Principality of Orange [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Principality of Orange
The Principality of Orange () was, from 1163 to 1713, a feudal state in Provence, in the south of modern-day France, on the east bank of the river Rhone, north of the city of Avignon, and surrounded by the independent papal state of Comtat Venaissin.
It was constituted in 1163, when Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I elevated the Burgundian County of Orange (consisting of the city of Orange and the land surrounding it) to a sovereign principality within the Empire. The
border between the two countries. The French Revolution (1789-1799) which brought an end to feudal rights, finally abolished the lordship of Franquemont and in 1793 the principality of the bishops of Basel was dissolved. 
After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the Swiss part of the ancient Baronie formed the community of Goumois in Switzerland (Canton Jura), the French part formed the community of Goumois, Doubs in France (Département du Doubs)
The Castle of Franquemont.
Description of the Castle 1305-1677