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| | The House of Orange |
 | | The history of the house of orange is a little confusing because, as we will see later, the original Orange family, on which the Dutch Kingdom is based, point out that the, so called Heir, was not based on the habit that the eldest son was automatically the Heir of the family. |
 | | In the Orange family this was not only the case but in two cases, until 1890, the family tree was continued through the female line, which is a "dead-sin" for nobility...... |
 | | Engelbert II von Nassau-Dillenburg in Breda (1473-1504), in Diest, Sichem and Zeelhem 1499, VisCount of Antwerp, in Rosendaal, Wouw and Nispen 1501, Stadtholder of the Lowlands in 1496 and 1501, Stadtholder of Flanders and Lille 1486, etc, born Breda 1451, died Brussels 1504, married Koblenz 1468 Zimburg von Baden (1450-1501). |
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