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Statue of William III
William III of England (r. 1689-1702) was the leader of the Dutch Republic under the titles Prince of Orange and Stadtholder. He married Princess Mary of England in 1677, and in 1688, the English parliament invited the couple to depose James II in a plot known as The Glorious Revolution. Upon their succession, the royal couple signed the Bill of Rights, laying the groundwork for the modern British constitutional monarchy. William spent much of his reign fixated on the Nine Years’ War with France and ruled alone after Mary died in 1694.
The statue of William is a duplicate of its original, which was commissioned by Kaiser William II of Germany for Berlin Palace, paying tribute to the Dutch House of Orange. It was built in 1907 and gifted by the Kaiser to his uncle Edward VII. Designed by German artist Heinrich Baucke, it stands outside Kensington Palace, London, where William III lived. It depicts him in military dress, with a feathered hat, armour, and a staff.
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