The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The short life of Prince Maurice
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands would never know any of elder half-brothers. The first of them to die was Prince Maurice, whose life was cut […]
Sophie of Württemberg
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 […]
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The death of William, Prince of Orange
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands would never know her elder half-brother as he died a year before she was born, but for a long time, […]
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The death of Sophie of Württemberg
Although Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands obviously never knew her father’s first wife, Sophie’s death opened up the possibility of his remarriage and the eventual […]