in Germany. His body was moved to the Dutch Royal Family crypt in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft on 29 April 1958. In 1813, his son, William VI returned to the Netherlands and proclaimed himself king, thus becoming the first Dutch monarch from the House of Orange. Issue William V and Wilhelmina of Prussia were parents to five children: An unnamed son (23–24 March 1769). Princess Frederika Luise Wilhelmina of Orange-Nassau (The Hague, 28 November 1770 – The Hague, 15 October 1819), married in The Hague on 14 October 1790 Karl, Hereditary Prince of Braunschweig (London, 8 February 1766 – Antoinettenruh, 20 September 1806), a son of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Princess Augusta of Great Britain, without issue. An unnamed son (born and deceased on 6 August 1771). Willem Frederik, Hereditary Prince of Orange-Nassau (The Hague, 25 August 1772 – 12 December 1843), who became the first King of the Netherlands as William I . Prince Willem Georg Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau (The Hague, 15 February 1774 – Padua, 6 January 1799), unmarried and without legitimate issue. Ancestry Appreciation During his life and afterward, William V was a controversial person, in himself, and because he was the unwilling center of a political firestorm that others had caused. Many historians and contemporaries have written short appreciations of him that were often acerbic. Phillip Charles, Count of Alvensleben, who was the Prussian envoy to the Hague from 1787 (so not someone who must be suspected to be prejudiced against William) may be taken as an example. He wrote: His great-great-granddaughter Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was less kind. She simply called him a sufferd (dotard). Legacy Orange County, North Carolina was named for William V of Orange Orange County, Indiana was named after the North Carolina county. The Orange River, the longest river in South Africa was named in honour of William V of Orange. See also House of Orange-Nassau References External links |- |- |- |- Princes of Orange Princes of Orange-Nassau Dutch stadtholders Lords of Breda House of Orange-Nassau Knights of the Garter 1748 births 1806 deaths People of the Patriottentijd Nobility from The Hague Modern child monarchs Burials in the Royal Crypt at Nieuwe Kerk, Delft 18th-century art collectors 19th-century art collectors Dutch art collectors Royal reburials