Talk:William V, Prince of Orange

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Dear Demophon, how do you know he was the leader of the conservative faction. For a Dutchman that is very strange to read. He was captain-general and highest admiral, stadholder, gave his consent to appointments, but very dependent of the Duke and his wife. He had drinking problems and was very indecisive. In 1785 he wanted to gave up his job, feeling incapable to handle all the problems he was confronted with. The lead is uninteresting.Taksen (talk) 11:55, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry. I don't understand this sentence: remove sentence built around a phrase that does not fit the historical situation. Please make yourself clear. Taksen (talk) 07:54, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Move from Government of the Dutch Republic in exile

I have moved some material (rewritten and supplied with citations) from the article mentioned in the move-template to the Flight to Britain section. As far as I can see this is all that is usable. So could we please delete the"'Government in exile" article? I have no experience with this kind of thing, so I need some help.--Ereunetes (talk) 22:05, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

I agree that most of the usable material has now been moved over - excellent work. My thinking was the the Kew Letters stuff was relevant, as well as the fact that Great Britain recognised the Batavian Republic (as opposed to some alternate exiled republic). Those things have both been moved over so I think you've covered the most critical stuff. I see no reason why Government of the Dutch Republic in exile can not now be deleted. I would say the next step would be to ask an admin to do exactly that and will do so on our behalf if you like. Stalwart111 04:06, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

I think you'd better do it. I am not good at administration :-) Thanks.--Ereunetes (talk) 18:26, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

It's done - admin Black Kite redirected the title and protected it to ensure it cannot be recreated (but remains for the purposes of attribution). All sorted I think. Stalwart111 22:55, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

The lead remains problematic. He was not succeeded in any of his functions by his son, except for the now empty title of Prince of Orange. Whether at any time he claimed any government of the Republic in exile is highly debatable, since it wasn't his in the first place. The Stadtholder was not the sovereign, the General Estates were. He certainly didn't claim anything anymore after the Oranienstein letters of 1803. Gerard von Hebel (talk) 12:27, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

I have changed the language in the lead and added some information. It seems that he was (very briefly) succeeded by his son as the reigning Prince of Nassau-Orange in 1806. A function that the son also occupied in the years from 1813 to 1815. Gerard von Hebel (talk) 01:17, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

He was born as a Prince of Orange-Nassau and as heir to the Principality of Nassau-Orange (for it's sovereign the names were reverted) and as heir to the Stadtholderate of the Dutch Republic. On the death of his father he became Stadtholder, Prince of Orange and reigning Prince of Nassau-Orange. Gerard von Hebel (talk) 01:26, 17 August 2014 (UTC)