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Frederick Henry (Dutch: Frederik Hendrik; 29 January 1584 – 14 March 1647) was the sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1625 until his death in 1647.
Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, count of Nassau was the third hereditary stadtholder (1625–47) of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, or Dutch Republic, the youngest son of William I the Silent and successor to his half-brother Maurice, prince of Orange.
Frederick Henry (r. 1625 – 47) was the third of William I's sons to succeed him as Prince of Orange. His reign was dominated by the Netherlands' ongoing struggle for independence from Catholic Spain, and for religious freedoms for Protestants.
Learn about the life and legacy of Frederick Henry, the stadtholder who conquered 's-Hertogenbosch in 1629. See how artists depicted his siege and his role in the Eighty Years' War.
Frederick Henry was the Dutch Governor (Stadholder) and hereditary Prince of Orange, but he wasn’t really ‘royal’, which is why the marriage in 1641 of his son, William II, to Charles I’s daughter, Mary, was so important.
Frederick Henry was the sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1625 until his death in 1647.
Frederick Henry, Dutch Frederik Hendrik, (born Jan. 29, 1584, Delft, Holland—died March 14, 1647, The Hague), Third hereditary stadtholder (1625–47) of the Dutch Republic. He succeeded his half brother, Maurice of Nassau, as prince of Orange and count of Nassau.
