Previous members had been princes of its namesake city as well as staathalters.
The death of Philibert de Chalon and subsequent rise of Ren?joined the two branches of this house. The man known oddly as King William I of this dynasty ruled from 1815 to 1844 and his reign was chiefly notable for the revolt and secession of the newly acquired southern half of his kingdom. Previous members had been princes of its namesake city as well as staathalters. An earlier William was murdered in 1584, sixteen years into his country's war for independence from Spain, while another William became king of England in 1688 by marrying Mary II. FTP, name this family which long ruled in the Netherlands.
The death of Philibert de Chalon and subsequent rise of Ren?joined the two branches of this house.
The House of Orange-Nassau