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[[File:Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Orange (Holland) - Memorial JK - Brasilia - DSC00382.JPG|thumb|Sash with badge and star of of the grade Grand Cross]]
The '''Order of the House of Orange''' (Dutch: ''Huisorde van Oranje''), sometimes referred to as the '''House Order of Orange''', is a [[Dynastic order of knighthood|dynastic order]] of the [[House of Orange-Nassau]], the royal family of the [[Netherlands]] like the Royal Victorian Order is in the United Kingdom . The order was instituted by [[Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] in 1905 and is not subject to ministerial responsibility or influence, but is awarded at the discretion of the Dutch monarch alone.