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The '''. Under the later House Of Austria , this flag remained in use. The Prince's Flag]] The provinces of the Low Countries, however, rose in revolt against King , the Dutch war of independence. Hence 1572 is the official year of the introduction of this banner. This was commemorated in the Netherlands by the issue of a post stamp in 1972.(1) : ''The Relief of Leiden'' – In the drawing of the Relief of Leiden (1574), one Dutch ship bears a familiar three-stripe flag, while another has a flag with nine stripes.]] The flag had three, sometimes six or even nine horizontal stripes, but also took the form of rays projecting from a circle. The colours were used without any fixed order and it was only towards the end of the 16th Century that any degree of uniformity appeared. After 1630 , the orange stripe was gradually replaced by a red one, as paintings of that time indicate. Since there was likely no political reason for introducing a non-orange motive in the flag, the probable reason is that orange and blue are faint colors and more difficult to distinguish than red and dark blue, especially at sea. Another explanation is that the orange was originally made of natural/herbal yellow and red. The yellow colour faded out first, leaving a red strip. The orange-white-blue flag, however, continued to be flown as well and in later times formed the basis for the former (who was always a member of the House Of Orange ) and the States General. The revolution in the Netherlands, in the last decade of the 18th Century , and the conquest by the French also resulted in another flag. The name "Prince's Flag" was forbidden. There came no change in the red-white-blue (colours to which the French "liberators" were kindly disposed, analogous as they were to Their Own Tricolour ), but in 1796 the red division of the flag was embellished with the figure of a Netherlands maiden, with a lion at her feet, in the upper left corner. In one hand she bore a shield with the Roman Fasces and in the other a lance crowned with the Cap Of Liberty . This flag had a life as short as that of the Batavian Republic for which it was created. Louis Bonaparte , made King Of Holland by his brother the Emperor Napoleon , wished to pursue a purely Dutch policy and to respect national sentiments as much as possible. He removed the maiden of freedom from the flag and restored the old tricolour. His pro-Dutch policies led to conflicts with his brother, however, and the Netherlands were incorporated into the French Empire. Its flag was replaced by the imperial emblems. In 1813 , the Netherlands regained its independence and the Prince of Orange returned to the country from England . The tricolour reappeared from the attics and cellars where it had remained hidden for three years, waiting for better times. In order to demonstrate the attachment of the people to the House of Orange, the orange-white-blue and the red-white-blue fluttered together on the roofs. Which of the two flags should be the national flag was left undecided. Until recently, both had the same rights, although the red-white-blue was generally given precedence. This is apparent from the fact that it was not only hoisted on public buildings but also chosen by the first King as his personal standard, showing the national coat of arms on the white stripes. From the same period dates the custom, prescribed spontaneously by popular will, to fly an orange pennant together with the national flag as a sign of allegiance of the people to the House of Orange. On February 19 , 1937 , a Royal Decree issued by Queen Wilhelmina finally laid down the red, white and blue colours as the national flag (heraldic colours of bright vermilion, white and cobalt blue). She did this as a response to right wing activists, who claimed the Kingdom should use another flag. (1) http://dutchrevolt.leidenuniv.nl/Nederlands/symbolen/rood%20wit%20blauw.htm Flags of provinces in the Netherlands |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Friesland" class="copylinks">Friesland |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Gelderland" class="copylinks">Gelderland |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Groningen_(province)" class="copylinks">Groningen |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Limburg_(Netherlands)" class="copylinks">Limburg |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/North_Brabant" class="copylinks">North Brabant |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/North_Holland" class="copylinks">North Holland |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Overijssel" class="copylinks">Overijssel |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/South_Holland" class="copylinks">South Holland |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Utrecht_(province)" class="copylinks">Utrecht |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Zeeland" class="copylinks">Zeeland |
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