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  , 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 (1567-1625), the second son 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, by See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna, only daughter of the famous 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, elector of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Dillenburg . At the 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 of his See also:

• FATHER

father's assassination in 1584 he was being educated at the university of See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, at the expense of the states 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 and See also:

• ZEELAND (or ZEALAND)

Zeeland . Despite his youth he was made See also:

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

stadtholder of those two provinces and See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . During the See also:

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

period of See also:

• LEICESTER
• LEICESTER, EARLS OF
• LEICESTER, ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL
• LEICESTER, ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF (1563-1626)
• LEICESTER, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE, EARL OF (1754-1842)

Leicester's governorship he remained in the background, engaged in acquiring a thorough knowledge of the military See also:

• ART

art, and in 1586 the States of Holland conferred upon him the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of prince . On the withdrawal of Leicester from the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1587, Johan See also:

• VAN

van See also:

• OLDENBARNEVELDT, JOHAN VAN (1547-1619)

Oldenbarneveldt, the See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of Holland, became the leading statesman of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, a position which he retained for upwards of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years . He had been a devoted adherent of William the Silent and he now used his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence to forward the interests of Maurice . In 1588 he was appointed by the States-See also:

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

General See also:

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

captain and See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral-general of the See also:

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

Union, in 1590 he was elected stadtholder of See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht and See also:

• OVERYSEL, or OVERYSSEL

Overysel, and in 1591 of See also:

• GELDERLAND (Guelders)
• GELDERLAND, GELDERS

Gelderland . From this time forward, Oldenbarneveldt 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 the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government and Maurice in command of the armed forces of the See also:

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

republic worked together in the task of rescuing the See also:

• UNITED

United Netherlands from See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish domination (for details see HOLLAND) . Maurice soon showed himself to be a general second in skill to none of his contemporaries . He was especially famed for his consummate knowledge of the See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science of sieges . The twelve years' truce on the gth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1609 brought to an end the cordial relations between Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt . Maurice was opposed to the truce, but the advocate's policy triumphed and henceforward there was enmity between them .

The theological disputes between the See also:

• REMONSTRANTS

Remonstrants and contra-Remonstrants found them on different sides; and the theological See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel soon became a See also:

• POLITICAL

political one . Oldenbarneveldt, supported by the states of Holland, came forward as the See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion of provincial See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty against that of the states-general; Maurice threw the See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of his See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword on the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the union . The struggle was a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short one, for the See also:

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

army obeyed the general who had so often led them to victory . Oldenbarneveldt perished on the See also:

• SCAFFOLD
• SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING (from the O. Fr. escafaut, originally escafalt, modern echafaud, a corruption of the Italian or Spanish calafalco, a platform, especially a canopy over a bier, a catafalque; this word is composed of O. Span. altar, O. Ital. catare, t

scaffold, and the See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share which Maurice had in securing the illegal condemnation by a packed See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges of the aged patriot must ever remain a stain upon his memory . Maurice, who had on the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

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

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip William, in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1618, become prince of Orange, was now supreme in the state, but during the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his See also:

• LIFE

life he sorely missed the See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise counsels of the experienced Oldenbarneveldt . See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out again in 1621, but success had ceased to accompany him on his See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns . His See also:

• HEALTH

health gave way, and he died, a prematurely aged See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, at the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague on the 4th of April 1625 . He was buried by his father's side at See also:

• DELFT

Delft .