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Date of upload: Apr 7, 2024 ^^
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It's misleading to suggest here that the originally- French House of Orange title was his family's traditional heritage. Not so !!
The first line of Het Wilhelmus, our national anthem, says it clearly: 'Wilhelmus van Nassau, ben ik van Duitsen bloed!'
The Orange title had been much more-lately inherited & tacked on by William the Silent, Father of the Dutch Fatherland, from his cousin who had married a Princess from the French House.
William himself was of the Nassau family which had an important base in Breda (in now-Netherlands) but its true base, roots, tradition, wealth & influence derived from the powerful (now) German Nassau family. The princely Orange title was added later, really, and then he was properly referred to as "Willem III of Oranje-Nassau".
The Nassau-bit was dropped MUCH later by the family when Wilhelmina became Queen (because it was a male-only line), when it would have finally became correct as you say,"Willam of Orange." Not here, though!
It's not trivial in a vid focussing on English/Dutch King Billy's origins, because they were really (Lutheran) Nassau in what's now Germany. Not Orange in distant Southern France.
Remiss in a video on him not to mention he was a Nassau 🧐❓
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I appreciate the tenor and tone of your work, a methodical deliberate presentation of the events/timeline. However, I would have thought that the relationship between William and the Bank of England with the City of London would reveal the less obvious power relationships that were primary motive forces in the real politics of the period. Outstanding narration, immensely listenable. Cheers
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