Count Maurice of Nassau, a son of…

January 1590 CE

Count Maurice of Nassau, a son of William the Silent and Princess Anna of Saxon, only sixteen when his father was murdered in Delft in 1584, had soon taken over as stadtholder (Stadhouder), though this title was not inheritable (the monarchs of England and France had refused, and there simply was no one else to take the job).

Supported by Oldenbarnevelt, he had in 1585 become stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland, and in 1590 of Guelders, Overijssel and Utrecht

Appointed captain-general of the army in 1587, bypassing the Earl of Leicester, who had returned to England on hearing this news, Maurice has reorganized the army together with Willem Lodewijk, studied military history, strategy and tactics, mathematics and astronomy.

He will prove himself to be among the best strategists of his age.

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The Hague > 's-Gravenhage Zuid-Holland Netherlands View →

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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt View → Maurice of Nassau View →

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Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View →

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