Read part three here. Despite the affair, William also managed to father a child with his wife again. On 9 May 1810, Wilhelmina gave birth to a daughter named Marianne at the Niederländisches Palais in Berlin. She was named for her aunt, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg. William wrote to his eldest son, “Our wishes [read more]
Read part two here. The family spent the summer and fall in Fulda and the winter and spring in Berlin. From 1804, the family lived in the Niederländische Palais at the Unter den Linden, which had been loaned to them. They also had the use of Schönhausen, a country residence. The children usually stayed behind [read more]
Read part one here. On 18 June 1792, Wilhelmina’s mother-in-law wrote to her daughter, Louise, “I found Mimi [Wilhelmina] in our house, very healthy, very pretty and still with a little roundness.” She was by now starting to show. It was supposed to be a happy time, but the situation in France was concerning. On [read more]
The year 2024 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wilhelmina of Prussia, the first Queen of the Netherlands. Wilhelmina of Prussia was born on 18 November 1774 as the daughter of the future King Frederick William II of Prussia and his second wife, Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was born during the reign [read more]
Luxembourg and the Netherlands both have a tradition of abdication, which can perhaps be explained by the fact that they were once in personal union. As the first steps have been made by Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg to abdicate, take a look at the history of abdication in the two nations. From 1815, King [read more]
Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma was born on 23 June 1974 as the daughter of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, the titular Duke of Parma. She has two older brothers and an elder sister: Prince Carlos (born 1970), Princess Margarita (born 1972), and Prince Jaime (born 1972). Her parents’ marriage was quite controversial, [read more]
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