Principality of Orange

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Principality of Orange Principauté d'Orange (French)
1163–1713
Coat of arms
Map of the Principality of Orange (with south at the top)
Status	Vassal state of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Orange
Government	Feudal Monarchy
Prince of Orange
• 1171–1185	Bertrand I of Baux (first)
• 1650–1702	William III of Orange and England (last)
History
• Principality status granted	1163
• Ceded to France by the Treaty of Utrecht	1713
Area
• Total	108 sq mi (280 km2)
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Arles Kingdom of France

The Principality of Orange (French: Principauté d'Orange) was, from 1163 to 1713, a feudal state in Provence, in the south of modern-day France, on the east bank of the river Rhone, north of the city of Avignon, and surrounded by the independent papal state of Comtat Venaissin.

It was constituted in 1163, when Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I elevated the Burgundian County of Orange (consisting of the city of Orange and the land surrounding it) to a sovereign principality within the Empire. The principality became part of the scattered holdings of the house of Orange-Nassau from the time that William the Silent inherited the title of Prince of Orange from his cousin in 1544, until it was finally ceded to France in 1713 under the Treaty of Utrecht. Although permanently lost by the Nassaus then, this fief gave its name to the extant Royal House of the Netherlands. The area of the principality was approximately 12 miles (19 km) long by 9 miles (14 km) wide, or 108 square miles (280 km²).^[1]