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Are carrots orange because of a Dutch revolutionary? – Live Science
No, but there is a connection between crown and carrot.
There’s a popular folklore that links orange carrots to the Dutch royal family. But is it true?
In the late 1500s, the Dutch low countries were a Spanish colony, ruled as the Spanish Netherlands by Habsburg monarchs in Madrid. Then along came William, Prince of Orange, a bygone territory in what is now the south of France. He was also one of the main leaders during the Dutch Revolt, which began in 1566 and led to the formal recognition of a self-governing Dutch Republic more than 80 years later…
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