#OTD
10th July 1584
William the Silent (William I of Orange) was assassinated at his home in Delft by a Catholic Frenchman called Balthasar Gérard.

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#WilliamI #WilliamofOrange #WilliamtheSilent #Dutch #Netherlands #HouseofOrangeNassau #History

After #AdriaenThomaszKey (ca.1545-after 1589)
Portrait of #WilliamtheSilent, Prince of Orange (1533-84), Stadtholder of Holland, etc, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1572-92
#AmsterdamMuseum
#WilliamofOrange #WillemvanOranje #WillemdeZwijger

Circle of #DirckBarendsz (1534-1592)
Portrait of #WilliamtheSilent, Prince of Orange (1533-84), Stadtholder of Holland, etc, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1582-92
#Rijksmuseum
#WilliamofOrange #WillemvanOranje #WillemdeZwijger

#AdriaenThomaszKey (ca.1545-after 1589)
Portrait of #WilliamtheSilent, Prince of Orange (1533-84), Stadtholder of Holland, etc, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1579
#Rijksmuseum
#WilliamofOrange #WillemvanOranje #WillemdeZwijger

#AntonisMor (1519-75)
Portrait of #WilliamtheSilent, Prince of Orange (1533-84), Stadtholder of Holland, etc, who was #BornOnThisDay
1555
Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
#WilliamofOrange #WillemvanOranje #WillemdeZwijger