This man offered the kingship of his country to Francis, Duc d'Alençon et d'Anjou, after a series of victories by Alessandro Farnese forced him to turn to France for support.
This man half-jokingly suggested that he would teach his wife to read Amadis de Gaul instead of the Bible, and later wives included the runaway nun Charlotte de Bourbon and a daughter of Admiral Coligny. Among this man's co- conspirators was Floris de Montmercy, who was executed before Anne of Austria could ask her husband to spare him. This man offered the kingship of his country to Francis, Duc d'Alençon et d'Anjou, after a series of victories by Alessandro Farnese forced him to turn to France for support. This man was assassinated by Balthasar Gerard in 1584, before the liberation of his nation was complete. For 10 points, identify this Dutch freedom fighter, whose heirs were Stadtholders of the United Provinces and whose great-grandson of the same name ruled England with his wife Mary II.
This man half-jokingly suggested that he would teach his wife to read Amadis de Gaul instead of the Bible, and later wives included the runaway nun Charlotte de Bourbon and a daughter of Admiral Coligny.
{William} I, Prince of {Orange}; or {William} the{ Silent}