William III coin Netherlands 1872
( 2.5pound)
Stadtholder
William III of Orange, who later became King of England, emerged as the
strongest opponent of king Louis XIV
after the French attacked the Dutch Republic in 1672. William formed the League
of Augsburg as a coalition to oppose Louis and the French state. Consequently,
many Huguenots considered the wealthy and Calvinist Dutch Republic, which led
the opposition to Louis XIV, as the most attractive country for exile after the
revocation of the Edict of Nantes. They also found many French-speaking
Calvinist churches there.
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