The national flag of the Netherlands (Dutch: de Nederlandse vlag) is a horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue.

Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue. A medium blue field with a white fimbriated (bordered) red four-pointed star in its upper hoist corner and two narrow horizontal yellow stripes in its lower half.

flag of the Netherlands horizontally striped red-white-blue national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3. In the 16th century William I, prince of Orange, became a leader of the Dutch independence movement against Spain.

Flag of the Netherlands The first reference to the Dutch flag dates from 1572. At that time it was known as the ‘Prince’s flag’ and the colours were orange, white and blue: orange for the principality of Orange, and white and blue from the principality’s livery.

The national flag of the Netherlands is a tricolor of three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue. The national anthem is Wilhelmus (The William) and the official currency is the Euro.

The Dutch flag is composed of a red-white-blue tricolor and it is also known as "The Prince's Flag". Records about the prince William of Orange´s flag appeared already in 1572, when William led the resistance against the Spanish domination, …

The national flag of the Netherlands is a tricolour flag. The colors are red (bright vermilion), white , and blue (cobalt blue). The first Stadtholder, or ruler, of the Dutch Republic was William of Orange, who joined with Dutch nationalists and led the struggle for independence from Spain.