Principality of Orange-Nassau
| Principality of Orange-Nassau | ||||||||||||
| Fürstentum Nassau-Oranien | ||||||||||||
| State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Motto So weit die Welt reicht! |
||||||||||||
| Capital | Diez, Germany | |||||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||||
| Prince | ||||||||||||
| • | 1702–1711 | John William Friso | ||||||||||
| • | 1711–1751 | William IV | ||||||||||
| • | 1751–1806 | William V | ||||||||||
| • | 1806, 1813–1815 | William VI | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Modern | |||||||||||
| • | Establishment | 1702 | ||||||||||
| • | Abolition | 1815 | ||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Coat of arms
Orange-Nassau (also named Nassau-Orange) (German: Oranien-Nassau or Nassau-Oranien) was a principality which was part of the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle within the Holy Roman Empire. It existed under this name between 1702 and 1815. The territory of the former state of Orange-Nassau is now part of Germany. It was ruled by the House of Orange-Nassau.
In 1702 the first House of Orange-Nassau became extinct with the death of William III, Prince of Orange, the Stadtholder in the Netherlands and King of England, Scotland and Ireland. John William Friso, Prince of Nassau-Dietz inherited the title "Prince of Orange" from his cousin William III. From then on the rulers conducted the title Fürst van Nassau-Oranien in Germany and in the Netherlands the title Prins van Oranje-Nassau (English: Prince of Orange-Nassau). The principality soon became larger with the incorporation of other Nassau territories, this due to the extinction of other branches of the House of Nassau. In 1711 the branch Nassau-Hadamar died out. Although belonging to the remaining branches Nassau-Siegen, Nassau-Dillenburg and Orange-Nassau the principality Nassau-Hadamar was not divided; it was provisionally administered by the ruler of Nassau-Dillenburg. When subsequently in 1739 and in 1743 the branches Nassau-Dillenburg and Nassau-Siegen died out, all Nassau areas of the Ottonian Line were reunited and inherited by the branch Orange-Nassau. The Prince of Orange-Nassau from then on had two seats in the Council of Princes of the Reichstag: Hadamar-Nassau and Nassau-Dillenburg.
...
Wikipedia