What Happened To The Old Netherlands Flag?

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Canalside mansions and a trove of works from artists including Rembrandt and Vermeer remain from the city’s 17th-century

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This is the national flag of Netherlands but once upon a time Netherlands was associated with this Lively flag well in today’s video I wanted to find out why the Dutch flag Chang from one on the left to one on the right and also what is the history behind these two amazing

Dutch Flags but before we dive into the Dutch flag history timeline hit the like button share and subscribe for more content like this this is the only way to support my channel now let’s start from the beginning even before Netherlands the count of Holland was associated with this red white and blue

Flag this might have come from the court of arms of the House of Bavarian which for the last sort of 78 years rulle over the county of Holland and later it got absorbed by the house of hburg since this was the State of Affairs during that time until 1560s when the Dutch

Revolved against the Spanish this resulted into 80 years of war and this is where the color orange start becoming prominent since Prince William of Orange plac himself as the head of the Rebels the etimology of the House of Orange Is unrelated to the name of the fruit or

The color the usage of the colors orange white and blue was based on the library of William and was first recorded the siege of leaden in 1574 where the Dutch officers wore orange white and blue omelet the first known full color depiction of the flag appeared in 1575

And this is when this tricolor flag was made the first Dutch flag however this flag came into full use later in the 1570s and was often known as the princess flag the flag later serve in all the three dominions of the Dutch Republic like South Africa New York City

And Albi New York in 1630 the Dutch Republic disassociate itself from the house of orange and the orange color on the flag was replaced by the red one as a sign of political change and growing dissociation this tri color of red white and blue first appeared in 1664 and was

Often called the flag of Holland since it was among the revolting Province however the name flag of Holland face lots of opposition from other provinces and the flag name read a change to state flag this hisory color flag design was influenced by the Russian flag and the French flag during The Batavian

Revolution and subsequent French Conquest the name princess flag was forbidden and the state flag was the only flag allowed in 1796 the Red Band of the flag was embellished with the figure of netherland’s Maiden which is the lion at her feet in the upper left corner of the flag unfortunately this

Flag had the shortest life in the Dutch history when Louis bonapart was made the king of Holland by his brother Emperor Napoleon he pursued a purely Dutch policy he removed the maiden of freedom from the flag and restored the old tricolor flag however his Pro Dutch policies led to conflict with his

Brother and the Netherlands were incorporated into the French Empire in 1813 the Netherlands regain its independence and the princess of orange returned from Exile this red white blue flag was flown with decoration of orange pinons and solid colored orange flag as a sign of allegiance to the house of

Orange but just before the outbreak of second world War the princess flag resurface again some people were convinced that orange white and blue were the true colors of the Dutch flag to end the confusion Queen will hel minina established red white and blue colors to be the true colors of the

Kingdom of Netherlands in 1949 the exact color parameters were defined as bright vilon white and cobalt blue today the flag is flown at government buildings and military bases in the Netherlands there are two theories on what each color and stripe means the first theory states that the red me means bravery

Strength Valor and hardiness the White Band represent peace and honesty while the blue symbolizes vigilance truth loyalty Justice and perseverance however some researchers believes the colors were chosen because of their meaning in society for example the color red is the people white the church and blue the

Nobility and there you have it if you enjoy this video hit the like button share and subscribe for more content like this until next time stay curious and bye