William the Silent
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Prince William I of Orange, Count of Nassau (April 24, 1533 – July 10, 1584), also widely known as William the Silent (Dutch:Willem de Zwijger), was born in the House of Nassau. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the House of Orange-Nassau. He was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648.
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