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William IV (Willem Karel Hendrik Friso; 1 September 1711 – 22 October 1751) was Prince of Orange from birth and the first hereditary stadtholder of all the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1747 until his death in 1751.
Family tree of the House of Orange (1450–1815) From the joining of the house of Nassau-Breda/Dillenburg and the House of Châlon-Arlay -Orange to the end of the Dutch Republic is shown below.
William IV (born Sept. 1, 1711, Leeuwarden, Neth.—died Oct. 22, 1751, The Hague) was the prince of Orange and Nassau, general hereditary stadtholder of the United Netherlands.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
She was the wife of William IV, Prince of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of all seven provinces of the Northern Netherlands. She was Regent of the Netherlands from 1751 until her death in 1759, exercising extensive powers on behalf of her son William V.
William IV (Willem Karel Hendrik Friso; 1 September 1711 – 22 October 1751) was Prince of Orange from birth and the first hereditary stadtholder of all the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1747 until his death in 1751. During his whole life he was furthermore ruler of the Principality of Orange-Nassau within the Holy Roman Empire.
A Dutchman by birth, part of the House of Orange, he would later reign as King of England, Scotland and Ireland until his death in 1702. William’s reign came at a precarious time in Europe when religious divide dominated international relations.
When René died childless in 1544, he left his estates to his German cousin William of Nassau (1533-1584), who, as Prince William I, founded the House of Orange-Nassau. Orange is situated in the south of France and from 1163 onwards was a principality belonging to the House of Chalon.
