William II, Prince of Orange (27 May 1626 – 6 November 1650) was sovereign Prince of Orange

Prince of Orange

Prince of Orange is a title of nobility, originally associated with the Principality of Orange, in what is now southern France. In French it is la Principauté d'Orange....

 and stadtholder

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 of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 14 March 1647 until his death three years later.
William II, Prince of Orange, was the son of stadtholder

Stadtholder

A Stadtholder A Stadtholder A Stadtholder (Dutch: stadhouder [], "steward" or "lieutenant", literally place holder, holding someones place, possibly a calque of German Statthalter, French lieutenant, or Middle Latin locum tenens...

 Frederik Hendrik of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels

Amalia of Solms-Braunfels

Amalia of Solms-Braunfels , was a regent of Orange. She was the wife of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. She was the daughter of John Albert I of Solms-Braunfels and Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein.-Childhood:...

. William the Silent

William the Silent

William I, Prince of Orange , also widely known as William the Silent , or simply William of Orange , was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of...

 had been succeeded in the position of stadtholder and as commander of the Dutch States Army

Dutch States Army

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 by his son Maurits of Nassau, who in turn was followed by his brother Frederick Henry.