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Prins Maurits
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9511527
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Title
Prins Maurits
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Serie 1
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Year
1906
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8 x 6.5 cm
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Maurits van Oranje (Dillenburg, 14 November 1567 – The Hague, 23 April 1625), Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau, was stadtholder and army commander of the Republic of the United Netherlands. Until he inherited the title Prince of Orange from his half-brother Philip Willem in 1618, he was called Maurits van Nassau. In literature and popular culture he is better known as Prince Maurits.
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Maurits van Oranje (Dillenburg, 14 november 1567 – Den Haag, 23 april 1625), prins van Oranje en graaf van Nassau was stadhouder en legeraanvoerder van de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden. Tot hij in 1618 de titel prins van Oranje erfde van zijn halfbroer Filips Willem, werd hij Maurits van Nassau genoemd. In de literatuur en populaire cultuur is hij beter bekend als prins Maurits.