According to the plot, the first king to appear is William III.
His name is the same as his great-grandfather and his father, both William Oranje, so his great-grandfather is William I, his father is William II, and he is William III. From the family's surname orange, they are the hereditary Princes of Orange, and their representative color is orange ~ look at the belt!
The earliest national anthem in the world is the Dutch "Williams Ode" and it is a "hidden head poem" ~ The first letter of the fifteen lyrics is William van Nassov.
Why is it just a prince? Because before the fifteenth century, the current Netherlands was not a country, but a fief under the leadership of several small nobles. Later, many little nobles either married or went to war, and in the end there were seven left—the origin of the seven arrows in the lion’s hand.
Among them, Holland is the largest. After being unified by William I, it has not been recognized by other European powers.
It was not until William II in 1648, after Britain, France and Germany, that Spain finally accepted Dutch independence. However, I did not expect that only two years later, that is, in 1650, William II, who was only 24 years old, would have died of smallpox! At that time, William III was still in his mother's belly. When he was born eight days later, the leaders of the seven provinces would not put the baby in their eyes.
Even when William III became an adult, he was looked down upon by the parliamentarians.
The seven provinces directly sent representatives to form a parliament, which became a republic.
The Anglo-Dutch War in the film was 1672.
At that time, William III was 22 years old. As a posthumous child, he grew up in various ways of fighting between his grandmother and his mother, so he was not confident before going on stage.
Why did William III's mother dare to fight? Because she is the daughter of the former King Charles I of England? Her brother, the eldest uncle of William III, was Charles II.
The eldest uncle William III had conflicts with his family, but he passed away early and had no children. The successor was James II, the younger brother of his elder uncle and his mother.
But the second uncle looked down on his nephew from the beginning. When William III dressed up and went to see him,
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He also blatantly intends to divide the Netherlands with the French, and only give him a small place as a subsidiary king.
Hua Mei Nan is not as ostentatious as on the surface, he understands very well in his heart, after righteously refusing,
But I was so angry that I cried to the wall alone.
Speaking of this, you can point to the topic: The first half of this play is actually the battle between the nephew and the uncle! Moreover, with the help of the admiral, the nephew knocked down his uncle, even the main ship was burned, and the exquisite bow was carried back home as a trophy.
What about the King who was involved in the second half?
Although King James II of England said that he did not understand that the King of France was in the dozens of Louis,
But in fact: the mother of the King of England is the daughter of the last King Henry IV of France, so the last King Louis XIII is not only the uncle of the King of England, but also the uncle of the King of Holland! This time the King of England is going to join forces with King Louis XIV, who is the cousin of his uncle's family who is 5 years younger than himself!
See if it's messy? When Britain and France fought the Netherlands, it was actually the uncle and cousin who worked together to bully the nephew!
The story of Louis XIV can be referred to
In the film, when William III learned that his uncle's coalition troops were under pressure, he showed a calm and ruthlessness.
Once he won, and for the sake of homeland security, he married a British princess who was actually the cousin of the second uncle's family.
Unlike the image of mature women in the film, Mary was only 15 years old, 12 years younger than William III!
This marriage is so worth it! Because in history, William III not only became the king of the Netherlands as described in the film, but also became the king of England + Holland because of the death of his father-in-law and the death of his wife!
It's a pity that there are no children.
why?
The film has its own statement, is it true? Anyway, what happened more than 300 years ago, now people are just guessing!
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