King William II of the Netherlands

From redevance
Revision as of 16:45, 25 April 2025 by Sarah (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
HM The King of the Netherlands
Titles King of the Netherlands
Reign 7 October 1840 - 17 March 1849
Coronation 28 November 1840
Predecessor William I
Successor William III
Biographical Information
Born 6 December 1792

the Hague, the Netherlands

Died 17 March 1849 (aged 56)

Tilburg, the Netherlands

Spouse Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia

(m. 1816; d. 1849)

Issue William III

Prince Alexander
Prince Henry
Prince Ernest Casimir
Princess Sophie

Name William Frederick George Ludwig
House Orange-Nassau
Father King William I of the Netherlands
Mother Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia
Religion Calvinist

General

Life

TBA

Marriage and Issue

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
William III 19 February 1817 23 November 1890 (aged 73) (1) Princess Sophie of Wurttemberg (m. 1839); had issue

(2) Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (m. 1879); had issue

Prince Alexander 2 August 1818 20 February 1848 (aged 29) Died unmarried and without issue
Prince Henry 13 June 1820 13 January 1879 (aged 58) (1) Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (m. 1853); no issue

(2) Princess Marie of Prussia (m. 1878); no issue

Prince Ernest Casimir 21 May 1822 22 August 1822 (3 months) Died in infancy
Princess Sophie 8 April 1824 23 March 1897 (aged 72) Grand Duke Charles Alexander of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (m. 1842); had issue

Titles and Honours

  • 1792-1803 Prince William of Orange-Nassau
  • 1803-1806 William, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Orange-Fulda
  • 1806-1806 William, Hereditary Prince of Orange
  • 1806-1813 Prince William of Orange-Nassau
  • 1813-1815 William, Hereditary Prince of the Netherlands
  • 1815-1840 William, Crown Prince of the Netherlands
  • 1840-1849 William II, King of the Netherlands

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
King William I of the Netherlands William V, Prince of Orange

Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia

William IV, Prince of Orange

Anne, Princess Royal

Prince Augustus William of Prussia

Princess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

John William Friso, Prince of Orange

Princess Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel

King George II of Great Britain

Princess Caroline of Ansbach

King Frederick William I of Prussia

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

Duke Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia King Frederick William II of Prussia

Princess Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

Prince Augustus William of Prussia

Princess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt

Countess Caroline of Zweibrucken

King Frederick William I of Prussia

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

Duke Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt

Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrucken

Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrucken