Oranyonasau Dynasty

It is a dynasty of the Netherlands . It was also once a dynasty of Luxembourg . Willem - Alexander reigns as King of the Netherlands .

In 1515, Hendrik III van Nassau, a member of the noble House of Nassau of the Holy Roman Empire,[1] Claude de Châlon, sister of Philibert de Chalon, Duke of Orange (Dutch: Orange ).[2] The beginning was the marriage of Hendrik and Claude. Hendrik and Claude had a son, René de Châlon-Orange.[3] In 1530, when his cousin, the last Duke of Orange from the House of Chalon-Orange, died without an heir, he inherited the Duchy of Orange , and the House of Nassau came to rule Orange as well.

Count Breda and the Duke of Orangju is the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and King Spain Among the 17 states in the lowland countries , which were the Habrbsburgs of Karl V , they were competent enough to play four governors of Holland , Cheil Land , Witecht and Heller at the same time. However, in 1544 , during the war between Karl V and France, he was unfortunately killed during his attack on Saint -Gi while he was in the army. René, who passed away at the age of 25, was married, but he had no children and left his own territory to his cousin. In the end, René's directors and territory were inherited by his cousin, Wilhelm von Nassau-Dillenburg, who is the Netherlands III .

When Wilhelm von Nassau Dillenburg, or Willem I, inherited the County of Breda and the Duchy of Orange, he added Nassau Dillenburg, a fiefdom inherited from his main family, the Nassau family, and took the surname Oranja Nassau. Afterwards, King Willem I fought for Dutch independence during the Dutch War of Independence .

Since the 17th century, when the country gained independence under the name of the Dutch Republic , Willem I's descendants have served as heads of state (Stadthouder) of the Dutch Republic for generations. Since he could legally pass on his throne to his descendants, he was no different from a king with real power.[4]

In the early 19th century, after being occupied by the French Republic of France and Napoleon Bonapart became the emperor, Start Hou Derum VI died, and Napoleon's younger brother, Louis Bonapart , became the king of the Holland kingdom , but after the fall of Napoleon, the Dutch was dominated by the Netherlands. It was decided to be independent of the kingdom, and the aura or the Sau family became the royal family of the Netherlands. At this time, the Aura -na or the Saau family became the Great Duke of Luxembourg , who was promoted to the Great Division, and the Dutch king served as the Eastern Union . However, Luxembourg adopted the Salika Act, so when Bilum III died and Queen Wilhelmina was crowned, the Grand Priests passed on to the Adolf Grand Duke of the Nasabe Bailburg family, the direct line of the NASU family . He also became a coalition with Belgium and the Netherlands for about 15 years, and influenced Belgium . Meanwhile, there was a demand for abolition of the monarchy through the 19th century Bilum III and Queen Wilhelmina , but there was a demand for abolition of the monarchy.

During World War II, the entire royal family went into exile in London , the capital of England , due to the invasion of Nazi Germany . Although they were helpless in the face of the German invasion, the royal family, under the leadership of Queen Wilhelmina, showed their will to fight to the death and traveled around each country to carry out activities condemning Nazi Germany.

Since Queen Wilhelmina took the throne in 1890, there has been a tradition of abdicating to a child while the monarch is alive. Queen Wilhelmina abdicated to her daughter Juliana in 1948 when she turned 68 and died in 1962 at the age of 82. Queen Juliana abdicated to her daughter Beatrix in 1980 when she turned 71 and died in 2004 at the age of 94. Queen Beatrix died at the age of 75 On April 30, 2013, when he turned three, he abdicated to his son Willem Alexander and stepped down as a duchess corresponding to the upper king.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the order of succession to the throne, and italics indicate divorce.