William van the Haegen, Portuguese also Guilherme there Silvera, was a noble buyer from Flanders for the end 15. Century.

William van the Haegen was around 1470 the first settler on the Azores island Flores, which he left however after some years because of missing tying up to European commercial routes again. Subsequently, it established itself on Jorge, where it created the first durable settlement around 1480 with the locality Topo on the island.

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