You sure it is the oldest one? I've heard that Kimigayo, the Japanese anthem, is a thousand years old. As far as I know, Wilhelmus lived a few hundred years later.
@@georggroeg6014 heyyy, Dutchie here. Kimigayo is indeed the older than the Wilhelmus because ut was created a lot earlier. But there is an ongoing debate which country has the oldest anthem mainly because it is complicated to say when something became a national anthem, if it was seen as such, if the constitution recognised it as such and blah blah blah. Most people say that Kimigayo has exited for longer but wasn't seen as the "anthem" of Japan. Most certainly because a "national anthem" is a pretty European concept that was either alien or subjective in places like Asia. Kimigayo was used for a lot of things but people are still debating if it counted as the national "anthem".
@@fy1727 I guess in the end it's about how you define it: Kimigayo is the oldest song used as a national anthem, but Het Wilhelmus is the oldest song that was used as an actual national anthem as we know it today (props to the dutch btw, I love the concept of national anthems). Thanks for your comment! Love from Germany, hope you guys are doing well over there :)
I think you are confusing it with Kimigayo which was originally a Poem written between the 8th-12th century and only put to music in the 19th century. Het Wilhelmus however was written around 1568-1572 and the melody for it comes from the song Chartres which was written in 1568 (a version of het Wilhelmus with text and melody stems back to 1574 as far as we know). Given that Kimigayo's lyrics had already been written down by then and that God Save the King/Queen would be officially adopted as the British National Anthem much earlier than het Wilhelmus (which was officially adopted only in 1932) saying it is one of the oldest is correct, but the oldest depends on definition of the term
Grappig hoe in het beuitenland onze koninging Maxima bekender is dan koning Willem Alexander, het staatshoofd Witzig, wie unsere Königin Maxima im Ausland bekanter ist als König Willem Alexander, das Staatsoberhaupt
In those days (1575) almost all soldiers were mercenaries, the were hired by a nobleman to fight for him/her. They came from the poor areas of Europe and went to where there was work. The French King had hired them for a siege of a town. Mocking songs were made to discourage the other side. Things like: "You think you have strong walls of stone, but they are made of shit, if we piss against them, they flow away like diarrhea!" Usually they used existing melodies with new words. But during this siege a new song was made with a new catching melody. After they won, they went North, where both Orange and Habsburg were hiring for good money. They marched singing their mocking song to show off their victory. Like nowadays the 'new song' became popular. A Dutchman wrote new words to it, praising the Prince, as if the Prince would have sung it himself. The first letter of each couplet spell out his name: Willem van Nassov. With the new text it became very popular and was used everywhere, also in churches and at ceremonies. The march was slowed down to give it more dignity, like every battle march when used in church, or celebration. Together with "Merck toch hoe Sterck" and "In naam van Oranje" the "Wilhelmus" became a national song, joined later with "De Zilvervloot". To serve as Anthem, the music was recomposed. Too slow in my opinion, because now it has the speed of a funeral march.
We remember the national anthem of Wilhelmus in Indonesia a few centuries ago when Indonesia became part of the colony of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
@Olleke Bolleke Ik ben blij om te horen van een gelijkgestemde persoon! De wereld zou een betere plek zijn also we nog steeds overzeese gebieden hadden!
MrPpd12 ja, het is een tikkeltje antisemitisch. Maar ik heb ook nooit gezegd dat ik het eens ben met (bij voorbeeld) de acties van Israël in Palestina (die trouwens ook echt niet kunnen)
Because it was the personal motto of the royal family since William I of Orange also known as William the Silent or Taciturn but according to other sources it is much older...
Aleks Pavlovic was he speaking french ? I know french was used a lot by royal families from europe because it was the language of the strongest european power and it was a kind of noble language.
wilhem est prince d'orange Orange qui se situe en France ^^ il a perdu ses terres par louis 14 ( d’ailleurs la devise anglais est aussi en Français ^^)
Simon Bolduc William of Nassau was 'German' by birth. When he inherited the lands of Orange (situated in France) as a child, he became Prince of Orange and was sent to the Royal court in Brussels to get a 'proper' education. There he learnt to speak French. Only later he became 'stadhouder' of some parts of the Netherlands, but he barely spoke Dutch. The motto is derived from the Orange inheritance.
it used to be orange from the time that we were an kingdom. (we still are but then it was more like a empire) and it was used with the east Indian trade corporation
@@MrPpd12 nee want duitsland bestond toen nog helemaal niet duytchen slaat op diets en dat is oud nederlands voor nederland. Het lied is in de 16e eeuw geschreven en duitsland bestond toen nog helemaal niet
Er is geen onomstotelijk bewijs wie precies het Wilhelmus heeft geschreven. Er zijn in een Vlaams-Nederlands onderzoek 2 namen naar voren gekomen, namelijk: Petrus Datheen (zestiende eeuw) en Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde (zeventiende eeuw).
@@olivierlauwers4548 Ach belgië betekent letterlijk laag land ik zie Belgen als broeders er zit alleen een zielig streepje op de map omdat de grote machten bang waren voor een samengevoegde benelux . Ik hou van Belgen en Ghent/Brugge zijn een van mooiste steden van Europa. De taal en geschiedenis verbind ons voor eeuwig of je het wilt of niet. We hebben gezamenlijk de spanjaarden verdreven dus jullie deen het volkslied ook. 👍
There is just something about the Dutch national anthem that invokes pride and majesty.
Georg Ludwig Rudolf Maercker Its the slight touch of Frikandelbroodje and Stroopwafel
A borrowed melody and reduced speed did a lot...
@@derechteduitslandball2427 True we have also have bitterbal and Hagelslag
Just like the Oranje Lion
@@dutchman7623 It's a slowed down Dutch song indeed, to which a melody was added.
Fun fact, the Dutch national Anthem is the oldest in the world but originally it wasn't meant to be a song.
You sure it is the oldest one? I've heard that Kimigayo, the Japanese anthem, is a thousand years old. As far as I know, Wilhelmus lived a few hundred years later.
@@georggroeg6014 heyyy, Dutchie here. Kimigayo is indeed the older than the Wilhelmus because ut was created a lot earlier. But there is an ongoing debate which country has the oldest anthem mainly because it is complicated to say when something became a national anthem, if it was seen as such, if the constitution recognised it as such and blah blah blah. Most people say that Kimigayo has exited for longer but wasn't seen as the "anthem" of Japan. Most certainly because a "national anthem" is a pretty European concept that was either alien or subjective in places like Asia. Kimigayo was used for a lot of things but people are still debating if it counted as the national "anthem".
@@fy1727 I guess in the end it's about how you define it: Kimigayo is the oldest song used as a national anthem, but Het Wilhelmus is the oldest song that was used as an actual national anthem as we know it today (props to the dutch btw, I love the concept of national anthems). Thanks for your comment! Love from Germany, hope you guys are doing well over there :)
@@georggroeg6014 as I understand it Kimigayo was composed as a poem, not a song. As far as I know it was only set to music much later.
I think you are confusing it with Kimigayo which was originally a Poem written between the 8th-12th century and only put to music in the 19th century. Het Wilhelmus however was written around 1568-1572 and the melody for it comes from the song Chartres which was written in 1568 (a version of het Wilhelmus with text and melody stems back to 1574 as far as we know). Given that Kimigayo's lyrics had already been written down by then and that God Save the King/Queen would be officially adopted as the British National Anthem much earlier than het Wilhelmus (which was officially adopted only in 1932) saying it is one of the oldest is correct, but the oldest depends on definition of the term
*stands up and proceeds to sing along with Het Wilhelmus* (Great quality clip, keep up the good work)
DeJongh Same here
Holland ist mein Lieblings- Land ! ,, Irgendwann, wird es meine Zweite Heimat ! ,, Lang lebe die Niederlande und die Monarchie !,,
Wees welkom!
Lang lebe Steffen! Ein goldener Kamerad!
Belgium, Netherlands, Picardie and East Friesland, these are the dutch core territories. Much admiration to our brothers, from Belgium.
land of the fries
Jammer dat Vlaanderen en Nederland niet meer 1 zijn onder de Nederlandse vlag, wellicht zal dietsland later ontwaken!
Hidoep Toean Radja Willem
Hidoep koening
Greetings from Indonesia🇮🇩🇳🇱
g e k o l o n i s e e r d
@@lizzysaurus haha niet netjes maar wel grappig
Dan moet je zeggen blanda busu
hidoep rakjat , hidoep reopublic
Foto kau jokowi pulak lagi jancok 🖕
Truly magnificent! Good job!
Thank you :)
Lang lebe die Niederlande ! Meine Zweite Heimat ! Lang lebe Königin Maxima und der König ! Lang leben sie !!! HURRA!!!
@Olleke Bolleke no
Máxima maakt ons land stuk.
Grappig hoe in het beuitenland onze koninging Maxima bekender is dan koning Willem Alexander, het staatshoofd
Witzig, wie unsere Königin Maxima im Ausland bekanter ist als König Willem Alexander, das Staatsoberhaupt
@@stansearcheslife6363 yes
I am Indonesian and love it...
We did terrible things and this music now for the sake of humanity has no more part in Colonialism. But my fellow human lets make the Future great!
@@brunodejong1695 Thank you, as a fellow Indonesian (and some dutch blood) we will always be friends, hope you have a great day
Yay, you guys sorted things out!
Stfu you have luck that Your county was libirated by Japan, or else you where speaking Dutch now
@@samvanderburg2326 Life under the japanese wasn't much better, En dit is niet zo patriotisch van jou, Maat.
I didn't know we had music like this! :)
Burp
thank you awesome songs from my contry the NETHERLANDS !!!
lang leven Nederland
de trotse veroveraars van Engeland
lang leven Willem 3 van oranje prins der Nederlanden, stadhouder en koning van Engeland
Zeg je met een Stalin profielfoto
first rendition of the Wilhelmus which wasn't depressing.
In those days (1575) almost all soldiers were mercenaries, the were hired by a nobleman to fight for him/her. They came from the poor areas of Europe and went to where there was work.
The French King had hired them for a siege of a town.
Mocking songs were made to discourage the other side.
Things like: "You think you have strong walls of stone, but they are made of shit, if we piss against them, they flow away like diarrhea!"
Usually they used existing melodies with new words.
But during this siege a new song was made with a new catching melody.
After they won, they went North, where both Orange and Habsburg were hiring for good money. They marched singing their mocking song to show off their victory.
Like nowadays the 'new song' became popular.
A Dutchman wrote new words to it, praising the Prince, as if the Prince would have sung it himself. The first letter of each couplet spell out his name: Willem van Nassov.
With the new text it became very popular and was used everywhere, also in churches and at ceremonies. The march was slowed down to give it more dignity, like every battle march when used in church, or celebration.
Together with "Merck toch hoe Sterck" and "In naam van Oranje" the "Wilhelmus" became a national song, joined later with "De Zilvervloot".
To serve as Anthem, the music was recomposed. Too slow in my opinion, because now it has the speed of a funeral march.
if you want to take a very deep dive into 80 years war and how we came to be i recommend defragged history is goeie shit
Het wilhelmus was originally a march so it would have sounded like 2x speed
We remember the national anthem of Wilhelmus in Indonesia a few centuries ago when Indonesia became part of the colony of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
I Played this song in Suriname 🇸🇷
Now its become Netherlands Guinea 🇳🇱
greetings friend another great video
Thanks :)
Great Country 🇳🇱🇮🇩🇳🇱🇮🇩🇳🇱🇮🇩
Beautiful
I didn't knew we had this beautifull music. Thanks for sharing!
Heil Dir ! Meine Niedederlande ,du mir an das Herz gewachsen -Stolze Nation , machst mich Froh -Immer schon !( S. Klann ) .
thanks you!!!greets from argentina!!!
It’s funny to see all of the kingdom’s coats of arms have french word on
Mijn Nederlandse vrienden! Sta op en herstel je rijk! Je bondgenoten in het VK zullen ook volgen!
@Olleke Bolleke Ik ben blij om te horen van een gelijkgestemde persoon! De wereld zou een betere plek zijn also we nog steeds overzeese gebieden hadden!
Als je gelukkig bent, ben je rijk... en we hebben de gelukkigste kinderen, wat wil je meer?
je bedoeld die klootzakken die new York hebben gestolen?
MrPpd12 nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitisme.
MrPpd12 ja, het is een tikkeltje antisemitisch. Maar ik heb ook nooit gezegd dat ik het eens ben met (bij voorbeeld) de acties van Israël in Palestina (die trouwens ook echt niet kunnen)
Es Lebe den König Willem-Alexander und Königin Maxima von Nederland
That's German
Garde Dragonders mars has an efteling vibe.
Love nederland 😘 🇳🇱
PERFECT MOOI WAUW!
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Why is the emblem written in french " je maintiendrai " ? They don't speak french in netherland ?
Because it was the personal motto of the royal family since William I of Orange also known as William the Silent or Taciturn but according to other sources it is much older...
Aleks Pavlovic was he speaking french ? I know french was used a lot by royal families from europe because it was the language of the strongest european power and it was a kind of noble language.
wilhem est prince d'orange Orange qui se situe en France ^^ il a perdu ses terres par louis 14 ( d’ailleurs la devise anglais est aussi en Français ^^)
Simon Bolduc William of Nassau was 'German' by birth. When he inherited the lands of Orange (situated in France) as a child, he became Prince of Orange and was sent to the Royal court in Brussels to get a 'proper' education. There he learnt to speak French. Only later he became 'stadhouder' of some parts of the Netherlands, but he barely spoke Dutch. The motto is derived from the Orange inheritance.
The motto of the British monarchy is "Dieu et mon droit", in French. It used to be the language of the elites
WOOOOWWWW
dont forget
our prince the only one in history to defeat england on their soil
The last one to defeat the English on their own soil*
The Normans and Danes preceded us. And of course the Scots won a decent amount too.
@@halorecon95 but did they take the throne?
@@MrPpd12 The Normans did. England as we know it has been created by William the Conquerer, who was a Norman.
The Danes took multiple thrones.
@@halorecon95 yeah but that was before you were an empire. so it was easier back then
@@MrPpd12 I'm Dutch though :P
de staten van holland reminds me of christmas song
Don't tell me that "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" comes from this, need to check it up.
I Played this song in Indonesia 🇮🇩
Now its become Dutch east Indies 🤡🇳🇱
In gratie van God
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
so far there's zero dislikes
cinema critic one dislike now, probably a triggered Indonesian
cinema critic 2 Dislikes now. Probably some angry guy from Groningen.
4 dislikes now. probably one from the antillen and one from south africa.
@@MrPpd12 I wanted to join in but its still 4 dislikes :'D
Vlaanderen + Nederland, de Nederlanden één!
The flag of Netherlands from the intro look orange.....or maybe I'm colorblind
It’s the Dutch empire one
it is. its the one from when we colonised lands. (otherwise known as the dutch empire) they used it for the east Indian trade corporation and more
long live the king
DU DU DU DU Max Verstappen DU DU DU DU
yeeee
Can you Make Philippines
05:05
Waarom zijn er zo weinig reacties in het Nederlands?
Weet ik niet?
UA-cam is nogal Engelstalig georienteerd in Europa.
0:12 is that Orange or I'm I colorblind? I swear that is Orange
Historically speaking both would be correct but the modern is red.
A bit.
it used to be orange from the time that we were an kingdom. (we still are but then it was more like a empire) and it was used with the east Indian trade corporation
Is there not an older Natonal Anthem f KR NL ?
Robert BARRETT ???
There was before ww2
Robert BARRETT yes wien neêrlands bloed
This is pretty damn old
Francisco Franco Wien Neêrlands bloed is younger, but it was the national anthem before this one officially got recognized as national anthem.
Je maintiendrait ? La devises est française donc
The Sea speaking Dutch!
Nö, Deutsch !
Nope , The British still rule the waves 😂
We built the sea
patatje joppie
mensen het is dietse bloed niet duitse bloed dietsland is nederland en belgie onthoud dit pls
Mr. Bonkers germaanse bloed
het gaat over willem van oranje die duits is niet over het nederlandse volk
@@MrPpd12 nee want duitsland bestond toen nog helemaal niet duytchen slaat op diets en dat is oud nederlands voor nederland. Het lied is in de 16e eeuw geschreven en duitsland bestond toen nog helemaal niet
@@mr.bonkers2310 en dat slaat terug op diets. Duitsland bestond toen nog helemaal niet dus daar kan het ook niet mee bedoeld worden.
@@k.k4102 waarom noemen we de duitsers dan zo?
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Türkiye 's Friends Netherlands peaple ,from
The Rep. of Turkey was born only from our will.
@@ouache Nain Mustafa Kemal Atatürk founded
Alexander Willem is a memelord not a king
no disrespect my dutch friends
Oranje Boven!!!!!
Why you still afraid with king of Spain till now?. Viva El Rey ! 😆😆
Wilhelmus was written by a Belgian....your welcome dutchies
Er is geen onomstotelijk bewijs wie precies het Wilhelmus heeft geschreven. Er zijn in een Vlaams-Nederlands onderzoek 2 namen naar voren gekomen, namelijk: Petrus Datheen (zestiende eeuw) en Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde (zeventiende eeuw).
Your county has no functional goverment, xd lmao
Een Zuid Nederlander dus? Geen probleem toch
@@rick0201 1830...
@@olivierlauwers4548 Ach belgië betekent letterlijk laag land ik zie Belgen als broeders er zit alleen een zielig streepje op de map omdat de grote machten bang waren voor een samengevoegde benelux . Ik hou van Belgen en Ghent/Brugge zijn een van mooiste steden van Europa. De taal en geschiedenis verbind ons voor eeuwig of je het wilt of niet. We hebben gezamenlijk de spanjaarden verdreven dus jullie deen het volkslied ook. 👍
Holland -Türkiye Brother and Sister...
Holland is geen land
*GEKOLONERSEERED*
Not as impressive as french marches but very interesting !
But played after Waterloo victory 😁 I'm sure that also was an touching sound.
Sorry, but it is a French march...