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William's father acquiesced to this condition on behalf of his 11-year-old son, and this was the founding of the House of Orange-Nassau. Besides the Principality of Orange (located today in France) and significant lands in Germany, William also inherited vast estates in the Low Countries (present-day Netherlands and Belgium) from his cousin.
Its once-sovereign provinces had been intermittently ruled by members of the House of Orange-Nassau and the House of Nassau from 1559, when Philip II of Spain appointed William of Orange as stadtholder, until 1795, when the last stadtholder fled the country. William of Orange became the leader of the Dutch Revolt and of the independent Dutch ...
The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg. The current King of the United Kingdom and King of Norway are agnatic members of this house, meanwhile the King of Spain and King of ...
Wilhelmine of Prussia. Princess Wilhelmina Frederika Louise Pauline Charlotte of Orange-Nassau (1 March 1800 – 22 December 1806) was the third child and elder daughter of King William I of the Netherlands and his queen consort, Wilhelmine of Prussia .
House of Nassau-Weilburg and the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg House of Orange-Nassau ^ Louda, Jiri; Maclagan, Michael (December 12, 1988), "Netherlands and Luxembourg, Table 33", Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (1st (U.S.) ed.), Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
Het huis Oranje-Nassau is een tak van het huis Nassau, een oud, uit Midden-Duitsland afkomstig adelsgeslacht . Het huis heeft een centrale rol gespeeld in de politiek en overheid van Nederland en kortstondig ook in andere delen van Europa. Het behoort, sinds Willem van Nassau de bezittingen van zijn neef René van Chalon erfde, tot de hoge ...
The House of Nassau had two branches, founded by the brothers Walram and Otto of Nassau. The present House of Orange-Nassau is descended from Otto and the Grand Ducal House of Luxembourg from Walram. Emperor Charles V did not want a single individual – William of Orange – to inherit all the Nassau-held lands in the Netherlands and Germany.
