Willem met De Hoorn, Count of Orange, fights the Moors, 1827-1861. Creator: Dominicus Anthonius Peduzzi

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Willem met De Hoorn, Count of Orange, fights the Moors, 1827-1861. Creator: Dominicus Anthonius Peduzzi

Willem met De Hoorn, Count of Orange, fights the Moors, 1827-1861. Willem, first count of Orange, rescues his four stolen children from the hands of the Moors, in the year 806. Legenderay character also known as William the Cuckold, William with the Short Nose, William or Wilhelmus van Aquitania, Guilhem, Guillaume au Cornet, Guillaume d'Orange, Guillaume de Gellone, Willem Isaac (c752-c812 ). He was Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Toulouse and first prince of Orange, saint of the Roman Catholic Church and the patron saint of gunsmiths. William fought against the Moors in the south of France. In one such fight, a Moor is supposed to have cut off part of his nose, earning him the nickname "Guillaume au Court Nez" (Willem with the Short Nose). The story is that this was corrupted into "Guillaume au Cornet" (Willem with the Horn)

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