King William III - Prince of Orange Documentary

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[@allenraysmith6885]

❤Great documentary! Thank you for posting!❤❤❤

[@legendborntoday8403]

Why don't you make playlists for old and new clips? Because sometimes it is difficult to find old clips Thank you for your videos This is awesome great work stay safe You are one of the best channels on KZbin I hope you continue on this and I learn something new every video from you .

[@johanvanangeren6150]

Thanks for this great video. I live in Hellevoetsluis, the port town in which William left with a huge fleet to England. It must have been an impressive sight. Greetings from Holland.

[@pierre8654]

Johan de witt deserves an episode

[@pierre8654]

@@theon9575 ​@theon9575 the fact that not many people know about him outside of the Netherlands is more reason to make a video. He and others like Grotius or oldenbarnevelt belonged to a movement that profoundly shaped the modern world. Huygens deserves a video of his own as well, truly one of the greatest, most interesting intellectuals and scientists in history, doesn't get the attention and praise he deserves.

[@mariusb5150]

I second that. The greatest European stateman from his period.

[@TheEvertw]

A documentary of extraordinary quality, about one of the most significant periods in world history, where the expansion of the Spanish and French empires were halted, and the foundation of the English empire was laid! I have learned many things. Though I was aware of many of the facts, this documentary does a great job at making the connections. This is why I LOVE YT.

[@laneoswego6989]

Very well done enjoyed this immensely thank you

[@roelienpostma2367]

This documentary is so insightful! As a Dutch person for the first time i can envision him as a person! You make history fun!

[@darylwayne5307]

I appreciate the tenor and tone of your work, a methodical deliberate presentation of the events/timeline. However, I would have thought that the relationship between William and the Bank of England with the City of London would reveal the less obvious power relationships that were primary motive forces in the real politics of the period. Outstanding narration, immensely listenable. Cheers

[@marei7290]

William of orange was one of the most important "leaders" of the english people, and as you elaborated, by containing the french ambitions he practically is the founder of the english hegemony of the seventeenth century.

[@franciscolima1762]

Forgive my Portuguese interference here, but what's with the "leaders?"

[@marei7290]

@@franciscolima1762 I mean with leader " a king, a queen, a prince, a military commander , a revolutionist, a prime minister >>>

[@jemoedermeteensnor88]

@@franciscolima1762 Probably because William wasn't the king or president of the Netherlands but something in between. The Dutch title Stadholder was 1 weird and 2 not known or comparable to any other position in any another country.

[@nickjung7394]

Isn't Max Jaffa a descendent of his?

[@DenUitvreter]

@@jemoedermeteensnor88 It used to be the postion of steward to the king for the Netherlands, but the promising German noble appointed in that position, William of Nassau, came to lead the rebels who claimed that the king had become a tyrant by trampling on their inalienable rights, including the right so serve god according to one's conscience, religious freedom therefore, and had therefore left the legitimate throne of the Netherlands. So the States as Dutch parliaments were called, were now the ones giving the mandate to steward the Netherlands to the same stadtholder. It was all a bit of an improvisation because they didn't have a worked out set of republican ideals or something, other than those civil rights and the rights of cities and provinces to manage their own affairs. His son Maurits as a brilliant military leader solidified that position after being appointed stadtholder by the States, but the raadspensionaris Van Oldenbarneveldt, not a noble, was also in power and they worked together greatly for a while. So it was never a fixed position with fixed authority, and the result of circumstances and personal competence and merit.

[@Votmeyer]

"You are on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of Stadtholder."

[@frankwitte1022]

"Take a seat, young Orange!"

[@jameswolfe9451]

James Wolfe the hero of Quebec would be a interesting profile

[@thomasdonovan3580]

Try saying that in a Québécois Pub

[@jameswolfe9451]

@@thomasdonovan3580 Not something I would try on my best day, I would add Montclam would a great profile also.

[@Aiden-v7o]

Love the video can you do more World War 2 profiles❤

[@brunolima7402]

Glad you're featuring lesser known figures instead of world war 2 related figures... there are way more interesting parts of human history besides world war 2. Love this narrator. Thanks for the video.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your English monarchs videos! Please do Queen Anne next!

[@fortunatemarrapodi]

My daughter attends William and Mary University, which was founded in 1693, in Williamsburg, Virginia. The second oldest University after Harvard in the United States.

[@markwithak2055]

First (modern) regime change by Dutch William III of Orange invading Britain, and founding the bank of England with a small group of financiers. British call it the glorious revolution of 1688 ;-)

[@mihaiazimioara6591]

Excellent and thorough production, as expected from this channel!! However, Bonnie Prince Charlie could have been briefly mentioned as the last Catholic pretender to the British crown.

[@PeoplewithHatsGaming]

I’ve been waiting for this episode!!

[@ashgangtv2675]

Love this narrator

[@ebierekoroye2327]

I do too!

[@eindusseldorfer]

Great programme. Excellent narrator. Please note: At 19:43 in the video it is said "....to extend France's Western Border ......" . Should it not be : France's Eastern border ?

[@ethanramos4441]

“People in Parliament occupy themselves with private animosities and petty quarrels, and think little of the national interest. It impossible to credit the serene indifferent indifference with which they consider events outside their own country” William III of England and Prince of Orange

[@jec1ny]

One of the most important accomplishments of William's reign, which would have enormous long term significance for Britain's development as both a major political and economic power, was the passage of the Tonnage Act of 1694 which, among other things, established the Bank of England. The Bank received its Royal Charter on July 27, of that year. The BofE is generally recognized as the world's first national central bank, and it had a massive influence on stabilizing Britain's national debt and currency, thus contributing to a highly stable economy in a world where such was not altogether common. This was accomplished chiefly by minimizing the risks of a sovereign debt crisis which was a common event among the various European kingdoms of that era.

[@Raadpensionaris]

One of the many Dutch things William brought over

[@jemoedermeteensnor88]

True very overlooked and important economical change, but the introduction to the stock exchange was probably the number 1 change.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

YES! The co-monarch of Mary II thanks For this! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@JordanKahele]

Yep that's it right there!

[@maryen65]

Love the way you speak the Dutch names

[@alisonjudithbailey9125]

King William III is much underrated. He set up British constitutional monarchy through the Declaration of Right, albeit against his will, built Kensington Palace at speed and the Baroque extension to Hampton Court. He gave Whitehall Palace to the government and civil service where it remains to this day.

[@theon9575]

It's misleading to suggest here that the originally- French House of Orange title was his family's traditional heritage. Not so !! The first line of Het Wilhelmus, our national anthem, says it clearly: 'Wilhelmus van Nassau, ben ik van Duitsen bloed!' The Orange title had been much more-lately bequeathed & tacked on by William the Silent, Father of the Dutch Fatherland, from his nephew, René van Chalon, who had married a Princess from the French House. William himself was of the Nassau family which had an important base in Breda (in now-Netherlands) but its true base, roots, tradition, wealth & influence derived from the powerful (now) German Nassau family. The princely Orange title was added later, really, and then he was properly referred to as "Willem III of Oranje-Nassau". The Nassau-bit was dropped MUCH later by the family when Wilhelmina became Queen (because it was a male-only line), when it would have finally became correct as you say,"Willam of Orange." Not here, though! It's not trivial in a vid focussing on English/Dutch King Billy's origins, because they were really (Lutheran) Nassau in what's now Germany. Not Orange in distant Southern France. Remiss in a video on him not to mention he was a Nassau 🧐❓

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

thank you for this information !

[@MrElstef]

When the Nassau line died after the death of King Willem III of The Netherlands is also the moment the Dutch royal family lost the title as Grand Duches of Luxembourg because that went to the next male in line another branche of the Nassaus

[@theon9575]

🧐. Yes, indeed. And it was a close shave for the House of Orange, too. Because, if Wilhelmina had not been born as the last gasp of Koning Willem III, or if those are right who these days point to evidence that he was not actually her biological father, then Henri, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, would be King of the Netherlands today.

[@LurganGoon91]

We have King William of Orange to thank for the civil and religious liberties we enjoy today.

[@chosenundead6376]

stfu no we dont he heavily repressed Catholics

[@iTammy]

My country, The Netherlands, our king’s name is Willem van Oranje! No joke!

[@bpeper1365]

@@chosenundead6376Catholics were scheming always for political power even when becoming a minority. If they recognised Protestant sovereigns they’d have lived in greater freedom.

[@janneman7710]

I wonder what effect it would have had on world history if Mary and William had had children? that might have made the Netherlands part of the UK

[@theon9575]

Or, for that matter, the UK could well have become part of the later Kingdom of the Netherlands, because it was a Dutch leader who saw off King James II, not the other way round. King William was, after all, just as English as he was Dutch, his wife Mary was the English Princess Royal, and the couple's focal palace became Het Loo (located in NL but largely financed by English taxpayers, as were his Dutch/English boyfriend's holdings conveniently nearby). The "Germans" including Victoria would never have ruled. The resolution of the Napoleonic Wars following Waterloo that resulted in the formation of The United Kingdom of The Netherlands (ie what is now NL, Belgium & Luxembourg) would have been in personal union with the UK (England Scotland & Wales) & would have formed a formidable country under 1 King, with far reaching consequences, and enormous colonial wealth when put together.

[@theon9575]

Mary did become pregnant once, but miscarried the child. So it was a close call.

[@willwhite1575]

Perhaps less well explored is if William had remarried after Mary's death and then had a child. He or she would have been the heir to the throne not Anne.

[@jemoedermeteensnor88]

It was already established that the house of Hannover would succeed. With pretty much the same agreement as the bill of rights. This wasn't that weird because the Dutch king was an elected position. The only reason that people of the house of Orange-Nassau was always "king" was because they knew their leader needed to have some prestige, since all monarchy's have that. (so also nephews instead of children could be elected for life). However with much struggle their child could claim both thrones and the differnces eventually would lead to internal collapse. The British empire as we have known it today would have been even more dominant. The only thing that was holding the Dutch down all their time was the lack of population.

[@jemoedermeteensnor88]

@@theon9575 The capital would probably moved to London at some point. Just like happened when the Franks conquered France. Which would always lead to a split in country.

[@TheJourneyman58]

I believe it was England and English before 1706/07 British were birthed when the signing of the political treaty with Scotland 1706 and treaty with England 1707 . The joining of the crowns had happened 103yrs earlier in 1603

[@karriehall1064]

He also signed the Bill of rights 1668.that gave us our English freedoms for all time never to be removed. the British have been trying to hide this ever since, starting in 1707.

[@robertalpy]

England had a bad habit of deposing English kings and inviting more maleable foreigners to hold the big seat. James didnt have any of his older brothers survival skills or the sense to keep his catholicism in his heart if he intended to rule a protestant people. Charles II was undoubtably Catholic. He waited till he was on his death bed to make it public. Had James been a little more secretive he might have lasted.

[@Wallace43266]

The modern politician will teach you that lying about your conscience is right if it keeps you in power for a few more years

[@B_men_apo]

One of the most powerful men ever

[@maviemac]

Canadian history was so boring i fell asleep in school but I'd love some history from my homeland!

[@theon9575]

It's not Canadian history that was boring 😂. It was your history teacher's inability to teach an interesting topic in an engaging way to uninterested students who needed more sleep!

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

I'm from the USA and we have some interesting history but I really really enjoyed learning more about European history than anything . if you're Canadian and I'm from the USA our ancestors essentially came from Europe .last year I took a Heritage DNA test and I am 59% English, 21% Southern Italian and Greek and 20% Eastern European that's all it said on my test but my daughter took another DNA test and hers said Romanian ..I wasn't expecting that at all so I was quite shocked to see anything from Eastern Europe /Romania , however my dad's grandmother and my great grandmother had a French maiden name so we thought she was French but she was actually Southern Italian and Romanian .Now that I think back about her looks she definitely looked More Southern Italian and possibly Romanian because she had very dark hair and eyes and somewhat Olive colored skin , which fortunately I inherited. my mom's family were straight up and down English all the way .dad's family were here in the colonies prior to the Revolutionary War .

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

​@@theon9575most likely so because here in the USA we learned about Canadian history and I thought it was pretty interesting.we have the revolution a couple hundred years after becoming a colony of Britain, but even up to World War II I believe Canada was still part of the UK . when did Canada gain total independence from the United Kingdom ?

[@theon9575]

@@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 .... mmm I think we're talking about 2 different things. It's not history itself that is interesting or uninteresting, but our own interests and attitudes that see it so. Your own background, age, what you're curious about determine what you think is interesting. In Canada, the history of white & European, the English & French squabbles to take-over the land and settlement in the last few hundred years bores you, but I find the history of the few thousand years BEFORE that, of the First Nations, who were they and how they got there, very interesting, because it's anthropology. On the other side, I know & work with some Chinese people living in the USA and they find European history trivial and not interesting. It's about you, not the history. History is just the story where you seek to understand yourself and "where you're coming from". That's the joy of it.

[@nicfreedman9873]

I live in Orange, named for the price of orange……👌🏼

[@bteuben-faber8215]

I enjoy watching this video and listen to the thoughtful comment. But I think in those century, it was more about religion than we can imagine. Louis XIV held a totalitairian regime, sponsored by Rome. The Reformation however, lead to leading while SERVING their people. Like the late Queen Elizabeth II. The de Witt-brothers were lacking the same reformed vision, because they belonged to a faction of 'formal believers', without giving up their actual own status or utilitarian political views. They don't trust in God before anything else; they trust in themselves and after that, will God a bit of formal credits. Although their murder was a total disgrace! Thank you for making and sharing this video! From Holland with ❤

[@theresasurley]

I agree that William of Orange was instrumental in keeping Louie in check

[@vlissinger]

Wonderfull documentaire !

[@energylightfrequency765]

Excellent Narration ;-)

[@priscillawrites6685]

I’m a direct descendant of William of Orange. Fascinating to hear his story. Thank you.

[@reneeyanak5739]

I am too nice to meet you.

[@williamduncanson3934]

NO YOU ARE NOT. The documentary brought out he died without an heir - childless, sorry.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

The Dutch invasion and coup of 1688 changed Britain. It gave us constitutional monarchy, a new royal family, merger with Scotland, 125 yrar war with France, the Bank of England, the National Debt, Canals, improved agriculture, a bigger better Navy and Gin.

[@tig3662]

Acts of Union was in Queen Anne's era and King William had little doing in forming a constitutional monarchy. That was Parliament. English navy was already expanding before this as well.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

@tig3662 Didn't stop the Dutch Armada of 530 ships bringing 36,000 troops though did it? Between 1688 and 1730 Britain went Dutch. I said the Dutch. Not King William III.

[@antoniocarlosjunior4688]

Ho Chi Minh, please!

[@theon9575]

Yes, and then the whole truth and nothing but the truth, please, about this extraordinary man who led his people in a war against the United States and WON‼️

[@Raadpensionaris]

Should have mentioned English naval defeats in the Third Anglo-Dutch War. It explains why parliament gave up hope of a quick victory. The narrative of the Glorious Revolution is also told from a very Anglo-centric perspective. Nothing about Dutch concerns for a second Anglo-French invasion and it is debatable how representative the Immortal seven were. And the British army and navy did want to fight. The navy just failed to intercept the Dutch fleet, while the army fell apart after James II fled

[@katherinecollins4685]

Very informative

[@waltertaljaard1488]

He was first and foremost a good politician and diplomat, who also seemed to be quite brave in battle. The fact that the later Frederick II of Prussia saw him as an example can be regarded as a testimony.

[@Raadpensionaris]

He was brave to the point of craziness. But his calvinism probably helped him to be so brave. He strongly felt that he was destined by God for his tasks

[@ImranSharif-hv6mn]

I’d hope to see a documentary of king Hassan the 2nd. I’ve watched most of you’re documentary’s and I would love to see a Moroccan based documentary.

[@miyojewoltsnasonth2159]

Oh, yes, William ... the beginnings of the Orange Order parades in Northern Ireland.

[@gamelot12093]

It's unfortunate the increase in Representative government came at the expense of religious toleration.

[@giselavaleazar8768]

In fact, one could say that William was one of the writers of the letter to himself. I believe it was not so long time ago discovered that he kind of dictated what should be in there.

[@iwatchDVDsonXbox360]

Thanks, but i feel like "conqueror of Britain" would have been a flashier title.)

[@herbertvonsauerkrautunterh2513]

Actually house of Nassau.. Germans are everywhere

[@EGChurchofChrist]

It seems he did well in a very difficult period. Was the reign of William and Mary and William alone viewed as one or two reigns?

[@kittykatz4001]

Hi, I’m new here. Is this “Slender Billy,” from the battle of Waterloo?

[@JohnAnderson-ss9vn]

it's quite odd that britain had a dutch monarch in william then a raft of hanoverian monarchs thereafter

[@passantNL]

It's not that odd. At the time, you wanted a king from a powerful family that could make your country stronger, and preferably someone whose interests aligned with yours. So a king from a powerful and well-connected Protestant family in Germany must have looked good to them. Don't forget, nations weren't a thing, you didn't owe loyalty to a country, but only to a person, who was the King.

[@francesmcdonald1812]

If it hadn't been for William and Mary of Orange , we wouldn't have the 1688 Bill of Rights.

[@Lasoundmusiq]

Prince Mauricio Nassau a Prince of Orange was the Govenor of North East Dutch Brasil. His mother was a Danish-German Princess. Prince Nassau sailed with Danish colar of the Elepfant Order Danish monarque. Prince Nassau sended about 18-23 paintings to the Royal King of Denmark King Frederic 3th. Today the Albert Eckhout Dutch paintings of Brasil since 1600 century are transferred from Mauristadt Recife Ricardo Brennand Castle Museum to The Danish National Museum. Prins Nassau was part of the Royal Dutch Family House of Orange and his Danish German mother Princess Margrethe Nassau was from the Royal Oldenburg Family. Prince Nassau in Hollandese Brasil has a huge importance. He builded Recife Mauristad and Olinda was New Hollandia also known as Nova Amsterdam in North East Brasil. Today the city hold bridges build by Prince Nassau of Orange. Many schools and universities bear his name in Brasil. Prince Mauricio Nassau of Siegen is actually one of the Biggest history in Dutch Brasil. English infuence in North East Brasil was James Lancaster a privateur sailer for Queen Elisabeth 1th, James Lancaster who captured Recife the introducer of Hamlet Prince of Denmark in year 1607 on the ship Red Dragon.

[@roelienpostma2367]

Wow, so interesting, i hope you have positive feelings about the past Dutch influence!

[@jamesoneill2933]

To the little gentleman in black velvet 🍷🥃

[@johnbennett960]

Superb,and very informative video.,¿W & M. gave us our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, ending Monarchy by Divine Right, and this Bill of Rights,taken by the Pilgrim Father's to the 13 colonies in America later became the foundation of the American Constitution.

[@VDP207]

Noooo, that's Dustin Hoffman in a wig. Yeah, definitely Hoffman;)

[@jamesoneill2933]

There is perhaps even more in your well observed comment than even you realise. Good king Vilheim had certain, proclivities, if I may plagerise please. Tootsie.

[@jamesfohare]

He as was never crowned King like Prinze Phillip of Greese who married Queen Elizabeth

[@JordanKahele]

Charles II had no children, and the crown passed to his brother James II and was declared, Roman Catholic. The English, however, they assumed James II would be succeeded by his Protestant daughter, Mary, and her husband William of Orange. By the way, in 1685 James II that time had no sons. In 1689, Parliament formally offered, the crown to William and Mary. And because both of them had no child, parliament passed an act of settlement in 1701 to regulate succession to the crown. However, the crown was to go to, Anne, younger sister of Mary. And if, Anne, dies without a child. The crown, was to go to Protestant Sophia of Hanover, or her issue . Sophia was grand-daughter of JAmes I, the Roman Catholic son of James II was, nevertheless, excluded from the crown. In 1714 the crown passed to Sophi's son, who became known as King George I.. I may have to watch the video..

[@peet4921]

''His father at the time of Williams birth, was executed 2 years earlier''

[@bpeper1365]

Yeah wtf

[@tillylovesholland1161]

Belgium was one of the liw countries together with Luxemburg. Nowedays they still hve a bond called the Benelux

[@DenUitvreter]

There used to be 17 Netherlands, 7 split off in the Dutch Republic, the Southern Netherlands bottled it and remained Spanish Netherlands. That was later to become Belgium, the latinized name for all of the Netherlands was Belgica, and the Northern low countries took the name Republic of the seven United Netherlands first, and later just Netherlands. Belgium was French language dominated back than, so not much of an issue.

[@JohnTerblanche-l1r]

33:15 these colonists were only 30y into it, they were still considered Dutch subjects up until the early 18th century when they became British 'subjects'. Boer (farmer) is a profession not and identity historically speaking. In 1707 Hendrik Biebouw (Bibault), a 1st generation huegenot I assume called himself an 'Africaander' which is when we first started seeing seperate identity other than Dutch. Boer only came during Anglo-Boer war, when Brits labeled us this. As a side note, my ancestors aren't from the two so called boer republics, they're from eastern part of cape colony (eastern cape) and up until the union in 1910 and little aftwards they could still speak Dutch pretty well maybe not perfect but passebly, my great grandma who lived during this time even had a dutch children's book which was printed in England a little before she was born, which I have now. There's virtually no difference between boer and Afrikaner today. (Only on social media, which tells you something). But historically speaking dont confuse an profession with an chosen shared identity of Africaander (Afrikaner) .

[@therabman_5606]

The orange sash is still worn

[@alexgrayafc49]

For god and ulster 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@jamesoneill2933]

Yes there was a photo of a rather dashing Jeffrey Donaldson, in today's Sunday World, sporting a sash , his father's presumably. It's nice to retain such heirlooms in the family so to speak.

[@jamesoneill2933]

No now I wouldn't have said he was gay , but if I'd dropped a shilling in front of him , I'd have kicked it for three miles before I'd bend to pick it up.

[@therabman_5606]

@@jamesoneill2933 yeah it is beautiful, almost as beautiful as the ones worn by all the Catholic clergy who have touched up youths, Paudie McGahon kiddy fiddler, Jerry Adam’s covered up his brother fiddling his kids and that’s not to mention Glasgow’s very own Celtic and all their abuse claims

[@alexgrayafc49]

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[@moraesneto9508]

Why they/you say no surrender? For who? For what?

[@domsmithsen]

Why the union jack flag he was Dutch lol

[@alexgrayafc49]

@@domsmithsen he was the king of Britain you absolute clown lol

[@isisnmagic1812]

​@@domsmithsenin Scotland they or some still celebrate him with the Orange Order March every year.

[@isisnmagic1812]

​@@domsmithsendont confuse him with facts, some English folk think England starts at Jobn O'Groats. 😅😅

[@MarcusReineck-f6o]

Hi there, here is KAISER, son of Wilhelm, son of KAISER Wilhelm the THIRD Best wishes to the UK Sincerely, MARCUS (ONLY, no title PLEASE)

[@Anakunus]

What...? So William III and his wife were joint rulers, both acting as ruling monarchs... and that's why his title was "king" instead of "prince", is that it? If it is, 'tis strange, as I thought that by the constitution of England there can be only one ruling monarch at a time.

[@keithradley5265]

He is one of the reasons that Prince Phillip and Prince Albert were never made king.

[@nunguyen6527]

But prince Philip and Albert didn't have had a very strong claim to English throne like William III. William III was a legitimate grandson of Charles I. He's 3rd in line of English throne after Mary II, Anne and her children.

[@keithradley5265]

@@nunguyen6527 He was a pain the neck. His contemporaries new him as the Dutch Bastard. He stirred up problems in Ireland.

[@tillylovesholland1161]

Its Stadhouder nit Stadholder which means citykeeper

[@arnoroorda3201]

No! It has nothing to do with citykeeper or cityholder its a bastardisation from the German Statthalter wich means holder in sted of or instead of So the title is second in command or Deputy

[@DenUitvreter]

Orignally it was the Dutch name for the steward to the king for the Netherlands. The placeholdrer, what is literally translates to, because the king could not govern all the parts of his realm himself. That changed when he led the rebellion and told the king he had left the legitimate throne of the Netherlands by becoming a tyrant. He then got his mandate from the States, Dutch parliaments, and kept in this office.

[@DenUitvreter]

The Oranges as the most prominent Dutch noble family af pseudo-monarchs with a birth right to the office of stadtholder is not incorrect, but also not doing the situation justice. Basically William (I) of Orange was the stadtholder, so steward, to the king for the Netherlands, a good political career for an ambitious and promising young German noble like William. But he came to led the rebellion against his king, Philip II of Habsburg Spain, so he was steward without a king, but he kept doing is job for the rebels and the Dutch weren't republicans with a republican plan, so the States, the Dutch parliaments got more power, the raadspensionaris got more power, and the stadtholder retained his power in an improvised new form of government. They shaped those positions in the new government structure on personal merit and strength with the stadtholder now appointed by parliament instead of the king. His son Maurits turned out to be a great military leader and innovater exactly when the young Dutch Republic needed that most, in a for a while great working partnership with the very capable uniter Van Oldenbarneveldt, a commoner working for the States of Holland carving out the position of raadspensionaris as the most important political position. The power of the nobility had already declined very much in the land of water and merchants and the revolt and 80-years war accelerated that. So the Oranges were not on top of a pyramid of nobility, it was a politcal institution by itself, and not the product of Dutch nobility but of circumstances and competence. The Oranges and the Orangists became a force for a stronger union, while the Statists were fine with a lose federation that was dominated by Holland, which relied on the navy and flooding for defence rather than wanting to spend big on the army.

[@alexe8429]

Why does every video have to smear the person as gay? It is so ridiculous

[@jobertus660]

It is always surprising that English historiography differs from what national historiography indicates.

[@robertofranceschini2857]

not convinced about the "invitation to William van Oranje" from a number of English grandees. He had mobilized and was well on the way to invade with a large fleet colonial troops etc which he did - Hardly a Glorious Revolution more a full scale invasion and defeat for the English.

[@passantNL]

The fact that he was ready for an invasion sounds like a fine reason to send him an invitation. It would certainly help to let him know that he has allies there who will not oppose him.

[@msmolyansky]

Why there is no mention of John Churchill ( Grand Duke of Marlborough ) ?

[@Raadpensionaris]

@@pedanticradiator And he was only an Earl in this period

[@DavidBroadley-tw7ks]

That turncoat james looked after him made him a general gave him a Palace made him a rich man first thing he does when William lands he back stabs james changes sides take s about 400 men with the snide

[@cyndy2484]

So, Wales didnt have a king then?? Its always england, scotland and ireland and rarely a me tion of Wales. We are always forgotten. We may aswell go it alone 🤷‍♀️

[@DavidBroadley-tw7ks]

That's what you get for knocking out William Wallace at Falkirk with your longbow s no recognition

[@dregonzalez6815]

We’re is orange

[@kasiopeusgordon-clane110]

As a Dutch studies scholar, this is rather well done factually but does the narrator know any other adjective apart from “preeminent”?

[@123SLM123]

Clearly England belongs to the oranges. Give it back.

[@RexhepGashi-t5v]

Nje Histori interessante.

[@chrisderidder4087]

You aint much if you aint dutch!

[@darbyohara]

Or if you Dutch yaint much 😂

[@darbyohara]

Or if you Dutch yaint much 😂

[@monty1864]

Check the guys track record

[@TheJSRWII]

👍👍👍

[@Василиса-н6й]

1:11:11 t

[@DavidBroadley-tw7ks]

He had the mcdonalds slaughterd in there beds at glencoe he gave the order

[@simonmcshannon1209]

Good progranmes, lots of info...downside is the drowsy boring automated narration

[@passantNL]

It's not automated narration. Just watch the credits at the end.

[@hollingsworth_hound]

Homosexual would be the more historically accurate term rather than gay.

[@Yougottamovethis31]

Actually ‘homosexual’ wasn’t used until the 1860’s. One term used would be sodomite. Identity was different back then. It seems people didn’t self identify their sexuality as we do today. Sodomy was a crime written into law. It’s crass and reductive but I suppose man on man sex involving penetration was proof of a man’s attraction to other men. Today there is more nuance in people’s sexual identity.

[@hollingsworth_hound]

@@Yougottamovethis31 True, but I guess that for lack of a better term, "homosexual" has become the generic term in academic writing. "Gay" is an entirely 20th-century concept, and "sodomite" is of course a value-laden term that would have to be explained each time it's used outside of its particular legal context.

[@jakecavendish3470]

Billy tois

[@Steinstra-vj7wl]

Many of us Dutch today say that the brothers de Witt who were Republicans were responsible for the Golden Age, most likely the best rulers of our Country we ever had.

[@alfreddaniels3817]

They don’t look verymuch to the present king

[@KhaNguyen-k1z]

Sinh tu tong hop tai thanh pho vinh tinh nghe an het hoang thi kha tai xa nghi thiet nghi loc tinh nghe an het

[@Dishfire101]

These were not English Kings they were Norman Kings. After 1603 there were no English Kings or Queens last King of England was Henry 8th and last Queen of England was Elizabeth Ist, after 1603 the House of Stuart under King James 6th of Scotland took over England.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Queen Anne was 75% English. But only really second in line to the throne.

[@gregoryjones9546]

​@pedanticradiator1491 Correction,Henry 8's Son Was King Edward VI,The 6th. Queen Victoria's Son Was King Edward VII The 7th. Not Trying To Act Superior,Just Pointing Out The Mistake. I'm A Big History Fan BTW, Royalty Is A Specialty Of Mine.

[@gregoryjones9546]

​@@pedanticradiator Yes, Your CORRECT About The Stuarts, Originally Spelled Stewarts,They Came From A Family Of Normanized Bretons.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

@@gregoryjones9546 Henry VIII ,not Henry 8.

[@gregoryjones9546]

​@@stephfoxwell4620 You Are Correct,I Should've Used My Roman Numerals, It's Henry VIII.

[@barryschalkwijk9388]

Nice vid, but please stop whatever you're doing with the word rampjaar.

[@Yougottamovethis31]

I would like there to be a different narrator. Realise it’s a personal preference but I’m no fan of this accent. Dan Snow from history hit is better. Wouldn’t it cool if we could just choose our narrators. Where’s that technological advance? Come on nerd gods, make it so.

[@MikeHarland-m2g]

We have so many great kings. So why in my life time do I get useless Charles? Because of the hereditary system we now have. The system needs to chance so useless Charles could have been missed out.