Holland and Zeeland are on the verge…

July 1584 CE

Holland and Zeeland are on the verge of offering the title of count to William when he is assassinated on July 10, 1584, at Delft, by Balthasar Gérard, a fanatical young Roman Catholic from Franche-Comté, spurred by the promises of the ban of Philip II.

His last words are a prayer for the people he had tried for so long to lead.

The family seat of Breda being now in enemy hands, he is buried in the New Church at Delft.

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Delft Zuid-Holland Netherlands View →

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Philip II of Spain View → William I, “the Silent”, Prince of Orange View →

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Christians, Roman Catholic View → Calvinists View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Netherlands, Southern (Spanish) View → Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View →

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Protestant Reformation View → Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival) View → Eighty Years War (Netherlands, or Dutch, War of Independence) View →

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