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The 18 pages that link to William the Silent, each with the reason it gives.

• Dutch RepublicRelated: His leadership helped unite the provinces during the revolt's early years.

• Dutch RevoltRelated: He united opposition to Spanish rule while trying to preserve the Netherlands' provinces.

• Leiden UniversityRelated: He granted Leiden its university charter in 1575 as a reward for the city’s resistance.

• Eighty Years' WarRelated: He organized provincial resistance and became its most influential early leader.

• Habsburg NetherlandsRelated: He organized resistance that turned provincial grievances into a sustained revolt.

• Dutch Reformed ChurchRelated: His political leadership helped create the republic in which the church became established.

• House of Orange-NassauBroader topic: His inheritance and leadership established the dynasty’s Dutch branch.

• Union of UtrechtRelated: He supported cooperation among provinces while resisting Spanish authority.

• Maurice of NassauRelated: William’s assassination in 1584 preceded Maurice’s rise to military and political leadership.

• Council of TroublesRelated: The tribunal condemned him in absentia, deepening his break with Habsburg authority.

• DelftRelated: He made Delft his residence and was assassinated there in 1584.

• Margaret of ParmaRelated: He was among the nobles whose resistance complicated Margaret’s government.

• Theodore BezaRelated: Beza supported the Dutch struggle against Spanish Catholic rule and corresponded with its leaders.

• John Lothrop MotleyBroader topic: Motley made William a central figure in his account of the uprising.

• Balthasar GérardRelated: Gérard targeted him as the central leader of the revolt.

• Cologne WarRelated: He supported Gebhard’s cause amid the wider struggle against Habsburg power.

• Fernando Álvarez de ToledoCompared with: William became Alba’s foremost political and military adversary in the Netherlands.

• History of AmsterdamRelated: His revolt created the political conflict that Amsterdam joined in 1578.