Rekenpenning mislukte aanslag op Willem van Oranje

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King Philip II of Spain enraged upon learning of Jáuregui's failed assassination attempt, doom raining down on him from heaven, two of his vassals standing on right, date in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
•PRODITOR•TANDEM•LVET•
•1582•

Engraver: Gerard van Bylaer

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Tempted by King Philip II's supposed reward of 80,000 ducats, Spanish fur merchant Gaspar de Añastro persuaded his 19-year-old accounting assistant Juan de Jáuregui to assassinate William the Silent, Prince of Orange, offering him a reward of 2877 crowns. On 18 March 1582, as the Prince exited his dining-room in Antwerp, Jáuregui fired a pistol at his head. It malfunctioned, however, and the Prince survived his assassination attempt and ultimately recovered although the bullet did hit him; Jáuregui was killed on the spot. Two years later, Balthasar Gérard succeeded in assassinating Prince William with a handgun. Further reference: vL. I 309.2.