Why the Dutch Flag Doesn't Have Orange - The History of the Dutch Flag
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2019
- Why is the Dutch flag not orange? The colours of the Dutch flag are red, white, blue. The history of the flag of the Netherlands is an interesting one and goes back to the County of Holland. When the Dutch provinces led by Holland were revolting against Spain in the so-called Dutch Revolt. In the Dutch history this revolt is also know as the Eighty Years' War (Tachtigjarige Oorlog) and took place in the Low Countries. William of Orange (Willem van Oranje) started the uprising in 1568 and was assisted by the Sea Beggars (Watergeuzen) to fight off the Spanish. These men fought under the Prince's Flag (Prinsenvlag) which was coloured: orange, white and blue (also called: oranje-blanje-bleu). The conflict ended in 1648. After this the Dutch Republic adopted the States Flag (Statenvlag). The Dutch East India Company (VOC - Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) and the Dutch West India Company (WIC - West-Indische Compagnie) made both use of the States Flag with their logo in the middle white part.
In 1795 the Batavian Revolution (in the aftermath of the French Revolution) took place and the downfall of the Dutch Republic was a fact. Now the Batavian Republic was created: a French client state. This republic was succeeded by the Kingdom of Holland, the French Empire and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. From that point on the red, white, darkblue flag was in use.
It was made official in the 1930s by Queen Wilhelmina who signed a royal degree outlawing the Prince's Flag. By this time the Prince's Flag was used by the Dutch fascist organisation NSB (Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging). During the Second World War in the Netherlands the swastika flag was used. After the Liberation of the Netherlands in WW II the old flag came back. The Dutch flag inspired many other flags. The flag of Luxembourg and the Netherlands look very similar but have actually no relation with each other. The old flag of South Africa as well as the flag of New York do have ties with the Dutch flag. Also the flags of the Dutch Caribbean (Dutch Antilles) have similarities with the flag of the Netherlands. In this video you will learn why the Dutch flag is not orange.
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i really really like the prinsenvlag, its much more fitting with the Netherlands + Flanders with the whole orange thing
From Northern Ireland, came looking for the flag of King William III !
I asked the question of the old Prince flag to Derk Willem Visser, a Dutch flag expert. His answer was that the Staten Generaal of the Netherlands had a red flag. The SG was the highest political organisation, the forerunner of the current Dutch parlement. The SG changed to the colours from Orange to Red, because Orange was the colour of the Dutch Prince Willem of Orange.
some of my ancestors were Dutch, also Fleming is a Scots name meaning man-from -Flanders apparently experts at some part of the wool trade who were encouraged to emigrate.I was told that ny stubborn nature comes from being Dutch
My flag does <3
You deserve more views and subs, great insight to Dutch history on your channel. Long live the Netherlands!
Great information. The current South Africa flag also has the Netherlands flag in it. It exists along with the African National Congress flag :)
"If it ain,t Dutch, it is,nt much"😂
One of my french acquaintance used to make a following joke:
Fascinerend, Stefan! Bedankt, ik leerde een aantal nieuwe feiten!
oh wow an actual "fun with flags" episode. This is good stuff
As a tourist guide in Amsterdam and the Netherlands I do find in all your videos a big inspiration and motivation. This video in particular is indeed a great help for my explanations about the origin of the flag of the Netherlands, which is so interesting. Just as a suggestion, why not a video about the flag of Amsterdam and all the mistery about it? Thank you so much and keep it up! dank u wel!
Thank you for all your content. I am learning a lot about the history of my ancestors. My father immigrated from the Netherlands (Rijnsburg) to Canada (Ontario) with his parents and siblings in 1953, where they continued to farm. Typical story of Dutch immigrants to Canada after WW2. I really appreciate the channel.
And you also mentioned the fact that Peter the great once visited Armsterdam. The name of St. Petersburg was initially "Sankt-Pieter-Burch"(in Dutch Manner) later he changed it to "Sankt-Peterburg" under German influence. It seems Dutch peoples had a lots of influence on Russian Empire also. The prime minister of Russian Empire "Sergius Witte" who did so much to the sake of the empire was of Dutch ancestry. As we say. If it isn't Dutch, it isn't much.
Good video actually I remember watching this when it came out.
As a child in a US school, I found it difficult to draw fifty white stars on a field of blue in the upper left corner, with crayons. Across our southern border in Mexico, the flag has an eagle, sitting on a cactus, holding a snake. I thought of our school aged Mexican neighbors, sitting at their little desks, trying to cope with eagles and snakes. Ay Chihuahua!
"fun with flags" by sheldon cooper :P
The first tricolored flag in the world
What we where taught at school in South Africa is that the Orange in our then fag originated from the naval flag of the Netherlands but the red would almost always have faded in use on the high seas and sun exposure and thus was orage by the time the ships reached South Africa. Quite the opposite of what you where thuaght why it was changed to red. Then I must admit the Union Jack alwas where as red as can be so it is most likely a folk tale