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Prince of Orange
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Prince of Orange
Prince of Orange
is a
title
originally associated with the sovereign
Principality of Orange
, in what is now southern France. Under the
Treaty of Utrecht
of 1713,
Frederick William I of Prussia
ceded the Principality of Orange to King
Louis XIV of France
(while retaining the title as part of his dynastic titulature). After
William III of England
died without children, a dispute arose between
Johan Willem Friso
and
Frederick I of Prussia
, which was settled in the Treaty of Partition (1732); consequently, Friso's son,
William IV
had to share use of the title "Prince of Orange" (which had accumulated prestige in the Netherlands and throughout the
Protestant
world) with
Frederick William I of Prussia
. The title is traditionally borne by the
heir apparent
of the
Dutch monarch
. The title descends via
absolute primogeniture
since 1983, meaning that its holder can be either Prince or Princess of Orange.
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