Medal - William V of Orange-Nassau, stadtholder of Netherlands

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Coat of arms surrounded by seven crowned coats of arms tied together in a circumference. Coat of arms surrounded by seven crowned coats of arms tied together in a circumference. William's majority date and his inauguration below and legend around in Dutch. and his inauguration below and legend around in Dutch.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
STADHOUDER ADMIRAAL&KAPITEYN GENERAAL VANDE
7 PROVINTIEN
D:8:MAART:1766

Translation: Governor General, Admiral and Captain of the 7 Provinces, March 8, 1766

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William V assumed the position of stadtholder and Captain-General of the Dutch States Army on his majority in 1766. However, he allowed the Duke of Brunswick to retain a large influence on the government with the secret Acte van Consulentschap. On 4 October 1767 in Berlin, Prince William married Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia, the daughter of Augustus William of Prussia, niece of Frederick the Great and a cousin of George III. (He himself was George III's first cousin). He became an art collector and in 1774 his Galerij Prins Willem V was opened to the public. (Wikipedia)