In history, the body is king, and there are not many people who can contribute to democratic constitutionalism. William is the third one, although he didn't volunteer.
He was born in the distinguished family of Olanye in the Netherlands and is the great-grandson of his father, Crown Prince Olanye. But his growth was not smooth. William II, an eight-year-old father who was born before him, was killed by an acute illness. He grew up in the noise of his mother and grandmother, was taciturn, and suffered from tuberculosis and asthma. When he was a child, he was also in danger of losing his ruling qualification in the Netherlands.
At that time, the situation was like this: since the signing of the Mons Special Treaty between the Netherlands and Spain in 1648, after 80 years of war, the independence of the Netherlands was finally recognized internationally. The Dutch, who were United in wartime, split after independence, forming a centralized faction headed by the Oranye family and its supporters and a local autonomy faction represented by business oligarchs in local parliaments.
Therefore, his father, William II, forcibly sent troops to arrest six opposition MPs. /kloc-in 0/650, William II, a 24-year-old Dutch ruling child, suddenly died of smallpox, and his only son, William III, died eight days later. After his death, the local autonomous factions were jubilant and immediately convened a parliamentary meeting, announcing that the Republic would no longer set up a unified army, and that all provinces were responsible for defense. At the same time, five provinces announced the cancellation of the ruling task.
The turning point of fate appeared in the year when he was 22 years old, that is, 1672, when the Netherlands was attacked by two powerful neighbors, Britain and France. In the land war in England, King Louis XIV of France sent120,000 troops to threaten the border.
When the country was in crisis, the Dutch people remembered the heroic deeds of the predecessors of the Oranye family. Therefore, the young William III was appointed as the commander of Lu Haijun. He proved that he was a descendant of the Oranye family with excellent combat achievements. Of course, the war was extremely difficult. In order to save Amsterdam, William III was forced to use the means of flooding outside the city. 1673 At the end of the year, the French army was completely expelled from the country, and the young William III reached its peak and achieved; Protect national heroes; Title, with their own ability to get the recognition of the provinces, in the cheers of the Netherlands took office.