Examples of stadtholder in the following topics:
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The Glorious Revolution
- His daughter Mary, a Protestant and the wife of William of Orange, a Dutch stadtholder, or steward, was previously the heir to the throne.
- Some of the most influential leaders of the Tories united with members of the opposition Whigs and set out to resolve the crisis by inviting William of Orange to England, which the stadtholder, who feared an Anglo-French alliance, had indicated as a condition for a military intervention.
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The Glorious Revolution
- The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William of Orange and his wife Mary that resulted in the eventual regulation of the respective powers of Parliament and the Crown in England.
- William was also stadtholder of the main provinces of the Dutch Republic.
- It is still a matter of controversy whether the initiative for the conspiracy was taken by the English or by the stadtholder and his wife.
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William of Orange and the Grand Alliance
- 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, and Scotland from 1689 until his death.