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Prince's Flag
1570s–1652 flag of the Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Oranje-blanje-bleu" redirects here. For Oranje, Blanje, Blou, see Flag of South Africa (1928–1994).
The Prince's Flag (Dutch: Prinsenvlag) is a Dutch flag, first used in the Dutch Revolt during the late 16th century.
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Prince's Flag (Dutch: Prinsenvlag) | |
Design | Three horizontal bands of orange, white and blue |
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Designed by | William the Silent |
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The Prince's Flag is based on the flag of Prince William of Orange-Nassau, hence the name. The colours are orange, white and blue. On the basis of the French names of these colours, orange-blanc-bleu, the flag is also referred to by the Dutch rhymes oranje-blanje-bleu and ranje-blanje-bleu.
This flag is controversial in the Netherlands due to its usage in the past by the pro-Nazi NSB. The flag is now mostly used in the Netherlands by far right activists and in historical re-enactment.[1][2]