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5 unusual facts about William V, Prince of Orange


Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

However, this did not lead to a resurgence of the Republic as a major power because of what many in the Republic saw as the mismanagement of the stadtholderian regency during the minority of stadtholder William V, and subsequently during his own reign.

Sempronius Stretton

On 28 July 1813, Captain Stretton received the thanks of Lord Wellington, conveyed to him through William V, Prince of Orange, for the gallant defence made by the 40th, under his command, supported by two Portuguese regiments, in defending the position on the heights before Pampeluna.

Sir Peter Halkett, 6th Baronet

During the campaign, Halkett served in gunboats assisting the Dutch garrison during the Siege of Williamstadt and impressed the Duke with his activity, being rewarded with a promotion to post captain and an expensive medal from the Prince of Orange.

Willem Bentinck van Rhoon

After the premature death of William IV, Bentinck was instrumental in putting the regency of the Princess Anne in place for her infant son William V, Prince of Orange as hereditary stadtholder-general in the Dutch Republic.

William V of Holland

William V, Prince of Orange (1748 - 1806), son of William IV and Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange


Bishop Fenwick High School

William V. Fisher Catholic High School, originally known as Fenwick High School, in Lancaster, Ohio

Boundary 2

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Brabançonne

In 1860, Belgium formally adopted the song and music as its national anthem, although the then prime minister, Charles Rogier edited out lyrics attacking the Dutch Prince of Orange.

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset

In 1683, Somerset received an appointment in the king’s household, and two years later a colonelcy of dragoons; but at the Glorious Revolution he bore arms for the Prince of Orange.

Council of Sutri

As his first pontifical act, Clement II placed the imperial crown upon his benefactor and the queen consort, Agnes, daughter of William V, Duke of Aquitaine.

Dutch Republic

However in practice the princes of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau, beginning with William the Silent, were always chosen as stadtholders of most of the provinces.

El Circulo Mercantil de Ferrol

Its first president was William V. Martin (a.k.a.: Guillermo V. Martin, by the Spaniards), British Citizen and British Vice-Consul in Ferrol.

Friedrich Sustris

From 1573 onwards Sustris worked for William V, Duke of Bavaria in Landshut before he became chief architect to the Bavarian court with William's accession to the throne in 1579.

Godfridius Dellius

In common with all the Reform clergy, he refused to recognize Jacob Leisler's usurpation in 1689, and the latter, among other accusations, charged Dellius with being a principal actor in the French and English difficulties, and an enemy to the Prince of Orange, who had succeeded King James II.

Hofvijver

Located next to the Vijverberg are several museums, like the Mauritshuis, the Gevangenpoort (Prison Gate), the Hague Historical Museum and the Gallery Prince William V.

Lord Clifden

It was a cloudy day in Paris and there was a large crowd, including the Emperor and Empress, King Fernando of Portugal and the Prince of Orange.

Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg

Louis released Holland and Hainaut for his brothers William I and Albert I in 1349, since he expected to acquire the Polish crown by his marriage with Cunigunde of Poland, a daughter of Casimir III and Aldona Ona of Lithuania.

Mars Being Disarmed by Venus

Most of David's models for it were figures involved in the Théâtre de la Monnaie: Venus was modelled by the actress Marie Lesueur, Cupid by Lucien Petipa, Mars by a subscriber or 'abonné', and one of the Graces by the Prince of Orange's mistress.

Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully

In 1576 he accompanied the Duke of Anjou on an expedition into the Netherlands in order to regain the former Rosny estates, but being unsuccessful he attached himself for a time to the Prince of Orange.

National San Chung Senior High School

One day in a class when the teacher taught about Glorious Revolution and King William III of England, who was also Prince of Orange, he joked, "Why don't we change the school name to Orange Senior High School for distinction since our students all wear orange uniform jackets? Or St. Orange Senior High School would be even better if we want to emphasize it."

Orange County, Indiana

The name Orange derives from the Dutch Protestant House of Orange, which acquired the English throne with the accession of King William III in 1689, following the Glorious Revolution.

Pieter Claeissens the Elder

In the collection of the Prince of Orange at Brussels was a painting by him of a knight kneeling, with four sons, and in the Copenhagen Museum is a Man's Portrait by him.

Port Orange Causeway

The Florida State Legislature designated the new bridge as the Congressman William V. Chappel Jr. Memorial Bridge.

Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda

In 1795 the William V, Prince of Orange-Nassau, lost all his possessions in the Low Countries because of the rise of the Batavian Republic, a client state of the French Republic.

Renata of Lorraine

She married William V, Duke of Bavaria on 22 February 1568, in a large ceremony in Munich, which was described in detail by Massimo Troiano in his Dialoghi (1569).

Sancho VI William of Gascony

In 1027, he met William V at Blaye and they jointly selected Geoffrey, a Frank, as Archbishop of Bordeaux, which had become the Gascon capital during Sancho's reign.

Tethart Philipp Christian Haag

He is known for his portraits of the family of William V, Prince of Orange, particularly that of his wife Wilhelmina of Prussia, which hangs in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Walter Short

The resolution stated they had performed their duties “competently and professionally” and that the Japanese attacks were “not a result of dereliction of duty.” "They were denied vital intelligence that was available in Washington," said Senator William V. Roth Jr. (R-DE), noting that they had been made scapegoats by the Pentagon.

William II, Duke of Bavaria

Duke William I of Bavaria-Straubing had previously sent five expeditions to conquer Friesland.

William Lucas

William V. Lucas (1835–1921), U.S. Republican politician representing South Dakota

William McBride

William V. McBride, general in the United States Air Force, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force

William of Orange

William V, Prince of Orange (1748 – 1806), last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic and leader of the conservative faction

William V, Duke of Bavaria

William is responsible for numerous executions due to Witch-hunt in his duchy.

His residence as crown prince was the ancient fortified Wittelsbach seat Trausnitz Castle in Landshut.

William V, Marquess of Montferrat

William married Judith or Ita von Babenberg, daughter of Leopold III of Austria and Agnes of Germany, sometime before March 28, 1133.

His eldest surviving son, Conrad, was taken prisoner by Barbarossa's Chancellor, Archbishop Christian of Mainz, but then captured the chancellor in battle at Camerino.

William V, Prince of Orange

Many Patriots fled to the North of France, around Saint-Omer, in an area where Dutch was spoken.

William V. Chappell, Jr.

The Port Orange Causeway, spanning the Halifax River, in Port Orange, Florida, was named the Congressman William V. Chappell Jr. Memorial Bridge by the Florida Legislature in 1989.

Chappell was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1989).

William V. Pratt

During his tenure, he also helped Coast Guard Commandant Harry G. Hamlet in discouraging President Franklin D. Roosevelt from merging the Navy and Coast Guard.

He commanded a battleship division in 1923–1925 and was President of the court of inquiry that examined the 8 September 1923 Honda Point Disaster.

William V. Skall

He received nine Oscar nominations and won once, sharing Best Cinematography (color) with Joseph Valentine and Winton Hoch in 1949 for Joan of Arc.

William V. Wheeler

William V. Wheeler was born in 1845 to Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth Stubbs Wheeler in West Elkton, Ohio.

Wheeler kept in touch and remained close with family from his mother’s side; his aunt, Elvira Stubbs Pray, her four children, and her husband, who was a renowned Quaker preacher, gave Wheeler a Bible that he would later carry with him into the American Civil War.

Yoshimasa Hayashi

In the United States, he was a staffer for U.S. Representative Stephen L. Neal and U.S. Senator William V. Roth, Jr..


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