William III

by Tony Claydon

Book Overview

This is a political biography of William III (1650-1702): prince of Orange; stadhouder in the Netherlands from 1672; and (in a novel joint monarchy with his wife, Mary), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the revolution of 1688-9.

William III explains how William overcame huge disadvantages at his birth to regain his family's traditional dominance of Dutch politics; how he dedicated his life to the defeat of Louis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032212780
• ISBN13: 9781032212784
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages