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See also:JOHN See also:GEORGE IV . (1668–1694), elector of See also:Saxony, was See also:born on the 18th of See also:October 1668. At the beginning of his reign his See also:chief adviser was Hans See also:Adam von Schoning (1641–1696), who counselled a See also:union between Saxony and See also:Brandenburg and a more See also:independent attitude towards the See also:emperor. In accordance with this See also:advice certain proposals were put before See also:Leopold I. to which he refused to agree; and consequently the Saxon troops withdrew from the imperial See also:army, a proceeding which led the chagrined emperor to seize and imprison Schoning in See also:July 1692. Although John George was unable to procure his See also:minister's See also:release, Leopold managed to allay the elector's anger, and See also:early in 1693 the Saxon soldiers rejoined the imperialists. This elector is chiefly celebrated for his See also:passion for Magdalene Sibylle von Neidschutz (d. 1694), created in 1693 countess of Rochlitz, whom on his See also:accession he publicly established as his See also:mistress. John George See also:left no legitimate issue when he died on the 27th of See also:April 1694.
JOHN' See also:MAURICE OF See also:NASSAU (1604-1679), surnamed the Brazilian, was the son of John the Younger, See also:count of Nassau-See also:Siegen-Dillenburg, and the See also:grandson of John, the See also:elder See also:brother of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the Silent and the chief author of the Union of See also:Utrecht. He distinguished himself in the See also:campaigns of his See also:cousin, the See also:stadtholder See also:Frederick See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry of See also:Orange, and was by him recommended to the See also:directors of the Dutch See also:West See also:India See also:company in 1636 to be See also:governor-See also:general of the new dominion in See also:Brazil recently conquered by the company. He landed at the See also:Recife, the See also:port of See also:Pernambuco, and the chief stronghold of the Dutch, in See also:January 1637. By a See also:series of successful expeditions he gradually extended the Dutch possessions from See also:Sergipe on the See also:south to S. Luis de Maranham in the See also:north. He likewise conquered the Portuguese possessions of St George del See also:Mina and St See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas on the west See also:coast of See also:Africa. With the assistance of the famous architect, Pieter See also:Post of See also:Haarlem, he transformed the Recife by See also:building a new See also:town adorned with splendid public edifices and gardens, which was called after his name Mauritstad. By his statesmanlike policy he brought the See also:colony into a most flourishing See also:condition and succeeded even in reconciling the Portuguese settlers to submit quietly to Dutch See also:rule. His large schemes and lavish See also:expenditure alarmed however the parsimonious directors of the West India company, but John Maurice refused to retain his post unless he was given a See also:free See also:hand, and he returned to See also:Europe in July 1644. He was shortly afterwards appointed by Frederick Henry to the command of the See also:cavalry in the States army, and he took See also:part in the campaigns of 1645 and 1646. When the See also:war was ended by the See also:peace of See also:Munster in January 1648, he accepted from the elector of Brandenburg the post of governor of See also:Cleves, See also:Mark and Ravensberg, and later also of See also:Minden. His success in the Rhineland was as See also:great as it had been in Brazil, and he proved himself a most able and See also:wise ruler. At the end of 1652 he was appointed See also:head of the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of St John and made a See also:prince of the See also:Empire. In 1664 he came back to See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland; when the war See also:broke out with See also:England supported by an invasion from the See also:bishop of Munster, he was appointed See also:commander-in-chief of the Dutch forces on See also:land. Though hampered in his command by the restrictions of the states-general, he repelled the invasion, and the bishop, Christoph von See also:Galen, was forced to conclude peace. His campaigning was not yet at an end, for in 1673 he was appointed by the stadtholder William III. to command the forces in See also:Friesland and See also:Groningen, and to defend the eastern frontier of the Provinces. In 1675 his See also:health compelled him to give up active military service, and he spent his last years in his beloved Cleves, where he died on the loth of See also:December 1679. The See also:house which he built at the See also:Hague, named after him the Maurits-huis, now contains the splendid collections of pictures so well known to all admirers of Dutch See also:art.
' This name is usually written See also:Joan, the See also:form used by the See also:man himself in his See also:signature—see the facsimile in See also:Netscher's See also:Les Hollandais en Bresil.
End of Article: JOHN GEORGE IV
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