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The name of several historical people. | The name of several historical people, most of them are better known under the Dutch version of the name: Willem. | ||
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The name of several historical people, most of them are better known under the Dutch version of the name: Willem.
There are five Stadtholders in the Dutch Republic and three kings in the subsequent Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Willem I of Orange is more commonly known as William the Silent.
- Willem II of Orange
- Willem III is better known as king William III of Orange (1650-1702) because he became king of England in 1688
- Willem IV
- Willem V had to flee the Netherlands in 1795
- After the French Revolution the son of Willem V returned to the Netherlands and became king Willem I
- His son was king Willem II
- and grandson king Willem III