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| | * [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonkheer https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonkheer] |
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| [[File:1200px-Jack on the navy flag of the Batavian Republic.svg.png|300px|center|dutch maiden]]
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| |The Dutch Maiden ''(Nederlandse Maagd)'' is a national personification of the Netherlands. She is typically depicted wearing a Roman garment and with a lion, the Leo Belgicus, by her side. In addition to the symbol of a national maiden, there were also symbolic provincial maidens and town maidens.
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| The Dutch Maiden has been used as a national symbol since the 16th century. During the Dutch Revolt, a maiden representing the United Provinces of the Netherlands became a recurrent theme in allegorical cartoons. In early depictions she may be shown in the "Garden of Holland", a small garden surrounded by a fence, recalling the medieval hortus conclusus of the Virgin Mary. On 25 May 1694, the States of Holland and West Friesland introduced a uniform coin design for the United Provinces, showing a Dutch Maiden leaning on a bible placed on an altar and holding a lance with the cap of liberty, the Liberty pole.
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| The Dutch maiden was also used by New Batavia's predecessors the [[Netherlands|Republic of the Netherlands]] and the [[Islamic Internet Republic]].
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| * Wikipedia page on the [[Wikipedia:Dutch Maiden|Dutch Maiden]]
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| * [[Coat of arms of New Batavia]]
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