William the Silent

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:nobleman
gptkb:person
politician
gptkbp:alliedWith Dutch rebels
gptkbp:birthDate 24 April 1533
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Willem_van_Oranje
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dillenburg,_County_of_Nassau,_Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Nieuwe_Kerk,_Delft
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:murder
gptkbp:child gptkb:Emilia_of_Nassau
gptkb:Philip_William,_Prince_of_Orange
gptkb:Frederick_Henry,_Prince_of_Orange
gptkb:Maurice_of_Nassau
gptkbp:deathDate 10 July 1584
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Delft,_Dutch_Republic
gptkbp:father gptkb:William,_Count_of_Nassau
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_I,_Prince_of_Orange
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Orange-Nassau
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William the Silent
gptkbp:killedBy gptkb:Balthasar_Gérard
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Latin
Dutch
gptkbp:legacy considered the Father of the Dutch Nation
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:Eighty_Years'_War
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Juliana_of_Stolberg
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
Dutch
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:William_the_Silent
gptkb:Father_of_the_Fatherland
gptkbp:notableFor founder of the House of Orange-Nassau
key figure in the Eighty Years' War
leader of the Dutch Revolt
first head of state of the independent Dutch Republic
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Spanish_Empire
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:René_of_Châlon
gptkbp:reign 1544–1584 (Prince of Orange)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkb:Calvinism
gptkbp:signature William the Silent signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anna_of_Saxony
gptkb:Anna_van_Egmont
gptkb:Charlotte_of_Bourbon
gptkb:Louise_de_Coligny
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Maurice_of_Nassau
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baronet
gptkb:King
gptkb:Stadtholder_of_Holland
gptkb:Stadtholder_of_Utrecht
gptkb:Stadtholder_of_Zeeland
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:House_of_Nassau
gptkb:King
gptkb:University_of_Leiden
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4