William’s family settled at the palace of Hampton Court in England. It was commissioned on October 21, 1799, and comprised of ex-officers and lower ranks members of the erstwhile Dutch States Army; the ones who deserted the Batavian army; and mutineers of the Batavian troops that surrendered to the Royal Navy at the time of the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland.

William, the eldest son of William, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, grew up in a cultivated Lutheran Amidst resistance, William married Henrietta d'Oultremont on February 17, 1841. He gained title to the bishopric of Fulda and other smaller areas in Germany in negotiations with the French emperor Napoleon I in 1802 but lost all his German titles in 1806, when he sided with Prussia against Napoleon.

In Berlin on 1 October 1791, William married his first cousin (Frederica Louisa) Wilhelmina, born in Potsdam. William I (Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg.. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-I-king-of-The-Netherlands, Fact Monster - People - Biography of William I of Netherlands. William, a staunch supporter of the Reformed Church, also infuriated many by making controversial language and school policies that included instructing students in the Reformed faith and the Dutch language in schools across the kingdom. She was given the title of Countess of Nassau. William was born in Huis ten Bosch, United Provinces on 24 August 1772, the son of Prince Willem V of Orange and Wilhelmina of Prussia. William commanded a Prussian division during the ‘Battle of Jena–Auerstedt’ (October 14, 1806). The southern liberal and Catholic factions opposed to William’s rule joined in 1828 (the “union of parties”) and petitioned the King for political and religious reforms. The very conservative William refused to live with the constitutional changes, and he abdicated on 7 October 1840. The following day the Batavian Republic was proclaimed. William died on December 12, 1843, in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia. He died in Berlin in 1843 at the age of 71. After the ‘French Republic’ and Britain made peace under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte (as agreed in the ‘Treaty of Amien), the brigade was disbanded on July 12, 1802.
He proclaimed himself the King of the Netherlands after the French withdrew from the country.

Both the brothers were taught by Dutch historian Herman Tollius and Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler, while they were guided in military arts by General Prince Frederick Stamford. Troops of William failed to repress the riots and it eventually spread in the South and took the shape of a popular uprising. William I of the Netherlands (24 August 1772-12 December 1843) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 16 March 1815 to 7 October 1840, preceding William II of the Netherlands. He also became member of the Council of State of the Netherlands. He launched an economic recovery program and established several trade institutions. These were the University of Leuven, the University of Liège, and the University of Ghent.

William also had a brief stint at the ‘University of Leiden.’. Aware that the Dutch people were increasingly opposed to his autocratic methods, he abdicated in October 1840 and spent the rest of his life in Berlin. Many of the inhabitants of the southern (Belgian) provinces, however, objected to the union with the northern Netherlanders because the two groups were given equal representation in the Parliament and charged equal taxes, although the Dutch had a far greater accumulated debt and a far smaller population. From November 20, 1813, to March 16, 1815, William again ruled as Prince of Orange-Nassau. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. His reign was marked with commercial and industrial revival, which included the foundation of the ‘Netherlands Trading Society’ and a bank, apart from the launch of an economic recovery program. He served as a commander of the Coalition of states during the November 6, 1792 to June 7, 1795 in the Flanders Campaign. In 1793, he fought during the battles of Menin, Veurne, and Wervik. The ‘Batavian Revolution’ in Amsterdam occurred on January 18, 1795. In the winter of 1794-1795, French forces invaded the Netherlands, and Dutch revolutionaries took over the Dutch government in many places across the country. William I, Dutch in full Willem Frederik, (born Aug. 24, 1772, The Hague, Neth.—died Dec. 12, 1843, Berlin [Germany]), king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg (1815–40) who sparked a commercial and industrial revival following the period of French rule (1795–1813), but provoked the Belgian revolt of 1830 through his autocratic methods.