Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands

Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands
Soeverein Vorstendom der Vereenigde Nederlanden
1813–1815
Motto: Je maintiendrai
"I will maintain"
Anthem: De facto: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe
"William of Nassau"
The Principality shown in dark yellow
The Principality shown in dark yellow
CapitalAmsterdam
Common languagesDutch
Religion
Dutch Reformed; Catholicism
Demonym(s)Dutch
GovernmentAbsolute monarchy (until 1814)
Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy (from 1814)
Sovereign Prince 
• 1813–1815
William Frederick
LegislatureStates General
Historical eraEarly Modern
20 November 1813
29 March 1814
21 June 1814
13 August 1814
16 March 1815
Population
• 1815
2,233,000[1]
CurrencyDutch guilder
Preceded by
Succeeded by
First French Empire
United Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (Dutch, old spelling: Souverein Vorstendom der Vereenigde Nederlanden)[2] was a short-lived sovereign principality and the precursor of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, in which it was reunited with the Southern Netherlands in 1815. The principality was proclaimed in 1813 when the victors of the Napoleonic Wars established a political reorganisation of Europe, which would eventually be defined by the Congress of Vienna.

  1. ^ Demographics of the Netherlands, Jan Lahmeyer. Retrieved on 10 December 2013.
  2. ^ Glasius, Barend (1863). Vijftig jaren geleden. 1813–1863. 's Hertogenbosch: H. Palier en Zoon. p. 41.

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