Orange
Orange was a small principality in Provence, north of Avignon and surrounded by papal territory. In 1337 it was ruled by Raymond IV of the House of Baux.
After his son Raymond V died in 1393, the heiress Mary brought Orange to the House of Chalon. In 1544 it passed to William the Silent of Nassau; his house made it a Huguenot stronghold during the Wars of Religion. Louis XIV's troops seized it in 1672 and 1682, and the Treaty of Utrecht ceded it to France in 1713.
Characters
- Bertrand I of Baux
- Bertrand IV des Baux, Prince of Orange
- Bertrand des Baux
- Guidon des Baux
- Guigues des Baux
- William I of Baux
- William II of Baux
- Guillaume des Baux
- Jeanette des Baux
- Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides)
- Raymond I des Baux, Prince of Orange
- Raymond IV des Baux
- Raymond V des Baux