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See also:ORANGE, See also:HOUSE OF . The small principality of Orange, a See also:district now included in the See also:French See also:department of See also:Vaucluse, traces back its See also:history as an See also:independent See also:sovereignty to the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Charlemagne. See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, surnamed le See also:Cornet, who lived towards the end of the 8th See also:century, is said to have been the first See also:prince of Orange, but the See also:succession is only certainly known after the time of Gerald See also:Adhemar (fl. ro86). In 1174 the principality passed by See also:marriage to See also:Bertrand de Baux, and there were nine princes of this See also:line. By the marriage of See also:John of Chalons with See also:Marie de Baux, the house of Chalons succeeded to the sovereignty in 1393. The princes of Orange-Chalons were (1) John I., 1393–1418, (2) See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis I.,1418–1463, (3) William VIII., 1463-1475, (4) John II., (1475-1502, (5) Philibert, 1502-1530. Philibert was a See also:great See also:warrior and statesman, who was held in great esteem by the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. For his services in his See also:campaigns the emperor gave him considerable possessions in the See also:Netherlands in 1522, and See also:Francis I. of See also:France, who had occupied Orange, was compelled, when a prisoner in See also:Madrid, to restore it to him. Philibert had no See also:children, and he was succeeded by his See also:nephew Rene of See also:Nassau-Chalons, son of Philibert's See also:sister Claudia and See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, See also:count of Nassau, the confidential friend and counsellor of Charles V. He too died without an See also:heir in 1544 at the See also:siege of St Dizier, having devised all his titles and possessions to his first See also:cousin William, the eldest son of William, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, who was the younger See also:brother of Rene's See also:father, and had inherited the See also:German possessions of the See also:family.
William of Orange-Nassau was but eleven years old when he succeeded to the principality. He was brought up at the See also:court of Charles V. and became famous in history as William the Silent, the founder of the Dutch See also:Republic. On his assassination in 1584 he was succeeded by his eldest son See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip William, who had been kidnapped by Philip II. of See also:Spain in his boyhood and brought up at Madrid. This prince never married, and on his See also:death in 1618 his next brother, See also:Maurice, See also:stadtholder in the See also:United Netherlands and one of the greatest generals of his time, became prince of Orange. Maurice died in 1625, also unmarried. See also:Frederick Henry, the son of See also:Louise de See also:Coligny, William's See also:fourth wife, See also:born just before his father's See also:murder, now succeeded to the princedom of Orange and to all his See also:brothers' dignities, posts and See also:property in the Netherlands. Frederick Henry was both a great See also:general and statesman. His only son, William, was married in 1641 to See also:Mary, princess royal of See also:England, he being fifteen and the princess nine years old at that date, and he succeeded to the See also:title of prince of Orange on his father's death in 1647. At the very outset of a promising career he suddenly succumbed to an attack of smallpox on the 6th of See also:November 165o, his son William III. being born a See also:week after his father's death.
A revolution now took See also:place in the See also:system of See also:government in the United Provinces, and the offices of stadtholder and See also:captain-and See also:admiral-general, held by four successsive princes of Orange, were abolished. However, the See also:counter revolution of 1672 called William III. to the See also:head of affairs. At this time Louis XIV. conquered the principality of Orange and the territory was incorporated in France, the title alone being recognized by the treaty of See also:Ryswick. William married his cousin Mary, the eldest daughter of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, See also:duke of See also:York, in 1677. In 1688 he landed in England, expelled his father-in-See also:law, James II., from his See also:throne, and reigned as See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of. Great See also:Britain and See also:Ireland until his death in 1702. He See also:left no children, and a dispute arose among variousclaimants to the title of prince of Orange. The king of See also:Prussia claimed it as the descendant of the eldest daughter of Frederick Henry; John William Friso of Nassau-Dietz claimed it as the descendant of John, the brother of William the Silent, and also of the second daughter of Frederick Henry. The result was that at the See also:peace of See also:Utrecht in 1713, the king of Prussia abandoned the principality to the king of France in See also:exchange for See also:compensation elsewhere, and John William Friso gained the barren title and became William IV. prince of Orange. His sons William V. and William VI. succeeded him. William VI. in 1815 became William I. king of the Netherlands.
See Bastet, Histoire de la ville et de la principaute d'Orange (Orange 1856). (G.
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