ABSTRACT
Frederick Henry found himself, without a rival in the field, at the head of a country weary of domestic strife. Frederick Henry made the year 1632 notable by another great feat of arms. In 1629 he had secured the southern frontier of the United Provinces by the taking of Hertogenbosch; he resolved to strengthen their eastern frontier and their hold upon the Meuse by the capture of Maestricht. The military operations in 1641 were only marked by the capture of Gennep by the Dutch. Men were grown weary of the fighting and of its cost, and the death of the Cardinal Infante deprived the Spaniards of a capable administrator and general. Frederick Henry constantly found his proposals and projects thwarted by the recalcitrant temper of Amsterdam. The soreness engendered by the events between the two branches of the House of Nassau was, however, afterwards healed. William Frederick married Albertine Agnes, daughter of Frederick Henry.
