Dutch Politics: Struggles Between Republicans and 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 Oldenbarnevelt

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

Spinoza's Friend, Johan DeWitt, 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 DeWitt's Hand

Political Murder of the DeWitt Brothers by a Calvinist-Orangist  Mob

The Disemboweled Bodies of the DeWitts

The DeWitt 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