Maurice, Prince of Orange
Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic and foremost military strategist of his age.
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Maurice, Prince of Orange, was a Dutch stadtholder and military commander who drove Spanish forces from much of the northern and eastern Netherlands alongside Johan van Oldenbarnevelt.[1] Maurice was celebrated as a top-tier military thinker of his era, famous for his siege warfare advances and creation of a modern drill system.[1]
Quick Facts
- Office
- Prince of Orange
- Took office
- 20 February 1618
- Left office
- 23 April 1625
- Predecessor
- Philip William
- Successor
- Frederick Henry
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Only 16 when his father was murdered in 1584, Maurice was soon appointed to his father's office of stadtholder.[2] He became stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland in 1585, and later of other provinces.[2] For Maurice, drill and exercise were "the fundamental postulates of tactics."[3] He received Moroccan envoys to discuss a possible alliance against Spain.[4]
His fame derives from his skills as a siege expert, military organizer, and innovator, rather than from open-field battle victories.[5]
What the cited sources add
The Open Library record for ISBN 9783823351733 lists "Romania Arabica" as a 508-page work from Narr, published in 1996.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Maurice, Prince of Orange" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Parker, Geoffrey (1996). The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800. Cambridge University Press, pp. 18–24.; van Nimwegen, Olaf (2010). The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588–1688. Boydell Press, pp. 45–62.; Black, Jeremy (2002). European Warfare, 1494–1660. Routledge, p. 89. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maurice, Prince of Orange" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Maurits benoemd als stadhouder, 1585", europeana.eu (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maurice, Prince of Orange" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Roberts, Michael. The Military Revolution 1560–1660 in Rogers, Clifford. The Military Revolution Debate, p. 14; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maurice, Prince of Orange" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hillgarth, "The mirror of Spain, 1500–1700: the formation of a myth", University of Michigan Press, 2000, p. 210ff; Kontzi, "'Romania Arabica' by Gerard Wiegers", Gunter Narr Verlag, 1996, p. 410; Matar, "In the Lands of the Christians", Psychology Press, 2003, p. 37 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maurice, Prince of Orange" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Esteban Estrígana, Alicia: "Preparing the Ground: The Cession of the Netherland's Sovereignty in 1598 and the Failure of its Peace-Making Objective, 1607–1609".; Messenger, Charles (ed.): Reader's Guide to Military History. New York: Routledge, 2013. , p. 825.; Jonathan I. Israel, The Dutch Republic, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995, Ch. 12, "The Republic becomes a Great Power". (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9783823351733 ("Romania Arabica"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
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