page_title: Order of the Union
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Order of the Union / History
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Tekening uit 1809 met daaronder in potlood de tekst "le 15 juin 1809 Amsterdam". afgedrukt in de tentoonstellingscatalogus "Lodewijk Napoleon". Het Loo 2007. Deel van de collectie van het Rijksmuseum Paleis het Loo. De auteur, een ceremoniemeester of andere hoveling moet al mer dan een eeuw geleden gestorven zijn.
context_page_description: The Order of the Union was a chivalric order established in 1806 by Louis Bonaparte, younger brother of Napoleon I, for the Kingdom of Holland. The order was abolished in 1811 when the French Empire absorbed the Kingdom of Holland. It was succeeded by the Order of the Reunion.
context_section_description: Louis was made king of the new Kingdom of Holland on 6 June 1806. Like the other Bonapartes, he wanted to add the luster of pomp and knighthood to his reign. Until 1806 the Netherlands had always been a republic and so had no pre-existing system of orders so, on 24 August 1806, Louis wrote to Napoleon (then in Aachen):
caption: Seating plan for the third meeting of the Royal Order of the Union in June 1809.
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