Prince Maurice of Nassau

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:person
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Twelve_Years'_Truce
gptkb:Dutch_Republic
gptkb:Eighty_Years'_War
gptkbp:birthDate 1567-11-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dillenburg
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Nieuwe_Kerk,_Delft
gptkbp:child none
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Dutch_States_Army
gptkbp:deathDate 1625-04-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:The_Hague
gptkbp:education gptkb:Leiden_University
gptkbp:father gptkb:William_the_Silent
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Orange-Nassau
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Prince Maurice of Nassau
gptkbp:knownFor military engineering
siege warfare innovations
defeating the Spanish Army
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Latin
Dutch
gptkbp:militaryRank Captain-General of the Dutch States Army
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Anna_of_Saxony
gptkbp:nationality Dutch
gptkbp:neverMarried true
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Turnhout_(1597)
gptkb:Siege_of_Breda_(1590)
gptkb:Siege_of_Groningen_(1594)
gptkb:Siege_of_Ostend
gptkb:Battle_of_Nieuwpoort
gptkb:Siege_of_Groenlo_(1597)
gptkb:Siege_of_Rheinberg_(1597)
gptkbp:notableFor military reforms
leadership in the Eighty Years' War
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Michiel_Jansz._van_Mierevelt
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:William_the_Silent
gptkbp:reign 1585-1625
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Philip_William,_Prince_of_Orange
gptkb:Frederick_Henry,_Prince_of_Orange
gptkbp:signature Maurits van Nassau signature.svg
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Frederick_Henry,_Prince_of_Orange
gptkbp:title gptkb:King
gptkb:Stadtholder_of_Gelderland
gptkb:Stadtholder_of_Holland
gptkb:Stadtholder_of_Overijssel
gptkb:Stadtholder_of_Utrecht
gptkb:Stadtholder_of_Zeeland
gptkbp:uncle gptkb:John_VI,_Count_of_Nassau-Dillenburg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Le_Prince_Maurice_Prize
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7