William V (Orange)

Wilhelm V. Batavus Prince of Orange (painting by Tischbein )

Wilhelm V of Orange-Nassau-Dietz

Wilhelm V. Batavus (born March 8, 1748 in The Hague , † April 9, 1806 in Braunschweig ) was Prince of Orange and Nassau and governor of the Netherlands .

William V was the son of Prince William IV of Orange and Anna of England , the daughter of King George II of Great Britain .

Life

After the death of his father on October 22, 1751, Wilhelm became governor of the Netherlands - initially under the tutelage of his mother, then from 1759 under Duke Ludwig Ernst of Braunschweig .

In 1763, Friedrich Wilhelm von Thulemeier became the Prussian ambassador in The Hague and, on behalf of Frederick the Great , tried to get the young governor and Wilhelmine of Prussia married . Even after the end of his guardianship when he came of age in 1766, Wilhelm left the management of state affairs to the Duke of Braunschweig, which aroused the violent opposition of the patriot movement under the leadership of Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol , Hendrik Hooft and Jan Bernd Bicker . In the meantime he had come under the influence of his wife, the Prussian Princess Wilhelmine . After this had broken the power of the patriots with Prussian help in 1787, the incompetent governor was expelled by the French in 1795 and fled to England. In 1801 he received the areas of the abolished Corvey and Fulda Abbeys as compensation , which he ceded to his son Wilhelm Friedrich in 1802 .

Wilhelm V died on April 9, 1806 in Braunschweig and was buried in the local cathedral . On April 28, 1958, his remains were transferred to Delft .

title

Prince of Nassau-Diez , governor of Groningen , governor of Overijssel , governor of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands , Prince of Orange , Baron von Breda , governor of Gelderland , governor of Holland , governor of Zeeland , governor of Utrecht , governor of Friesland and Governor of Drenthe (all offices from 1751 to 1795). From 1759 to 1795 he was Count of Vianden . In 1801 he became Prince of Nassau-Orange-Fulda (he gave this principality to his son in 1802). He was also Margrave of Veere and Vlissingen , Count of Katzenelnbogen , Count of Diez , Count of Spiegelberg , Count of Buren , Count of Leerdam , Count of Culemborg , Baron von Beilstein , Baron von Grave and Baron von Land von Cujik .

progeny

Wilhelm V. with his family

Wilhelm V married on October 4, 1767 in Berlin Wilhelmine of Prussia (1751-1820), daughter of Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia . Your children were:

Son († March 23, 1769), live birth
Friederika Louise Wilhelmina (1770–1819) - married in 1790 to Hereditary Prince Karl Georg August von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1766–1806), son of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
Son († August 6, 1771), stillborn
Wilhelm Friedrich (1772–1843), Dutch: Willem I, Koning der Nederlanden
Wilhelm Georg Friedrich (1774–1799)

He also had an illegitimate son: Karel, born in 1767. He died on June 11, 1808 in Paris.

Honors

Orange County in North Carolina is named after William V of Orange .

literature

PL Müller : Wilhelm V. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 159-163.
Uwe Schögl (Red.): Orange. 500 years of portraits of a dynasty from the portrait collection of the Austrian National Library, Vienna and the Dutch Royal Collection The Hague. (Exhibition from February 1 to March 19, 2002, Camineum of the Austrian National Library, Vienna). Austrian National Library et al., Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-01-000028-6 , pp. 99-101.

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm V. (Orange) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

^ Klaus H. Orth: Apprenticeship years of a later king - Wilhelm Friedrich von Oranien-Nassau . In: Susanne Bohl and others (ed.): Fulda. 50 treasures and specialties . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7319-0425-0 , pp. 126–129, here p. 126.

predecessor	Office	successor
William IV	Prince of Orange-Nassau 1751–1806	––
William IV	Governor of the Netherlands 1751–1795	Title expired , Batavian Republic
Adalbert von Harstall (Prince-Bishop of Fulda) Ferdinand von Lüninck (Prince-Bishop of Corvey)	Prince of Fulda, Prince of Corvey 1801–1802	Wilhelm I.

personal data
SURNAME	Wilhelm V.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Orange, Wilhelm V. Batavus Prince of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Governor of the Netherlands
DATE OF BIRTH	March 8, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH	The hague
DATE OF DEATH	April 9, 1806
Place of death	Braunschweig

[1] Klaus H. Orth: Apprenticeship years of a later king - Wilhelm Friedrich von Oranien-Nassau . In: Susanne Bohl and others (ed.): Fulda. 50 treasures and specialties . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7319-0425-0 , pp. 126–129, here p. 126.