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Queen Wilhelmine of the Netherlands
at a young age
Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia, born Princess of Prussia (full names in Dutch: Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina; full names in German: Friederike Luise Wilhelmine) (Potsdam, 18 November 1774 - The Hague, 12 October 1837), was the first wife of King William I of the Netherlands and so the first Queen of the Netherlands.
Biography
Princess Wilhelmine was born in Potsdam. She was the fourth child (out of eight) of King Frederick William II of Prussia and Queen Frederica Louisa. Her upbringing was dominated by the strict regime of her great-uncle Frederick the Great. Very little is known about her youth.
On 1 October 1791 she married her cousin William, son of Stadtholder William V, Prince of Orange in Berlin. The young couple went to live at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague. In 1795, the French invaded the Dutch Republic. The Princely family went into exile. First they stayed in England, and later in Berlin. The Princess returned to The Hague in the beginning of 1814.
Princess Wilhelmine became Queen of the Netherlands in 1815; until 1830, the Netherlands also included present-day Belgium. Queen Wilhelmine was modest and stayed at the background. She was not a popular Queen, but criticised for isolating the Royal Family. In present-day Belgium, she was criticised for her German dress. She performed the charity expected from a Queen, she was interested in painting and protected museums and was present at exhibitions. Her health worsened from 1820 and, after 1829, she was rarely seen in public. She died at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague in 1837, aged 62, and is entombed in the New Church in Delft.
Issue
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Ancestors of Wilhelmine of Prussia (1774–1837) |
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16. Frederick I of Prussia |
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8. Frederick William I of Prussia |
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17. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover |
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4. Prince Augustus William of Prussia |
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18. George I of Great Britain |
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9. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover |
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19. Sophia Dorothea of Celle |
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2. Frederick William II of Prussia |
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20. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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10. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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21. Christina Wilhelmina of Hesse-Eschwege |
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5. Duchess Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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22. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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11. Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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23. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen |
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1. Wilhelmine of Prussia |
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24. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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12. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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25. Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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6. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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26. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau |
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13. Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
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27. Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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3. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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28. Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
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14. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
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29. Katharina Agathe, Countess of Rappoltstein |
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7. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken |
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30. Ludwig Kraft, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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15. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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31. Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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References
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Prussian princesses by birth |
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| The generations indicate descent from Frederick I, the first King of Prussia. |
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| 11th Generation |
Princess Viktoria Luise • Princess Micaela • Princess Nataly • Princess Cornelie-Cécile • Princess Irina Maria
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