Season 1 • Episode 10
LatestWillem van Oranje survives a murder attempt but his slow recovery takes it's toll on the health of his wife Charlotte de Bourbon. Suffering from loneliness, he is advised to marry a much younger widow, Louise de Coligny. When she bares him a daughter (his 13th child), Willem spends most of what's left of his money on the baptizing. Balthasar Gerards arrives in Delft with one thing on his mind: to rid the world of Willem de Zwijger.
Willem van Oranje tells the remarkable life story of our Father of the Fatherland. Although loyal to the Spanish crown, Willem van Oranje-Nassau has moral objections when he hears Philip II's plans. Bloody inquisitions are being planned against the Protestants in Europe, which will not spare the Dutch people either. Although Catholic, William was absolutely opposed to any form of infringement on religious freedom. Friendship and love, but also intrigue and betrayal, were all part of the fascinating life of the founder of the current Dutch Royal House.
Creator
Walter van der Kamp
Ramses Shaffy
Graaf Lamoraal van Egmont
Jeroen Krabbé
Willem Van Oranje
Willem Nijholt
Filips II
Saskia van Basten-Batenburg
Eva
René van Asten
Adolf
Ludo Busschots
Aartshertog Matthias
Dora van der Groen
Margaretha van Parma
André van den Heuvel
Alva
Ellen Vogel
Juliana van Stolberg
Hans Dagelet
Lodewijk van Nassau
Siem Vroom
Kardinaal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
Huub Stapel
Anjou
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