Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Principality of Orange
1163–1713
Principauté d'Orange; Dutch Vorstendom Oranje. A small sovereign principality on the Rhône, raised to an imperial principality in 1163, which passed through the houses of Baux and Chalon to the House of Nassau in 1544, when William "the Silent" inherited it with the title "Prince of Orange" — a title that became inseparable from the Dutch stadtholder-dynasty of Orange-Nassau (and, via William III, the British/Protestant "Orange" tradition).
- Existed
- 1163–1713
- Shown on the map
- 1260–1271
- Peak area
- 234 km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
Principauté d'Orange; Dutch Vorstendom Oranje. A small sovereign principality on the Rhône, raised to an imperial principality in 1163, which passed through the houses of Baux and Chalon to the House of Nassau in 1544, when William "the Silent" inherited it with the title "Prince of Orange" — a title that became inseparable from the Dutch stadtholder-dynasty of Orange-Nassau (and, via William III, the British/Protestant "Orange" tradition). Occupied by Louis XIV and formally ceded to France by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), though the House of Orange-Nassau retained the princely title.
Common questions
- What was the Principality of Orange?
- Principauté d'Orange; Dutch Vorstendom Oranje. A small sovereign principality on the Rhône, raised to an imperial principality in 1163, which passed through the houses of Baux and Chalon to the House of Nassau in 1544, when William "the Silent" inherited it with the title "Prince of Orange" — a title that became inseparable from the Dutch stadtholder-dynasty of Orange-Nassau (and, via William III, the British/Protestant "Orange" tradition).
- When did the Principality of Orange exist?
- The Principality of Orange existed 1163–1713. On this map it is drawn 1260–1271.
- How large was the Principality of Orange?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Principality of Orange covered about 0,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica and specialist snippets, and flags entries built on unreliable foundations — the 911 treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte known only from Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and Arnaud Amalric's alleged order at Béziers attested only decades after the fact. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Principality of Orange en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Orange
This entry was last updated .
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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