They stormed Oudewater, and delivered it over to all imaginable cruelties, sparing neither sex nor age. - William the Silent

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They stormed Oudewater, and delivered it over to all imaginable cruelties, sparing neither sex nor age.

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About William the Silent

For other people named William of Orange, see William of Orange (disambiguation). William I, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), also widely known as William the Silent, was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Empire that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was assassinated in 1584. Today, he is known as the De Vader des Vaderlands, or, in english, Father of the Fatherland.

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Native Name: Willem van Oranje-Nassau
Alternative Names: William I, Prince of Orange William the Taciturn William of Orange Willem de Zwijger prins van Oranje, graaf van Nassau Dutch Willem Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau William William I of Orange-Nassau Vader des Vaderlands Willem van Oranje
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