Balthasar Gérard
Deceased Person
1557 – 1584
Who was Balthasar Gérard?
Balthasar Gérard was the assassin of the Dutch independence leader, William I of Orange. He killed William I in Delft on July 10, 1584, by shooting him twice with a pistol, and was afterwards tried, convicted, and gruesomely executed.
Gérard was born in Franche-Comté. He came from a Roman Catholic family with 11 children and was a great admirer of Philip II, king of Spain and the Netherlands. He studied law at the University of Dole. King Philip offered a reward of 25,000 crowns to anyone who killed William the Silent, to whom he referred as a "pest on the whole of Christianity and the enemy of the human race".
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- Born
- 1557
Vuillafans - Also known as
- Balthasar Gerard
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Education
- University of Dole
- Died
- Jul 24, 1584
Delft
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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