I cannot reproduce it, but I once read that when the Prince of Orange planned his return to the Netherlands he was not too sure if he would be welcomed. He was given an armed force of former Dutch prisoners of war and the Nassau battalion. It was a clever political move and good riddance of mouths to feed.
After his coronation the King drafted the Nassau battalion into the Dutch Army.
Charles Bernhard duke of Saxe Weimar Eisenach was his brother in law. He joined the Dutch Army and lead the Dutch troops at Waterloo.
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