The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The life of her father King William III
The future King William III of the Netherlands was born on 19 February 1817 as the eldest son of the future King William II of […]
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The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The wedding of King William III of the Netherlands and Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Wilhelmina would be the only child of the 22-year-old Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont and the 63-year-old King William III of the Netherlands. They were […]
Princesses of Orange – Sophie of Württemberg
Sophie of Württemberg was born in Stuttgart on 17 June 1818 as the daughter of King William I of Württemburg and his second wife Catherine […]
The Bonaparte Women – Mathilde Bonaparte (Part one)
I was born in exile – civically dead – at Trieste, on 27 May 1820. When Princess Mathilde Bonaparte was born as the daughter of Napoleon’s […]
Sophie of the Netherlands – The dutiful Grand Duchess
Princess Princess Sophie of the Netherlands was born on 8 April 1824 as the daughter of the future King William II of the Netherlands and of his […]
Inside Noordeinde Palace
The history of Noordeinde Palace in The Hague, the Netherlands begins with a medieval farmhouse in 1533. This was converted into a spacious residence, which […]