Pompey was the dog of William The Silent, the Prince of Orange.
During a campaign against the Spanish, William's dog, Pompey, thwarted an assassination attempt.
One night at Hermigny, France, while the prince slept, assassins crept toward his tent.
[1][2] On the monument of William the Silent, at the Church of St. Ursula, in Delft, Pompey is carved lying at his master's feet.
[8] Hendrick de Keyser's terracotta model for the mortuary statue of William I, Prince of Orange with Pompey is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.