See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

FREDERICK See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY (1584-1647)  , See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange, the youngest See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William the Silent, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DELFT

Delft about six months before his See also:

• FATHER

father's assassination on the 29th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1584 . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother, See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

Louise de See also:

• COLIGNY, GASPARD DE (1519-1572)

Coligny, was daughter of the famous Huguenot See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral de Coligny, and was the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth wife of William the Silent . The boy was trained to arms by his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice of See also:

• NASSAU

Nassau, one of the first generals of his See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Maurice in 1625, See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry succeeded him in his paternal dignities and estates, and also in the stadtholderates of the five provinces of See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, See also:

• ZEELAND (or ZEALAND)

Zeeland, See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht, See also:

• OVERYSEL, or OVERYSSEL

Overysel and See also:

• GELDERLAND (Guelders)
• GELDERLAND, GELDERS

Gelderland, and in the important posts of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain and admiral-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union . Frederick Henry proved himself scarcely inferior to his brother as a general, and a far more capable statesman and politician . During twenty-two years he remained at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of affairs in the See also:

• UNITED

United Provinces, and in his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the stadtholderate reached its highest point . The " See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

Period of Frederick Henry," as it is usually styled by Dutch writers, is generally accounted the See also:

• GOLDEN

golden age of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic . It was marked by See also:

• GREAT

great military and See also:

• NAVAL

naval triumphs, by See also:

• WORLD

world-wide maritime and commercial expansion, and by a wonderful outburst of activity in the domains of See also:

• ART

art and literature . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief military exploits of Frederick Henry were the sieges and captures of Hertogenbosch in 1629, of See also:

• MAASTRICHT, or MAESTRICI3T

Maastricht in 1632, of See also:

• BREDA

Breda in 1637, of Sas See also:

• VAN

van See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent in 1644, and of Hulst in 1645 . During the greater See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration the See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France against See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain had been the See also:

• PIVOT (Fr. pivot; probably connected with Ital. pivolo, peg, pin, diminutive of piva, pipa, pipe)

pivot of Frederick Henry's See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign policy, but in his last years he sacrificed the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French alliance for the See also:

• SAKE

sake of concluding a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace with Spain, by which the United Provinces obtained from that power all the advantages for which they had for eighty years been contending . Frederick Henry died on the 14th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1647, and was buried with great pomp beside his father and brother at Delft . The treaty of See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster, ending the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long struggle between the Dutch and the Spaniards, was not actually signed until the 3oth of January 1648, the illness and death of the See also:

• STADTHOLDER (Du. stadhouder, a delegate or representative)

stadtholder having caused a delay in the negotiations .

Frederick Henry was married in 1625 to Amalia von Solms, and See also:

• LEFT

left one son, William II. of Orange, and four daughters . Frederick Henry left an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns in his Memoires de See also:

• FREDERIC, HAROLD (1856-1898)

Frederic See also:

• HENRI

Henri (See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, 1743) . See See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge Mod . His:. vol. iv. See also:

• CHAP

chap . 24, and the bibliography on p . 931 . See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta (1719–1772), daughter of Frederick II., See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe-See also:

• GOTHA

Gotha, a union which was welcomed by his parents, but which led to further trouble between father and son . See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George proposed to allow the prince £5o,000 a See also:

• YEAR

year; but this sum was regarded as insufficient by the latter, whose See also:

• APPEAL

appeal to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament was unsuccessful . After the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of his first child, Augusta, in 1737, Frederick was ordered by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king to quit St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James' See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace, and the foreign ambassadors were requested to refrain from visiting him, The relations between the two were now worse than before . In 1745 George II. refused to allow his son to command the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army against the See also:

• JACOBITES (from Lat. Jacobus, James)

Jacobites . On the loth of March 1951 the prince died in See also:

• LONDON

London, and was buried in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . He left five sons and two daughters .

The sons were George (afterwards King George III.), See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, duke of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York and See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany (1739-1767), William Henry, duke of See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester and See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh (1743–1805), Henry Frederick, duke of Cumber-See also:

• LAND

land (1745-1790), and Frederick William (1750–1765) ; the daughters were Augusta (1737–1813), wife of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles William See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand,dukeof See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick,and See also:

• CAROLINE
• CAROLINE (1683-1737)

Caroline See also:

• MATILDA (1046-1115)
• MATILDA (1102-1164)

Matilda (1751–1775), wife of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian VII., king of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark . See See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• HERVEY, JAMES (1714–1758)

Hervey of Ickworth, See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the Reign of George II., edited by J . W . See also:

• CROKER, JOHN WILSON (1780-1857)
• CROKER, RICHARD (1843– )
• CROKER, THOMAS CROFTON (1798-1854)

Croker (London, 1884) ; See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole, Memoirs of the Reign of George II . (London, 1847) ; and See also:

• SIR

Sir N . W . See also:

• WRAXALL, SIR NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1751-1831)

Wraxall, Memoirs, edited by H . B . See also:

• WHEATLEY, FRANCIS (1747–1801)

Wheatley, vol. i . (London, 1884) .