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Willem V

Stadtholder Willem V of Orange (8 March 1748-9 April 1806) was the President of the United Provinces from 1751 to 1792. Willem allied with Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War of 1775-1783, and after a failed attempt on capturing Maine from the United States, he declared war on Britain in 1780. He fought against France in the French Revolutionary Wars of the 1790s, but in 1792 he was succeeded by Adalbert Baert.

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