Nassau-Oranien
In the organizer's words:
To this day, the House of Nassau-Orange has a special radiance. Members of the dynasty still provide the kings and queens of the Netherlands - a purely representative function that has nevertheless retained its fascination for many.
But who are the Nassau family? How did the family successfully overcome the numerous dynastic, financial and religious crises of the 16th and 17th centuries? And how did it manage to rise to become a dynasty of European importance?
The key to answering these questions is to understand the Nassau family as a family business. Despite the separation into different dynastic lines, individual representatives of the house always acted in reaction to each other and were heavily dependent on each other's success. The Dutch revolt against Spanish suzerainty plays a particularly prominent role in the family history: to this day, William I of Orange ("the Silent One") is regarded as the "liberator from the Spanish aggressors", whose "heroic deeds" were deliberately emphasized by the family in order to justify their leading role in Dutch politics.
Individual representatives of the House of Nassau are presented in the Oranier Hall of the Siegerland Museum. The focus is on their relationship to the city of Siegen, their roles in the family business and their scope for social action. The women of the dynasty also take on important roles: be it as the matriarch, as the initiator of a well-considered marriage policy or as the "enfant terrible" who points out the weaknesses of the dynasty and is neither able nor willing to fit into the tight family network.
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