who knows about william of orange and what he did?

Question

he did somthing so the people honered him by making a carrot orange but please explain this to me in detale

Answer 1

Here you go .... lots of information about William of Orange .... but I don't think it mentions carrots ....

Answer 2

He had nothing to do with carrots. He was a Dutch prince married to a British princess, Mary, and they were invited to come to Britain and rule as joint King and Queen - this is the only time Britain has ever had a joint monarchy. He defeated King James II, who was the last Catholic king in this country, and is thus a great hero to the Protestants of Northern Ireland, who celebrate his victory in 1690 every July with parades. They claim the celebrations are not just about Protestantism over Catholicism, but because William and Mary were more willing to share power with parliament than James was, and this helped democracy in Europe.

PS: I said James II, not Charles II, jb1. 1690 was thirty years after the Commonwealth ended.

Answer 3

William of Orange was a dutchman and the last person to successfully invade England in 1688.
With the connivance of a group of politicians who were disloyal to the king (James II), he landed at Torbay in England with an army of German and Dutch soldiers.
The English army was sent to repel him but they only got as far as Salisbury when they turned and fled without meeting the enemy.
On hearing this ,James tried to escape disguised as a woman but he was recognised and captured. and forced into exile.
He was the last British monarch, all subsequent monarchs have been of dutch or german descent.
In 1690 William used his European army to defeat the forces of James at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
This is regarded as a great victory by the sort of Irishman that call themselves Loyalists.
The whole thing was about religion as usual.

Answer 4

William of Orange (born 1650) was a Protestant from the Netherlands (Holland) and was asked by the English Parliament to bring his army to England to fight against the Catholic king of England, James I. He won, James went to France, and William became William III of England. He and his wife Mary are the William & Mary for which the college in Virginia is named.

Answer 5

Quite basically he fought for the Protestents when they were being persecuted by the Catholics. He was Dutch which is where the orange comes from (I think!). There's loads of info on this site http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/history/16871691.html

Answer 6

you have been misled.William of orange and his wife mary ascended to the throne of england after the demise of the commonwealth. it was the restoration of the throne.Orange was where he came from and from his descendants came the house of hanover the origins of current queen elizabeth the second

Answer 7

go to history.com and find out

Answer 8

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Silent

he lead a rebellion