William I (Maurice) Silent de Nassau, Prince of Orange^[1]

1533 - 1584  (51 years)

• Name	William I (Maurice) Silent de Nassau
  Suffix	Prince of Orange
  Birth	25 Apr 1533	Dillenburg in Nassau, present-day Germany
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1572
  Death	10 Jul 1584	Delft, Netherlands
  	Cause: Killed by Balthasar Geraerts.
  Notes	Stadholder of Holland, Zealand, and Utrecht. Killed by Balthasar Geraerts. See Europäisch Stammtafeln Band II tafel 1. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07243
  Person ID	I15869	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	William de Nassau-Dillenburg, Count Nassau-Dillenburg,   b. 10 Apr 1487   d. 6 Oct 1559 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Juliane von Stolberg-Wernigerode,   b. 27 Feb 1506   d. 18 Jun 1580 (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F13079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna of Saxony,   b. 23 Dec 1544   d. 18 Dec 1577 (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	24 Aug 1561
  Divorce	1574
  Children	1. Maurice of Orange de Nassau, Prince of Orange,   b. 14 Nov 1567   d. 23 Apr 1625 (Age 57 years)   2. Emilia of Orange de Nassau,   b. 10 Apr 1569, Cologne, Germany d. 16 Mar 1629, Geneva (Age 59 years)   3. Luise Juliane de Nassau,   b. 31 Mar 1576   d. 15 Mar 1644 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F7599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Charlotte Brabantine de Nassau,   b. 17 Sep 1580   d. Aug 1631 (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F13087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 3	Luise de Coligny,   b. 1546   d. 15 Nov 1620 (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Frederick Henry of Orange de Nassau, Prince of Orange,   b. 28 Feb 1584   d. 14 Mar 1647 (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F13094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Prince William I of Orange William the Silent
  		William the Silent A statue of William of Orange in The Hague. His finger originally pointed towards the Binnenhof, but the statue has since been moved. A similar statue stands in Voorhees Mall on the campus of Rutgers University.
  		William the Silent William the Silent was killed at his home by Balthasar Gérard on July 10, 1584.
  		William the Silent Statue of William in The Hague.
  		William the Silent The Battle of Heiligerlee, fought on May 23, 1568, is usually given as the beginning of the Eighty Years' War.

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).