Willem de Zwijger - Leiden, Zuid-Holland
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Willem de Zwijger painting at electricity substation at the Willem de Zwijgerlaan in Leiden.
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Waymark Code: WMGB9D
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 02/09/2013
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William I, Prince of Orange (24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), also widely known as William the Silent (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger), or simply William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of Nassau as Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau.
A wealthy nobleman, William originally served the Habsburgs as a member of the court of Margaret of Parma, governor of the Spanish Netherlands. Unhappy with the centralisation of political power away from the local estates and with the Spanish persecution of Dutch Protestants, William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his former masters. The most influential and politically capable of the rebels, he led the Dutch to several successes in the fight against the Spanish. Declared an outlaw by the Spanish king in 1580, he was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard (also written as "Gerardts") in Delft four years later.
Text at painting:
“Ik kan niet goedkeuren dat vorsten hun onderdanen het recht op geloof en religie ontnemen”
Unfortunately the entrance door has been replaced recently, no painting at the door anymore.
City: Leiden
Location Name: Willem de Zwijgerlaan
Artist: Rachid Hasjimi
Date: 2011
Media: spraypaint at brickwalls
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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