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Or, "How William The Bastard became William The Conqueror"

A more interesting transformation is William of Orange leading "the Dutch invasion of Great Britain" vs "The Glorious Revolution" as we now call it.

Well I mean, it's some invasion when it starts because Parliament sends you a letter saying "Hey come invade us, and we'll give you the crown". I mean, who's in charge? Is a country just its prince?

From the Dutch perspective, it doesn't exactly feel like we invaded and conquered England. It was more like our Stadhouder emigrating to another country.

The big victory over England that we remember was the victory at Chatham[0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_the_Medway

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