History and Language
a considerable part of his conquests. Holland's history subsequent to this period is of little interest. In 1795 the French Republic's troops invaded the country and created the Batavian Republic, and a few years later, in 1810, Napoleon annexed Holland to his Empire. The French were driven out of the Netherlands by the Dutch, aided by Russia and Prussia, when the Prince of Orange, son of William V., the last Stadhouder, who died in exile in 1806, ascended the throne of Holland as an independent Sovereign, He was created King of the Netherlands (Belgium and Holland) by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, under the title of William I. The bond was severed by the Revolution of 1830. He abdicated ten years later, and was succeeded by his son, William Frederick of Orange, who had fought under the Prussian flag during the Napoleonic wars;
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