WI the Treaty of Amiens gives William of Nassau the Cape Colony?

Even though William was a firm ally of the British he ended up with nothing after the Piece of Amiens, the Dutch possessions occupied by the British were to be returned to the Batavian Republic and the House of Orange-Nassau was to be merely compensated for their losses (he gained a small principality in the HRE).

Now, WI there was a agreement to give him the Cape and perpetual neutrality? Both the French and British are interested in the strategic value of the Cape and it sounds like a resonable middle ground to me (comparatively Amiens also restored the Knights of Malta who were supposed to be neutral).

Would William accept such proposal? The King of Portugal later accepted to be transfered to Brazil, but he never really needed to give up his claim to Portugal. OTOH William was only the stadhouder, not really a king, so could he be happy such small proposal?

Let's say that the Cape remains neutral and Napoleon doesn't fall, thus the Netherlands remains under French influece. How's the future for the Cape Kingdom?
 
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The problem with this is that, most unlike populous and wealthy Brazil, the Cape Colony at the end of the Dutch period was small and relatively underdeveloped, with a population of a mere sixty thousand people of which half were slaves. The Cape did have a prosperous agricultural economy, but this was supported substantially by its role as a station supplying ships heading into the Indian Ocean basin and Asia beyond. Would a Kingdom of the Cape be able to support itself?
 
IOTL William V accepted a pretty tiny piece of land in the middle of Germany. It must sound more prestigious than the small Cape Colony but both the British and the French seemed to be interest to maintain the Cape area neutral and to use the Prince of Orange to counterbalance each nation's interests seems like a reasonable idea to me (thus we can see the French and the British "pushing" the prince to accept his African kingdom).

And, no, the Cape wouldn't be able to support itself at first, it's supposed to be neutral and dependent on international trade from both nations, just like Malta in the treaty. However. Depending on how they play the great powers they might be able to occupy (and keep) Natal and support the Great Trek into the Highveldt.
 
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The idea of keeping it as a neutral waystation does sound reasonable. The push might include an initial subsidy offer and promises of continued subsidies (that may or may not happen).

Natal and the High Veldt seem fairly easy since during the relevant time periods the great powers will have no interest in the area.

I think an interesting effect of this is that you might get more colonial powers installing monarchies in their colonies, when combined with the Brazilian precedent. Instead of incorporating the area into the metropole, you de facto incorporate it by installing some younger son as the ruler of a puppet state. Decolonization would go differently and be harder.

the British Commonwealth nations may all become politically independent dukedoms (or kingdoms, with GB retaining an imperial title) and complex precedents about how the inheritances work.
 
Also the Cape Kingdom is likely to retain slavery for a long time, a la Brazil. And attract some Confederate immigration after the Civil War, also a la Brazil. Though not, I hasten to add, to anything like Draka levels.
 
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