Dutch Politics: Struggles Between the Republicans and the Orangists

Meeting in the 17th Century of the States General of the United Provinces (Later called Holland or the Netherlands)

Building where the States General Met

Flag of the Dutch Republic

William I of Orange, Opponent of Spanish Rule

William II of Orange, Stadtholder before DeWitt's Election as Chief Pensioner

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Prominent Republican Statesman and Remonstrant, Illegally Executed by the Counter-Remonstrants

Satire on the Party of van Oldenbarnevelt

Execution of Oldenbarnevelta

Hugo Grotius, Jurist, Philosopher of Natural Law, and Supporter of Oldenbarnevelt, Arrested with Him But Not Executed

Spinoza's Friend, Johan De Witt, Chief Pensionary (i.e. President) of the States General during the "Stadtholderless" Republic, and His Brother Cornelius (in the Background)

The DeWitt Brothers

Johan DeWitt

In Johan De Witt's Hand

Political Murder of the De Witt Brothers by a Calvinist-Orangist  Mob

The Bodies of the De Witts

The De Witt Brothers Immortalized

The Orangist Reaction

William III of Orange, Stadtholder after the Assassination of the DeWitts, Who Also Became King of England in 1689

Bride of William III and Queen of England, Mary II, Daughter of the English King, James II