Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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Page 91
... prince of Orange , with the Brunswickers and troops of Nassau , having the guards , under general Cocke , on the right , and the division of general Alten on the left . The left wing consisted of the divisions of Picton , Lambert and ...
... prince of Orange , with the Brunswickers and troops of Nassau , having the guards , under general Cocke , on the right , and the division of general Alten on the left . The left wing consisted of the divisions of Picton , Lambert and ...
Page 186
... prince of Or- ange by the death of his father , William II of Nassau . He was born in 1650. His mother was Henrietta ... Orange . Wil- liam lost , indeed , the battle of Senef , in 1674 , and that of St. Omer , in 1677 ; but he was ...
... prince of Or- ange by the death of his father , William II of Nassau . He was born in 1650. His mother was Henrietta ... Orange . Wil- liam lost , indeed , the battle of Senef , in 1674 , and that of St. Omer , in 1677 ; but he was ...
Page 187
... Orange possessions were divided between Prussia and Wil- lam's nearest cousin and testamentary heir , John Will . Friso , the prince of Nas- sau - Dietz , hereditary stadtholder of Fries- land and stadtholder of Gröningen , from whom ...
... Orange possessions were divided between Prussia and Wil- lam's nearest cousin and testamentary heir , John Will . Friso , the prince of Nas- sau - Dietz , hereditary stadtholder of Fries- land and stadtholder of Gröningen , from whom ...
Page 188
... prince of Orange , the founder of Dutch freedom , was the eldest son of William the Elder , count of Nassau , and Juliana , countess of Stolberg , and was born April 16 , 1533 , at the castle of Dil- lenburg , in the county of Nassau ...
... prince of Orange , the founder of Dutch freedom , was the eldest son of William the Elder , count of Nassau , and Juliana , countess of Stolberg , and was born April 16 , 1533 , at the castle of Dil- lenburg , in the county of Nassau ...
Page 189
... prince of Orange now took the field against Alva . He publicly professed the Protestant religion , and received aid in money and troops from several Protestant princes . With the army , which he had raised , his brothers Louis and ...
... prince of Orange now took the field against Alva . He publicly professed the Protestant religion , and received aid in money and troops from several Protestant princes . With the army , which he had raised , his brothers Louis and ...
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