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Treason 1772–1843 in the History of the Netherlands. In the Netherlands between 1772 and 1843, accusations of treason were shaped by the country’s rapid political transformations—from the Patriot crisis to French rule to the Belgian secession—rather than by a single legal tradition. What “treason” meant in this era In the Dutch Republic and its successor states, treason generally meant betraying the sovereign authority—but the sovereign itself changed repeatedly. The period saw the collapse of the old Dutch Republic (pre‑1795), the Batavian Republic (1795–1806), the Napoleonic Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810), incorporation into the French Empire (1810–1813), and finally the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839) described in the wars list Wikipedia . Each regime defined loyalty differently, so political opponents were often branded traitors by whichever faction held power. 1. Late Dutch Republic (1772–1795): Patriot vs. Orangist conflict By the 1770s–...