biography
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Maurice
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Prinz van Oranje, Graaf van Nassau (Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau)
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| (1567–1625)
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| biography:
| Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, born in Dillenburg, the son of William the Silent. He was elected stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland (1587) and later (1589) of Utrecht, Overyssel, and Gelderland, also becoming captain-general of the armies of the United Provinces during their War of Independence from Spain. He checked the Spanish advance, and by his steady offensive (1590–1606) liberated the N provinces. He became Prince of Orange in 1618, on the death of his elder brother. In the renewed conflict with the Habsburgs, he commanded the new republic, seeking help from England and France (1624). |
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