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Willem van Haren
Jonkheer Willem van Haren (February 21, 1710 – July 4, 1768) was a Dutch nobleman and poet.
Van Haren was born in Leeuwarden. His best-known work was an epic poem, "Friso", created in 1741. His brother, jhr. Onno Zwier van Haren, was also a poet and wrote patriotic verses. Willem van Haren died in Sint-Oedenrode.
Middelburg and Zierikzee) on April 28.
Then the unrest spread to Holland. The city of Rotterdam was soon engulfed in orange banners and cockades and the "vroedschap" was forced to propose the restoration of the stadtholderate in Holland, too. Huge demonstrations of Orangist adherents followed in The Hague, Dordrecht and other cities in Holland. The Holland States begged the Prince's representatives, Willem Bentinck van Rhoon, a son of William III's faithful retainer William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, and Willem van Haren, grietman