Driemanschap

The Driemanschap (Triumvirate) of 1813 was formed after Charles-François Lebrun and the French troops suddenly left the area of the Netherlands. It consisted of Frans Adam van der Duyn van Maasdam, Leopold of Limburg Stirum and Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp. The three statesmen invited the almost forgotten Prince William VI of Orange, the later King William I, to The Hague to prevent anarchy or a possible annexation of the Netherlands by Prussia or England. He was proclaimed the Sovereign Prince of the new Principality of the United Netherlands.