → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

Je Maintiendrai → adoptedBy → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange

arms of Nassau → usedBy → William I of Orange ⓘ

this entity surface form: William of Orange