Orange Free State

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Boer republic former sovereign state historical country

The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Orange Free State canonical 109
Orange Free State Province 4
Orange Free State Republic 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Boer republic ⓘ
former sovereign state ⓘ
historical country ⓘ
annexedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
borderedBy Lesotho ⓘ
surface form: Basutoland

Cape Colony ⓘ
Griqualand West ⓘ
South African Republic ⓘ
capital Bloemfontein ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of the Orange Free State ⓘ
colonizedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
commonLanguage Afrikaans ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
currency pound ⓘ
endDate 1902-05-31 ⓘ
establishedBy Convention of Bloemfontein ⓘ
Convention of Bloemfontein ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Bloemfontein
ethnicGroup Afrikaners ⓘ
surface form: Boers
event Second Boer War ⓘ
flag Flag of the Orange Free State ⓘ
followedBy Free State ⓘ
surface form: Free State Province

Orange Free State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Orange Free State Province

Orange River Colony ⓘ
governmentForm republic ⓘ
headOfStateTitle State President ⓘ
lastHeadOfState Marthinus Theunis Steyn ⓘ
leader Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz ⓘ
surface form: Francis William Reitz

Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff ⓘ
Jan Brand ⓘ
Josias Philip Hoffman ⓘ
Marthinus Theunis Steyn ⓘ
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ⓘ
Martin te Water ⓘ
legalSystem Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form: southern Africa
majorRiver Orange River ⓘ
Vaal River ⓘ
militaryConflict Basuto Wars ⓘ
namedAfter House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
Orange River ⓘ
partOf Dominion of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Union of South Africa
precededBy Orange River Sovereignty ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
startDate 1854-02-23 ⓘ
statusDuringSecondBoerWar belligerent against the British Empire ⓘ
todayWithinTerritoryOf South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Republic of South Africa

Referenced by (122)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Vereeniging → belligerentParty → Orange Free State ⓘ
Natal Colony → borderedBy → Orange Free State ⓘ
Koos de la Rey → countryOfCitizenship → Orange Free State ⓘ
Koos de la Rey → allegiance → Orange Free State ⓘ
Free State → formerName → Orange Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Free State Province
Free State → namedAfter → Orange Free State ⓘ
Free State → historicalEntityPredecessor → Orange Free State ⓘ
Free State → joinedUnionOfSouthAfricaAs → Orange Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Free State Province
Christiaan de Wet → countryOfCitizenship → Orange Free State ⓘ
First Boer War → relatedTo → Orange Free State ⓘ
Transvaal → borderedBy → Orange Free State ⓘ
Boer Wars → conflictBetween → Orange Free State ⓘ
Boer Wars → belligerent → Orange Free State ⓘ
Boer Wars → theatreOfWar → Orange Free State ⓘ
Vereeniging → treatySignatoriesAt → Orange Free State ⓘ
Orange Free State → followedBy → Orange Free State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Free State Province
J. R. R. Tolkien → placeOfBirth → Orange Free State ⓘ
Koos → countryOfCitizenship → Orange Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Koos de la Rey
Koos → regionOfActivity → Orange Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Koos de la Rey
Lion of the West → countryContext → Orange Free State ⓘ
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius → headOfStateOf → Orange Free State ⓘ
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius → areaOfActivity → Orange Free State ⓘ
Siege of Ladysmith → belligerent → Orange Free State ⓘ
Boer forces → country → Orange Free State ⓘ
Boer forces → activeIn → Orange Free State ⓘ
Battle of Magersfontein → belligerent → Orange Free State ⓘ
Jacobus → militaryAllegiance → Orange Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey
Jacobus → historicalRegion → Orange Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey
Winburg, Orange Free State → country → Orange Free State ⓘ
Winburg, Orange Free State → locatedIn → Orange Free State ⓘ
Winburg, Orange Free State → partOf → Orange Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Free State Republic
Winburg, Orange Free State → underControlOf → Orange Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Free State government
Battle of Diamond Hill → belligerent → Orange Free State ⓘ
Smithfield district, Orange Free State → country → Orange Free State ⓘ
Smithfield district, Orange Free State → locatedIn → Orange Free State ⓘ
Smithfield district, Orange Free State → partOf → Orange Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Free State Republic
Smithfield district, Orange Free State → locatedInPresentDay → Orange Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State province, South Africa
Smithfield district, Orange Free State → sovereignStateDuringExistence → Orange Free State ⓘ
Smithfield district, Orange Free State → countryOfCitizenship → Orange Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Christiaan de Wet
Battle of Sanna's Post → location → Orange Free State ⓘ
Battle of Sanna's Post → countryAtTime → Orange Free State ⓘ
Battle of Sanna's Post → presentDayLocation → Orange Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free State Province, South Africa
Cape Province → hasBorderWith → Orange Free State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange Free State Province
Siege of Mafeking → belligerent → Orange Free State ⓘ
Siege of Kimberley → opponent → Orange Free State ⓘ
Marthinus Theunis Steyn (as Boer leader in exile context) → countryOfCitizenship → Orange Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Marthinus Theunis Steyn
Marthinus Theunis Steyn (as Boer leader in exile context) → historicalRegion → Orange Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Marthinus Theunis Steyn
Marthinus Theunis Steyn (as Boer leader in exile context) → regionOfActivity → Orange Free State ⓘ
subject surface form: Marthinus Theunis Steyn
South African Republic → borderedBy → Orange Free State ⓘ
Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz → countryOfCitizenship → Orange Free State ⓘ