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Upon inheriting the Principality of Orange, William of Nassau gained 16 countships, 2 margravates, 50 baronies, and 300 smaller estates across Europe.
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The biography of William the Silent is one of the episode's great set pieces. Born in 1533 as the eldest son of the impoverished Count of Nassau in Germany — a Lutheran household with almost no prospects — the young William was catapulted into unimaginable wealth in 1544 when a distant cousin, the Prince of Orange, died childless at a French siege. [1] — Tom Holland "William inherited 300+ estates and 16 countships: Upon inheriting the Principality of Orange, William of Nassau gained 16 countships, 2 mar…" 24:30 The inheritance was staggering: the sovereign Principality of Orange in France, a quarter of Brabant including Antwerp, 3 Italian principalities, 16 countships, 2 margravates, 50 baronies, and 300 smaller estates. The price was conversion to Catholicism, which William agreed to in roughly 3 seconds. Charles V then took him under his wing at the Brussels court, and by 1555 — when Charles dramatically leaned on the 22-year-old William's arm during his abdication ceremony — the Prince of Orange had become the most glamorous figure in the Habsburg train. [2] — Tom Holland "Dutch Republic proclaimed 1588: The United Provinces of the Netherlands — the Dutch Republic — formally came into existence in 1588, follow…" 07:57 By 1559, Philip II appointed him Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht: the Habsburg's most trusted man in the core Dutch provinces.
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