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David Calvert
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Prince William of Orange
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| Prince William of Orange |
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About David
David has been a stage actor since 1991 where he played "Hero" at the Montgomery Playhouse in Maryland. David has been acting in the Renaissance arena for over four years. Several of his Renaissance character roles include Christopher Hatton, Thomas Radclyffe the third Earl of Sussex, and today playing Prince William of Orange.
He continues his stage performances as the singer and musician in the band "Strange Brew" from San Diego, California. He plays the Keyboards, Djembe Drums, Harmonica, Guitar, Bass, Saxophone, and Trumpet.
He expresses his artistic side through acrylic painting and has been an artist in residence at the infamous Santa Barbara Solstice parade from 1995 - 2001. He, along with his brother Kenny, were the first in the parade's history to design a motorless parade float using a car chasis and welded material. He served as the Technical Director for the parade during 2002.
David has written two mini stage plays titled "The Divorce Bug" and "Two Wrongs Don't Make Mr. Wright." David recently completed his first novel, titled "246 miles to Empty", soon to be published in New York.
David is the Guildmaster of the Ambassadors of St Peter Guilde.
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About Prince William of Orange
William was born in the castle of Dillenburg in Nassau, present-day Germany. He was the eldest son of William, Count of Nassau and Juliana of Stolberg-Werningerode, and was raised a Lutheran. He had four younger brothers and seven younger sisters: John, Hermanna, Louis, Mary, Anna, Elisabeth, Katharine, Juliane, Magdalene, Adolf and Henry. When his cousin, René of Châlon, Prince of Orange, died childless in 1544, the eleven-year-old William inherited all Châlon's property, including the title Prince of Orange and vast estates in the Netherlands (present-day Netherlands and Belgium). Because of his young age, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V served as the regent of the principality until William was fit to rule. However, Charles V demanded that William receive a Roman Catholic education. William was sent to Brussels to study under the supervision of Mary of Habsburg (aka Mary of Hungary), the sister of Charles V and governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (Seventeen Provinces). In Brussels, he was taught foreign languages and received military and diplomatic education.[citation needed] On 6 July 1551, he married Anna van Egmond en Buren, the wealthy heir to the lands of her father and William earned the titles Lord of Egmond and Count of Buren. They had three children. Later that same year, William was appointed captain in the cavalry. Favoured by Charles V, he made quick promotions, and became commander of one of the Emperor's armies at age 22. He was made a member of the Raad van State, the highest political advisory council in the Netherlands[4] in 1555; the same year Charles abdicated in favour of his son, Philip II of Spain. It was on the shoulder of William that the gout-afflicted Emperor leaned during his abdication ceremony.[5]
His wife Anna died on March 24, 1558. Later, William had a brief relationship with one Eva Elincx, leading to the birth of their illegitimate son, Justinus van Nassau: William officially recognised him and took responsibility for his education — Justinus would become an admiral in his later years. In 1559, Philip appointed William as the stadtholder (governor) of the provinces Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht and Burgundy, thereby greatly increasing his political power.
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