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Show Famous Roj'al House. Oranye is u small town near Avignon in the south of France, once the capital cap-ital of a small Independent principality principal-ity of the same name. In 15S1 the principality prin-cipality passed hy marriage to the younger hranch of the ducal house of Nassau. The head of this house became be-came known as prince of Orange. One was leader of the party In Holland of civil and religious liberty, and a later prince of Orange became King William Wil-liam III of Great Britain. |