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Maurice of Nassau

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Mau·rice of Nassau  (môrs, mr-) Prince of Orange. 1567-1625.
Dutch general and politician whose strategic and material improvements to the Dutch army led to the repulsion of Spanish forces from Dutch territory (1590-1609).
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