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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
The House of Orange died out in the direct line, but a sideline (the Stadtholders of Friesland inherited the title.
- 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