William the Silent who had exhausted his treasures fighting the Spaniards during the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War, called upon the richest Jews of Germany and Holland to sell them his most precious treasures in order to raise new troops, this example of patriotism was followed moreover by all the lords of his court. William the Silent, 1533 – 1584, aka William the Taciturn and William of Orange. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859

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