WILLIAM II, Prince of Orange

1626–50, prince of Orange, stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (1647–50), son and successor of Frederick Henry. He married (1641) Mary, eldest daughter of Charles I of England. His ambitious projects brought him into conflict with the great merchants of Amsterdam. He opposed acceptance of the Treaty of Münster (1648), despite its recognition of the independence of the Netherlands, and he immediately began secret negotiations with France, having as his purpose the extension of his territory, the centralization of his government, and the restoration of his brother-in-law, Charles II, to the English throne. The prompt resistance he encountered from the states of Holland was not broken by William's imprisonment of its leaders (1650). He next turned his attention to external affairs and was negotiating a treaty with France when he died of smallpox. He was succeeded by his posthumous son, the future William III of England.

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William the Silent: Prince of Orange, the Moderate Man of the Sixteenth Century; the Story of His Life as Told from His Own Letters, from Those of His Friends and Enemies and from Official Documents - Vol. 2
Book by Ruth Putnam; G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1895
Subjects: William--I--Prince Of Orange--1533-1584
...Florent, steward of Prince of Orange, ii., 80 Nymegen...princess i., 18 Orange, principality of...18 ----- Rene, Prince of, son of Henry...21 ; poem about, ii., 434 Orange, Prince of William, Count of Nassau...
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William the Silent, William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584
Book by C. V. Wedgwood; Yale University Press, 1944
Subjects: Netherlands--History--Wars of Independence, 1556-1648, William--I--Prince of Orange--1533-1584
...whitened wall beyond, spattering plaster and blood. William staggered forward and with colossal self-mastery...empty chairs and tables, and dead before Forest came. II The Prince of Orange had not lived to forgive his murderer, who was seized...
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Wilhelm II: Prince and Emperor, 1859-1900
Book by Lamar Cecil; University of North Carolina Press, 1989
Subjects: Germany--History--1888-1918 (Wilhelm Ii), William--Ii--German Emperor--1859-1941
...nineteenth the Hohenzollerns and Oranges either married their own kin...Petersburg. The house of Orange never passed into the Coburg orbit, but Prince Albert, with the encouragement...Princess Augusta, the wife of Prince Wilhelm, who was destined...London to inspect the exhibition Prince Albert had organized at the...
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William the Silent
Book by Frederic Harrison; Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897
Subjects: William--I--Prince Of Orange--1533-1584
II. MAURICE...Nassau. Prince of Orange, 1618...Philip William. d. 23rd...William II., Prince...George II., Prince of Anhalt...PRINCE OF ORANGE I. LOUISA...Friedrich II. vol. i...Frederick William of Brandenburg...
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William the Silent
Book by Ruth Putnam, Sir John Collings Squire; Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1912
Subjects: Netherlands--History--Wars Of Independence, 1556-1648, William--I--Prince Of Orange--1533-1584
...Principality of Orange --Frequent confiscations...Orange. CHAPTER II. COUNT WILLIAM OF NASSAU 23 Hostilities...Confession--Count William and the Reformation...emperor in the young prince. CHAPTER IV. THE PRINCES APPRENTICESHIP...Saxony and Henry II. of France...
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"Ready to Lay Down His Person and Fortune at Her Feet": Prince Boguslaw Radziwill's Proposal for Marriage with Mary Stuart, Princess Royal of England and Princess of Orange in 1653-1654
Journal article by Andrew B. Pernal; Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 48, 2006
Subjects: Domestic service, Marriage, Widows & widowers
...Her Feet": Prince Boguslaw Radziwills...Princess of Orange in 1653...Frederick William, Elector...and son, William).2 Moreover...and Charles II (1654-1662...Frederick Henry of Orange and Amalia...Frederick William, Elector...Royal and Princes of Orange...of Charles II she moved...
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The World of William and Mary: Anglo-Dutch Perspectives on the Revolution of 1688-89
Journal article by Charles Carlton; The Historian, Vol. 61, 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews, The World of William and Mary: Anglo-Dutch Perspectives on the Revolution of 1688-89 (Book)--Reviews
...Carlton The World of William and Mary: Anglo...royals--of which William and Mary (and even James II) would have approved...into The World of William and Mary, the published...hailing William of Orange as "The Prince of Gays." So...
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The Orange Arch: Creating Tradition in Ulster
Journal article by Neil Jarman; Folklore, Vol. 112, 2001
Subjects: Arches--Rites and ceremonies, Northern Ireland--Rites and ceremonies, Protestants--Northern Ireland
The Orange Arch: Creating...armies of King William III 2 defeated...predecessor, James II, to assure...representations of King William III and symbols of the Orange Order and...orders: the Orange Order, the...the Dutchman William of Orange...
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Harlequin, the Whigs, and William Mountfort's Doctor Faustus
Journal article by Judy A. Hayden; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 49, 2009
Subjects: Mountfort, William--Criticism and interpretation, Mountfort, William--Works, Oates, Titus--Portrayals, Political satire--Criticism and interpretation, Political satires--Criticism and interpretation, Religion and politics--Portrayals, The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Whig Party (United Kingdom)--Portrayals
...give birth to a prince who would exclude...James wrote to William and Mary to...conscience, William refused, noting...Princess of Oranges Opinion about...Printed for William Cademan, at...Highness the Prince of Orange Wherein Is a...
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Plausibly Pleading Employment Discrimination
Journal article by Charles A. Sullivan; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 52, 2011
Subjects: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Age discrimination--Laws, regulations and rules, Ashcroft v. Iqbal--129 S. Ct. 1937 (2009), Employment discrimination--Laws, regulations and rules, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure--Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green--411 U.S. 792 (1973), Pleading--Laws, regulations and rules, Pleadings--Laws, regulations and rules, Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A.--534 U.S. 506 (2002)
...Swierkiewicz survive Twombly/Iqbal? II. REACTIONS TO TWOMBLY AND IQBAL The scholarly...questions Iqbal leaves open."). See Part II for a discussion of attempts to tame Twombly...64.) See generally John E. Lopatka William H. Page, Economic Authority and the Limits...
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Off with Their Heads: From Wat Tyler Swilling Beer in Front of Richard II to Chants of "God Save the Poor and Down with George III", the British Have a Long History of Hostility towards the Crown. Can It Survive the Coronation of King Charles III?
Magazine article by Ted Vallance; New Statesman, Vol. 138, July 13, 2009
Subjects: British monarchy--Social aspects, Charles, Prince of Wales--Social aspects, Monarchy--Social aspects, Monarchy--United Kingdom, Princes--Social aspects, United Kingdom--History, United Kingdom--Political aspects
...death of Diana and Prince Harrys poor taste...in front of Richard II in June 1381 to the...the captured fames II to the privy in December...such as the one by William Pennington in 1690...in 1660 and Charles II was vigorous in emphasising...candidate, William of Orange and his English wife...
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Revealing Mary: Angela McShane Jones Asks What Depictions in Broadsides of Mary II with Her Breasts Exposed, Tell Us about 17th-Century Popular Attitudes to Royalty
Magazine article by Angela Mcshane Jones; History Today, Vol. 54, March 2004
Subjects: Mary II, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland--Portrayals, Queens--Portrayals
...in Broadsides of Mary II with Her Breasts Exposed...DEVOUTLY Protestant Prince William and Princess Mary of Orange, nephew and daughter of the Catholic James II, usurped the throne...the Protestant Prince William III, producing hundreds...
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Amsterdam and William III
Magazine article by Elizabeth Edwards; History Today, Vol. 43, December 1993
Subjects: Kings and rulers--Biography, Netherlands--History, William III, King of the Netherlands--Political activity
...of the Prince of Orange. Threats to the...of Holland. The Prince of Orange felt betrayed by...Prominent among the princes men in the 1670s...later to accompany William to England and...attempt by the Prince of Orange or his advisers...
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The Orange Order, 1795-1995
Magazine article by Andrew Boyd; History Today, Vol. 45, September 1995
Subjects: Ireland--History, Northern Ireland--Associations and societies, Protestants--Associations and societies, Ulster Unionist Party (Northern Ireland)--History
The Orange Order, 1795...which, in 1690, William of Orange defeated...English king, James II, a Roman Catholic...at the time of William of Orange, Louis...one side portrays William of Orange, either...kneeling Indian prince; Ulster Protestants...
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What If ... Philip II Had Gone to the Netherlands? Geoffrey Parker Considers the Far-Reaching Consequences of a Sudden Change of Plan by the King of Spain in 1567
Magazine article by Geoffrey Parker; History Today, Vol. 54, August 2004
Subjects: Netherlands--Military aspects, Revolutions--16th century AD, Revolutions--17th century AD, War--16th century AD, War--17th century AD, War--Religious aspects, Wars--16th century AD, Wars--17th century AD, Wars--Religious aspects
What If ... Philip II Had Gone to the Netherlands...absentee sovereign, Philip II (r.1555-1598). Until...Count Lamoral of Egmont and Prince William of Orange (William the Silent...own hand. Yes: Philip II, ruler of the largest...
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INVASION WE'D RATHER FORGET; Tides of Change: William of Orange Launched a Colossal Armada to Seize the Throne from Catholic King James II
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 19, 2008
...The next day, William of Orange, dressed all in...enthusiasm. They wore orange ribbons and waved sticks with oranges stuck on the end...and herhusband, William, in a joint monarchy...to a foreignborn prince seizing the throne...
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THE MIDDLE CLASS RULES OK! When Kate Middleton Marries Prince William, She Won't Be the First Ordinary Girl to Become a Princess. Marrying Down Is the New Royal Trend - Look at Europe's Other Middle-Class Queens-in-Waiting, Says Matthew Dennison
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 13, 2011
...Kate Middleton Marries Prince William, She Wont Be the First...which she later met Crown Prince Haakon at the countrys...Married Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, in 2002. Children...Spanish queen since Isabella II in 1870. Embarrassing...
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THEIR ROYAL LOWNESSES; or Why, at 6ft 3in, Prince William Towers over His Titchy Royal Ancestors
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 19, 2009
...or Why, at 6ft 3in, Prince William Towers over His Titchy...at 6ft 3in, Prince William looks set to be the tallest...the mistress of Charles II, was admired by Samuel...taller than her husband William of Orange (5ft 6 1/2in...
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Every Time I Talk to a Woman, the Papers Say I've Been to Bed with Her. It's Cuckoo!'; What Prince Philip Told Jeremy Paxman
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 27, 2006
...should be worn only in the evenings. And Prince Philip invented a dinner-jacket version...wore with a black bow-tie. When he and Prince Charles appeared for dinner attired in...kippers on the 8.30 to Manchester. But Prince Charles seems to like the thing: he even...
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Contrasting King James II and His Remorseless Girls
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 16, 2003
Contrasting King James II and his remorseless girls...1688, when King James II, son of the beheaded Charles...invasion from his nephew, Prince William of Orange, while his daughters...women who became Queen Mary II (of William and Mary...
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encyclopedia articles on: William II Prince of Orange  - 18 results

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William II , Prince of Orange
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WILLIAM II , prince of Orange 1626 50, prince of Orange, stadtholder of the United...his brother-in-law, Charles II, to the English throne. The prompt...by his posthumous son, the future William III of England...
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William of Orange
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WILLIAM OF ORANGE see William the Silent ; William II , prince of Orange; William III , king of England. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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CondÉ, Louis II De Bourbon, Prince De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CONDE, LOUIS II DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE 1621 86, French...son of Henri II de Conde. Among...the Fronde of the Princes against Cardinal...rebellious army of the princes and allied himself...XIV, defeating William of Orange at Seneff (1674...
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James II , King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...brother and successor of Charles II . Early Life As the young duke...in the Dutch Wars . Charles II granted him sweeping proprietary...his daughter Mary (later Mary II ) to the Protestant prince of Orange (later William III ), and the couple became...
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William III , King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WILLIAM III , king of England, Scotland, and...and Ireland (1689 1702); son of William II , prince of Orange, stadtholder of the United Provinces...Netherlands; De Witt was overthrown, and William was made stadtholder, captain general...
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