The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The death of Alexander, Prince of Orange
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands had three elder half-brothers, but she would not know any of them. The three sons of the marriage of her […]
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – A second tragedy
When Queen Wilhelmina fell ill with typhoid fever in the middle of April 1902, she was about five months pregnant. It was her second pregnancy, […]
The Year of Queen Wilhelma – The Youth of Princess Juliana (Part two)
Read part one here. After the birth of Princess Juliana, Queen Wilhelmina would suffer two further miscarriages. Juliana would remain their only child and thus […]
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The young Queen meets the old Queen
In the early morning of 27 April 1895, the royal yacht De Valk brought two Countesses van Buren from Vlissingen to Queenborough. In reality, the […]
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – Typhoid fever comes knocking
Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry had been married for just a few months when she found herself pregnant for the first time. Tragically, it would […]
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The death of Auntie Sophie
With her, the last of father’s family had died & I am now the only direct representative of my family – would that I were […]