William V, Prince of Orange
Prince of Orange, General Stadtholder of the United Provinces (1748-1806) · Netherlands · On the map · Historical Figures · Died at 58
The last man to hold power in the Dutch Republic before it collapsed. William V watched an experiment in federated rule that had run for two centuries fold under him, then spent his final decade in London exile while the map of Europe was redrawn.
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In The Orangerie (1796), James Gillray caricatured William's dalliances during his exile, depicting him as an indolent Cupid sleeping on bags of money, surrounded by pregnant amours
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, Portrait of Willem V, Prince of Orange, 1765, engraving
Portrait by Johann Georg Ziesenis (c. 1768-1769)
Willem V and Wilhelmina with their children Louise, William, and Frederick.Awards
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William Batavus was born 8 March 1748 into the House of Orange, the family that had supplied stadtholders - chief magistrates, military commanders, quasi-monarchs without the crown - to the Dutch provinces for generations. He inherited the title Prince of Orange and rose to become Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, the last to hold that office. In 1795, with revolutionary forces closing in and the old federalist order crumbling, he fled to London. He never returned. William V died in exile on 9 April 1806, the final stadtholder of a republic that no longer existed.
