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{{Infobox order
|title = Order of the House of Orange<br>''Huisorde van Oranje''
|image = [[Image:Huisorde van Oranje Ridderkruis.jpg|125px|]]
|caption = The Honorary Cross of the Order of the House of Orange
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|grades = Very complex, see "History"
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|dateestablished = 19 March 1905
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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 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]] similar to the [[Royal Victorian Order]] in the United Kingdom. The order was instituted by [[Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] inon 19 March 1905 and is not subject to ministerial responsibility or influence, but is awarded at the discretion of the Dutch monarch alone.
 
==History==