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.

Aliases (5)
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 →
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 (43)

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

Boer forces → activeIn → Orange Free State →
Koos de la Rey → allegiance → Orange Free State →
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius → areaOfActivity → Orange Free State →
Battle of Diamond Hill → belligerent → Orange Free State →
Battle of Magersfontein → belligerent → Orange Free State →
Boer Wars → belligerent → Orange Free State →
Siege of Ladysmith → belligerent → Orange Free State →
Treaty of Vereeniging → belligerentParty → Orange Free State →
Natal Colony → borderedBy → Orange Free State →
Transvaal → borderedBy → Orange Free State →
Boer Wars → conflictBetween → Orange Free State →
Boer forces → country → Orange Free State →
Winburg, Orange Free State → country → Orange Free State →
Battle of Sanna's Post → countryAtTime → Orange Free State →
Lion of the West → countryContext → Orange Free State →
Christiaan de Wet → countryOfCitizenship → Orange Free State →
subject surface form: "Christiaan de Wet"
Koos de la Rey → countryOfCitizenship → Orange Free State →
Koos → countryOfCitizenship → Orange Free State →
subject surface form: "Koos de la Rey"
Orange Free State → followedBy → Orange Free State →
this entity surface form: "Orange Free State Province"
Free State → formerName → Orange Free State →
this entity surface form: "Orange Free State Province"
Cape Province → hasBorderWith → Orange Free State →
this entity surface form: "Orange Free State Province"
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius → headOfStateOf → Orange Free State →
Free State → historicalEntityPredecessor → Orange Free State →
Jacobus → historicalRegion → Orange Free State →
subject surface form: "Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey"
Free State → joinedUnionOfSouthAfricaAs → Orange Free State →
this entity surface form: "Orange Free State Province"
Winburg, Orange Free State → locatedIn → Orange Free State →
this entity surface form: "Free State province, South Africa"
Battle of Sanna's Post → location → Orange Free State →
Jacobus → militaryAllegiance → Orange Free State →
subject surface form: "Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey"
Free State → namedAfter → Orange Free State →
this entity surface form: "Orange Free State Republic"
Winburg, Orange Free State → partOf → Orange Free State →
this entity surface form: "Orange Free State Republic"
J. R. R. Tolkien → placeOfBirth → Orange Free State →
Battle of Sanna's Post → presentDayLocation → Orange Free State →
this entity surface form: "Free State Province, South Africa"
Koos → regionOfActivity → Orange Free State →
subject surface form: "Koos de la Rey"
First Boer War → relatedTo → Orange Free State →
Boer Wars → theatreOfWar → Orange Free State →
Vereeniging → treatySignatoriesAt → Orange Free State →
Winburg, Orange Free State → underControlOf → Orange Free State →
this entity surface form: "Orange Free State government"
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