Orangist faction
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The Orangist faction was a political movement in the Dutch Republic that supported the hereditary leadership and authority of the House of Orange over more republican or oligarchic forms of government.
Aliases (1)
- Orangists ×1
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political faction
→
political movement → |
| activeInCentury |
17th century
→
18th century → |
| associatedWithDynasty |
House of Orange-Nassau
→
|
| country |
Dutch Republic
→
|
| goal |
maintaining the influence of the House of Orange
→
strengthening the power of the stadtholder → |
| historicalPeriod |
Dutch Golden Age
→
eighteenth-century Dutch Republic → |
| ideology |
hereditary leadership
→
monarchism → |
| influencedBy |
Calvinism in the Dutch Republic
→
|
| language |
Dutch
→
|
| legacy |
influenced later Dutch monarchist sentiment
→
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| mainOpponents |
States-Party regents
→
regent oligarchy → |
| notableEvent |
First Stadtholderless Period
→
Rampjaar 1672 → Second Stadtholderless Period → |
| opposed |
States Party
→
republicanism in the Dutch Republic → |
| opposedPolicy |
decentralized provincial sovereignty
→
oligarchic regent rule → |
| partOf |
political history of the Dutch Republic
→
|
| politicalConflict |
struggle between stadtholder and regents
→
|
| politicalPosition |
conservative
→
|
| region |
Provinces of Holland and Zeeland
→
other provinces of the Dutch Republic → |
| relatedMovement |
Orangism in the Netherlands
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|
| socialBase |
part of the Dutch nobility
→
rural populations → urban lower classes → |
| supported |
House of Orange
→
|
| supportedOffice |
stadtholder
→
|
| supportedPolicy |
hereditary stadtholderate
→
strong central executive power → |
| symbol |
orange color
→
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
William II, Prince of Orange
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|
memberOfPoliticalParty |
|
Cornelis de Witt
("Orangists")
→
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opposedBy |
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Stadtholder of Holland
→
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politicalAlignment |