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Wilhelm (Given names: Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus; 14 June 1792, Kirchheimbolanden – 20/30 August 1839, Bad Kissingen) was joint sovereign Duke of Nassau, along with his father's cousin Frederick Augustus, reigning from 1816 until 1839.
Prince Frederick Augustus, the senior member of the House of Nassau received the title of Sovereign Duke of Nassau, while Frederick William was granted the title of Sovereign Prince of Nassau. Under pressure from Napoleon I both counties merged to form the Duchy of Nassau on 30 August 1806, under the joint rule of Frederick Augustus and ...
William the Silent or William the Taciturn (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger; 24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648.
- 15 July 1544 – 10 July 1584
- Juliana of Stolberg-Werningerode
Hace 2 días · Category: History & Society. In full: William, prince of Orange, count of Nassau. Byname: William the Silent. Dutch: Willem, prins van Oranje, graaf van Nassau or Willem de Zwijger. Born: April 24, 1533, Dillenburg, Nassau [now in Germany] Died: July 10, 1584, Delft, Holland [now in the Netherlands] (aged 51) House / Dynasty: House of Orange.
Wilhelm ( Given names: Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus; 14 June 1792, Kirchheimbolanden – 20/30 August 1839, Bad Kissingen) was joint sovereign Duke of Nassau, along with his father's cousin Frederick Augustus, reigning from 1816 until 1839. He was also sovereign Prince of Nassau-Weilburg from 1816 until its incorporation into the ...
The extinction of the Usingen line in 1816 made William of Weilburg sole duke of Nassau. By supporting the losing Austrian side in the Seven Weeks’ War (1866), William’s successor, Duke Adolf, lost the duchy to Prussia; thereafter, it formed most of the Wiesbaden district of Prussia’s Hesse-Nassau province. Ottonian Nassau.
Emperor Charles V did not want a single individual – William of Orange – to inherit all the Nassau-held lands in the Netherlands and Germany. So although William of Orange inherited all the estates belonging to René de Chalon, his brother, Jan the Elder, succeeded their father as Count of Nassau and founded the Frisian branch of the Nassau family.
