Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda
| Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda | |||||
| Fürstentum Nassau-Oranien-Fulda | |||||
| State of the Holy Roman Empire | |||||
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| Capital | Fulda | ||||
| Government | Principality | ||||
| Prince | Prince Willem Frederik | ||||
| Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||
| • | Established | 1803 | |||
| • | Abolition of the Holy Roman Empire | 1806 | |||
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Nassau-Orange-Fulda was a short-lived principality of the Holy Roman Empire, which was created for the son and heir of the Prince of Orange and Prince of Orange-Nassau and existed only from 1803 to 1806.
In 1795 the William V, Prince of Orange-Nassau, lost all his possessions in the Low Countries because of the rise of the Batavian Republic, a client state of the French Republic.
On May 23, 1802, France and Prussia concluded a treaty in which Fulda and some other areas were promised to the Prince of Orange as compensation for the loss of his domains in the Low Countries. Willem V refused at first, but later accepted the offer in favour for his son Prince Willem Frederik (later King William I of the Netherlands) to become the ruler of the new formed principality. On October 22, Prussian troops occupied the Diocese of Fulda to secure the interests of the prince and on 6 December Prince Willem Frederik held his entry in Fulda. The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss resolution on 25 February 1803, legalized the redistribution of the territories. According to section 12 of this resolution the following areas were transferred to the rule of the new Prince of Nassau-Orange-Fulda:
The areas were reorganised into the four divisions "Principality of Fulda", "Principality of Corvey", "County of Dortmund" and "Lordship of Weingarten". The arms of the principality included the coat of arms of these areas (with the center-shield the arms of the Prince of Orange-Nassau).
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