Sadly-forgotten in the shade of his younger half-brothers Maurits and Frederik Hendrik, Prince Filips Willem van Oranje was the eldest (and Catholic) son of William the Silent. He was kidnapped by the Spanish from the University of Leuven at the age of fourteen in 1568, and shipped off to be raised as a good Catholic and loyal subject. He never saw his father again.
He married Éléonore de Bourbon-Condé, daughter of Henri I, Prince de Condé and Catherine de la Trémoïlle in 1606 at the age of 52. The marriage remained childless. But what if it hadn't? What if there had been at least one child born from the marriage?
He married Éléonore de Bourbon-Condé, daughter of Henri I, Prince de Condé and Catherine de la Trémoïlle in 1606 at the age of 52. The marriage remained childless. But what if it hadn't? What if there had been at least one child born from the marriage?