Principality of Orange

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former principality sovereign state

The Principality of Orange was a historic sovereign state in what is now southeastern France, whose title later became closely associated with the Dutch royal House of Orange-Nassau.

Aliases (1)

Principality of Orange-Nassau ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former principality → sovereign state →
associatedTitle	Prince of Orange →
associatedWith	Dutch royal family → Kingdom of the Netherlands →
capital	Orange →
coatOfArmsUsedBy	House of Orange-Nassau →
continent	Europe →
country	Holy Roman Empire →
currency	livre →
dissolvedOrAbolished	1713 →
endTime	1713 →
event	Treaty of Utrecht →
fate	ceded to France →
feudalStatus	imperial immediacy →
governmentForm	monarchy →
hasLegacy	hereditary title Prince of Orange in the Netherlands → symbolic color orange in Dutch national identity →
headOfStateTitle	Prince of Orange →
historicalEra	Early modern period → Middle Ages →
historicalRegion	Provence →
languageUsed	French → Occitan →
locatedIn	Provence → southeastern France →
namedAfter	Orange →
notableRuler	Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange → René of Chalon → William I of Orange → William III of Orange → William the Silent →
nowPartOf	France → Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur → Vaucluse →
partOf	Holy Roman Empire → Lower Burgundy →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
religiousJurisdiction	Diocese of Orange →
rulingDynasty	House of Baux → House of Chalon-Arlay → House of Nassau → House of Orange-Nassau →
sovereignStateInThePast	France →
startTime	1163 →
successor	Kingdom of France → Orange, Vaucluse →
titleAssociatedWith	House of Orange-Nassau →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
House of Nassau-Dietz → House of Orange-Nassau →	hasMainTerritory
House of Baux → House of Chalon-Arlay →	heldTerritory
House of Orange-Nassau → Prince of Orange →	originatesFrom
Princess of Orange →	associatedRegion
Anna of Saxony →	associatedWith
Orange (France) →	historicalStatus
Prince of Nassau ("Principality of Orange-Nassau") →	linkedToTerritory