Order of the House of Orange: Difference between revisions

In 1905, Queen Wilhelmina felt the need for a House Order because the [[Order of the Oak Crown]] of the [[Grand Duchy]] of [[Luxembourg]], used by her father and grandfather to reward Dutch subjects, was no longer available to her, as femalessuccession wereto notthe allowedthrone toof succeedLuxembourg was directed by the throneHouse treaty of Luxembourgthe House of Nassau in a way duecomparable to the [[Salic Law]] within its constitution in 1890.