Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands Soeverein Vorstendom der Vereenigde Nederlanden | |||||||||
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1813–1815 | |||||||||
Motto: Je maintiendrai "I will maintain" | |||||||||
Anthem: De facto: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe "William of Nassau" | |||||||||
Capital | Amsterdam | ||||||||
Common languages | Dutch | ||||||||
Religion | Dutch Reformed; Catholicism | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Dutch | ||||||||
Government | Absolute monarchy (until 1814) Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy (from 1814) | ||||||||
Sovereign Prince | |||||||||
• 1813–1815 | William Frederick | ||||||||
Legislature | States General | ||||||||
Historical era | Early Modern | ||||||||
20 November 1813 | |||||||||
29 March 1814 | |||||||||
21 June 1814 | |||||||||
13 August 1814 | |||||||||
16 March 1815 | |||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1815 | 2,233,000[1] | ||||||||
Currency | Dutch guilder | ||||||||
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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.