King William II of the Netherlands

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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[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

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