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Orange’s second, son, Maurice, a child of …
Years: 1584 - 1584
July
Orange’s second, son, Maurice, a child of William's disastrous marriage to the schizophrenic Anna of Saxony and delicate as a youth, had been shuffled from place to place during the years of his father's struggle against Spanish tyranny.
His boyhood had been further overshadowed by the desertion and betrayal of his father by former allies and finally by William's assassination in 1584.
These experiences have deepened his natural reserve, leaving him suspicious of friends as well as of enemies.
Maurice is still a student at the newly founded University of Leiden, but ...
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- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- Netherlands, Southern (Spanish)
- Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
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- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Eighty Years War (Netherlands, or Dutch, War of Independence)
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Years: 1584 - 1584
July
Locations
People
Groups
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- Netherlands, Southern (Spanish)
- Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
Topics
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Eighty Years War (Netherlands, or Dutch, War of Independence)
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions