- William III (also widely known as William of Orange) was the Prince of Orange, a principality in what is today southeastern France, and Stadholder...
- When in June 1688 prominent Protestant figures in England invited William of Orange to invade and become king, he gladly accepted.
- His father, William II of Orange, had just died of smallpox and his English mother, Mary, had her bedchamber swathed in black to mourn him.
- What did William of Orange do to Ireland? The ensuing battle, known as the Battle of the Boyne, is arguably the most famous event in Irish history, due to its...
- He was born Prince William Henry, at The Hague on November 4, 1650, eight days after the death of his father William II, Prince of Orange, ruler of the United...
- At the same time, a tradition was established associated with the restriction of royal power. This will be discussed in a brief biography of William III of Orange below.
- William was born in the Hague, the son of William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary Stuart, sister of Charles II and James VII/II of England.
- William III (1650–1702) was sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Dutch Stadtholder (de facto hereditary head of state) from 1672, and King of England, Ireland...
- William of Orange was the only Presbyterian to ever sit on England’s throne and he once-and-for-all established Great Britain for Protestantism.