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The following Princes Of Orange were also known as William of Orange:
After the counts of Nassau inherited the principality, the following princes of Orange-Nassau (and stadtholders in the Netherlands) were also known as William of Orange:
- (1533-1584), Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau(-Dillenburg), Lord of Egmond, Count of Buren, founder of the House Orange-Nassau (and so known as ''William of Orange-Nassau''), Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht, later Stadtholder of Friesland, best known as ''' William The Silent ''' (In Dutch: "Willem de Zwijger"), also known as ''father of the fatherland'' (In Dutch: "vader des vaderlands"), ''Wilhelmus van Nassouwe'' (as in the Dutch National Anthem composed in his honour), and somewhat ambiguously as ''William I'' and as ''William I of Orange-Nassau'' (while that is also the correct name for the first king, see below).
- William II Of Orange-Nassau
- William III Of Orange-Nassau , (1650-1702), also king of England a.k.a. , William II Of Scotland ," King Billy ", and William Henry (In Dutch: "Willem Hendrik")
- William IV Of Orange-Nassau
- William V Of Orange-Nassau
The following kings of the Netherlands from the House of Orange-Nassau may also sometimes be known as William of Orange, particularly as the Heir Apparent to that throne is constitutionally Prince Of Orange :
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