Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange; one of the most famous generals of modern times, son of William the Silent, on whose assassination he was elected Stadtholder, and became by his prowess the liberator of the United Provinces from the yoke of Spain; his name is stained by his treatment of Barneveldt, who saw and opposed his selfish designs (1567‒1625).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Maurice, Frederick Denison * Maurists