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An Orange Expose
"Holland's ruling House of Orange -- and the Orangemen who march to commemorate the victory of the Protestant King William III (William of Orange) over the Catholic army of James II in 1690 in Ireland -- are not honouring a citrus fruit. The city of Orange in southern France is named for the Celtic water god Arausio, pronounced Aurenja. The northern European dynasty was established in 1515 when a German prince married a princess of the French Orange throne".
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