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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Barons of Heemstra, Barons of Reede, Barons of Voorst tot Voorst, Lord of Giessen-Oudkerk, Lords of Breda, Lords of Sint-Aldegonde, Lords of Zuid-Polsbroek, William III of England, William the Silent, William V, Prince of Orange, Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, William II, Prince of Orange, John William Friso, Prince of Orange, William IV, Prince of Orange, Cornelis de Graeff, Pieter de Graeff, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, Philip Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, House of Bentinck, Godert de Ginkell, 1st Earl of Athlone, Gerrit de Graeff van Zuid-Polsbroek, Henry III of Nassau-Breda, Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst, Philip William, Prince of Orange, Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg, Johan de Graeff, Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg, Charles de Ferrieres, House of Bylandt, Rene of Chalon, House of Wassenaer, Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst, Van Boetzelaer, Charles-Bernard van de Werve, Charles-Henri van de Werve, Schimmelpenninck, Van Heeckeren, Van Heemstra, Van Coeverden, Van Lynden. Excerpt: William III & II (4 November 1650 - 8 March 1702) (Dutch: ) was a sovereign Prince of Orange by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange (Dutch: ) over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland. By coincidence, his regnal number (III) was the same for both Orange and England. As King of Scotland, he is known as William II. He is informally known in Northern Ireland and Scotland as "King Billy." A member of the House of Orange-Nassau, William won the English, Scottish, and Irish crowns following the Glorious Revolution, in which his uncle and father-in-law, James II & VII, was ...