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William II de La Marck — Emanuel van Meteren (1535-1612), Simeon Ruytinck (-1621). Engraver: . Photography: D-vorm, Bert en Lilian Mellink · Public domain

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William II de La Marck

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William II de la Marck was the Lord of Lumey and initially admiral of the Watergeuzen, the so-called 'sea beggars' who fought in the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648), together with among others William the Silent, Prince of Orange-Nassau. He was the great-grandson of an equally notorious character, baron William de la Marck, nicknamed the "wild boar of the Ardennes".

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Occupation: pirate
Citizenship: Habsburg Netherlands
Born: 1542
Died: May 1, 1578

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Johan II von Arenbergfather Margaretha van Wassenaermother

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