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All stadtholders after William of Orange were drawn from his descendants or the descendants of his brother. Many of the Dutch national symbols can be traced back to William of Orange: He is the ancestor of the Dutch monarchy; The flag of the Netherlands (red, white and blue) is derived from the flag of the prince, which was orange, white and blue.
The national flag of the Netherlands (Dutch: de Nederlandse vlag) is a horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue. The current design originates as a variant of the late 16th century orange-white-blue Prinsenvlag ("Prince's Flag"), evolving in the early 17th century as the red-white-blue Statenvlag ("States Flag"), the naval flag of the States-General of the Dutch Republic, making the Dutch ...
William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), [c] also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.
Governmental flag of the Royal Netherlands Navy: Dark blue flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete. On the other side is the logo of the Royal Netherlands Navy. 2001-2010: Governmental flag of the Royal Netherlands Army: Dark green flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete.
William I of the Netherlands (1772–1843), also known as William Frederik of Orange-Nassau or William VI of Orange before his accession; William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg; William III of the Netherlands (1817–1890), King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg
The royal flag (Dutch: koninklijke vlag), or the royal standard of the Netherlands, is the official flag of the Dutch monarch. This flag is a non-personal distinctive flag and is not changed from reign to reign. The current flag, introduced in 1908, is a square orange flag, divided in four quarters by a nassau-blue cross.
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Noord-Nieuwland of the Dutch East India Company in Table Bay (1762) flying the Prince's flag. The Prince's Flag (Dutch: Prinsenvlag) is a tricolour Dutch flag, first used in the Dutch Revolt during the late 16th century. The Prince's Flag is based on the flag of Prince William of Orange-Nassau, hence the name. The colours are orange, white and ...