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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.

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.

Johan de witt deserves an episode

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

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

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.

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

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

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 KZfaq I hope you continue on this and I learn something new every video from you .

James Wolfe the hero of Quebec would be a interesting profile

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

Very well done enjoyed this immensely thank you

Love this narrator

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

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

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

Superb as always! Not the most likable monarch, but interesting and complex.

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.

I’ve been waiting for this episode!!

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.

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 🧐❓

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 ?

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

Ho Chi Minh, please!

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

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

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.

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

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.

Very informative

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Actually house of Nassau.. Germans are everywhere

He is known as King Billy.

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

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.

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) .

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

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?

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

To the little gentleman in black velvet 🍷🥃

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

You aint much if you aint dutch!

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

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The orange sash is still worn

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

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

Its Stadhouder nit Stadholder which means citykeeper

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.

Check the guys track record

Clearly England belongs to the oranges. Give it back.

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 🤷‍♀️

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.

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

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

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.

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

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