Queen Emma (1859-1934)

[Marengo]

Queen Emma (1859-1934)

This thread is about Queen Adelheid Emma Wilhelmine Therese of The Netherlands, born Princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont (Arolsen 2 Aug 1858-The Hague 20 Mar 1934)

Parents: Fuerst Georg-Viktor of Waldeck Pryrmont and Princess Helene of Nassau

Husband: King Willem III of The Netherlands

Daughter: Queen Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria of The Netherlands

Siblings: Princess Sophie of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Fuerstin Pauline of Bentheim-Steinfurt, Queen Marie of Wurttemberg, Princess Helene of Great-Britain, Dss of Albany, Fuerst Friedrich of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Fuerstin Elisabeth of Erbach-Schoneberg and Prince Wolrad of Waldeck-Pyrmont

 

[Marengo]

Her Serene Highness Princess Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia of Waldeck and Pyrmont (August 2, 1858 - March 20, 1934) was Queen consort of William III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg. An immensely popular member of the Dutch royal family, she also was Queen regent (1890 - 1898) and Queen Mother (1890 - 1934).

She was born in Arolsen, capital of the small German principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont, on 2 August 1858, a daughter of Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and his wife, Princess Helena Wilhelmina Henrietta of Nassau.

More information about Queen Emma in this wikipedia article

 

[Marengo]

An article about Queen Emma's reign:

Economic and industrial development creates a large industrial working class in the Netherlands. Between 1870 and 1900, this accounts for some 70 per cent of the working population. King William III dies in 1890. His daughter Wilhelmina is too young to succeed him so her mother, Emma, becomes regent. In 1898, at the age of 18, Wilhelmina is invested as queen in Amsterdam.

Economic developments in the Netherlands brought into being a large industrial working class, which comprised some 70 per cent of the working population between 1870 and 1900. The Netherlands benefited from the rapid industrialisation of the German Ruhr: a major factor in the expansion of Rotterdam to become the leading port in Europe. The new industrial working class had little political influence and endured poor living conditions. Poverty was increasingly apparent, notably in the fast growing towns

Read more in this article

 

[Marengo]

Some pictures (no copyrights required):

 

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And some more (no copyrights required):

 

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Queen Emma in Amsterdam (no copyrights required):

 

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Queen Emma visiting Artis Zoo in Amsterdam (no copyrights required):

 

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Queen Emma, her niece Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone and Alice' daughter Lady May, in Scheveningen (free of copyrights, Geheugen van Nederland - Homepage):

 

[lucien]

The picture in post #6 shows TM King Willem III and Queen Emma,with Princess Wilhelmina in between.

 

[NotAPretender]

What a life she must have led, spanning tremendous personal and world-wide tragedy and change!

Thank you for bringing information about her to light.

 

[Marengo]

Well, not much is knwon about the Queen IMHO. Of course we know WHAT she did etc. but not how she felt about it all etc. I don't think any good biography was ever written about her and I haven't read many lettres of her.

 

[jcbcode99]

I was on a site for the Danish Royal Jewels looking at tiaras and such and came across this interesting lady, so I did a bit of research. I was struck by how young she looked in all the photos I could find--and I discovered that she was 41 years younger than her husband, Willem III. But, his first marriage had been very, very unhappy and by all accounts Queen Emma and he were very happy together. I think its sweet.

 

[Marengo]

Well, the King was older and more 'tame' and unlike Queen Sophie, Queen Emma knew how to deal with the Kings temper.
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On most pictures Queen Emma seems much older then she actually was, mostly due to her wearing the widow-cap (?) and rather unflattering clothes.

 

[Marengo]

Two more pictures:

Emma and her daughter Wilhelmina:

 

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A painting of Queen Emma and her daughter Queen Wilhelmina entering Amsterdam in the creme-caleche:

 

[Marengo]

As posted by Joris on the Benelux Royals MB:

Nel Kars, a Dutch actress has, throughout the years focused on solos on stage, portraying, so far, Queen Sophie, Queen Anna Paulowna and Princess Marianne. Now she has (since October) added Queen Emma to her repertoire. "Koningin Emma, Redster van Oranje" (Queen Emma, saviour of Orange). According to Nel Kars Emma was "a true Orange mother and very loved by the people. The monarchy was shaky when she was appointed Regent [for minor Queen Wilhelmina] after the death of King Willem III, but she succeeded in preventing the fall of the monarchy by means of her popularity. Quite something for a little German 20-years old princess once marrying a 61-years old man."

In this performance Nel Kars also personifies a lady-in-waiting to the Queen: baroness Van Ittersum.

She bases her lines on research she did at Het Loo Palace and The Royal House Archive. The actual text is written by Ton Vorstenbosch, who wrote more "royal plays" (on Emily Bremers, on Wilhelmina, on Juliana).

Kars also makes the costumes herself based on personal research.
(BTW Kars is Knight Order Orange-Nassau.)

This weekend "Queen Emma" can be seen at Het Loo Palace...

Welkom bij Nel Kars

 

[Russophile]

Boy there were an awful LOT of minor German principalities, weren't there?

 

[PssMarie-Elisabeth]

After Willem III of the Netherlands, Queen Regent with the 'heir apparent'

 

[lucien]

Now on-line at the Royal House website:

The exhibition on Queen Emma at Bad Arolsen:

Queen Emma (1858 - 1934) bride,mother and Regent.

Het Koninklijk Huis

 

[lucien]

Now on-line at the Royal House website:

The exhibition on Queen Emma at Bad Arolsen:

Queen Emma (1858 - 1934) bride,mother and Regent.

Het Koninklijk Huis

This saturday,2nd of august,it will be the 150th anniversary of the birth of Queen Mother Emma.

 

[lucien]

Friday march 20th.

Not only will it be the 5th anniversary of the death of her beloved grandchild Queen Juliana,
it's also the 75th anniversary of the death of Queen-Mother Emma:

ANP Beeldbank

courtesy royalimages.

http://gpdhome.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c648253ef01127972caef28a4-pi

 

[Marengo]

The Esscher Museum in the Hague (former Palace Lange Voorhout) will have an exposition with pictures of Queen Emma (starting on May 28th), with the title: 'savior of Orange'. The palace asks the public to send in their pictures:

Museum zoekt foto's Emma - Binnenland | Het laatste nieuws uit Nederland leest u op Telegraaf.nl [binnenland]

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Nice to see that there is some attention for Emma. I wish that they also would have made a biography about her. At the moment 3 historians are working on the buiographies of kings Willem I, II and III, which will be published in 2013, when the monarchy celebrates their 200th anniversary.

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(copied from the thread about dutch palaces):

An interesting article from the 'Reformatorisch Dagblad' (in Dutch):

Emma

It is about the estate Grunsfoort in Renkum. The estate was bought by king Willem III in 1881 for his 2nd wife Emma, because the Queen missed the landscape of Arolsen. Renkum. They changed the name to Oranje-Nassau Oord and the mansion was enlarged. In June 1883 the king and queen were able to go to the place for their first stay there.

The king was busy with hunting and making furniture (!). In 1890 the king died, and his widow became regent. Emma had little time and didn't visit the place very often anymore. In 1898, she received a national present of 300.000 guilders to thank her for her regency. She used this money to change the mansion and the estate to a sanatorium for TBC patients (for which she also used 200.000 guilders of her own money). In 1901 this was opened by Queen Wilhelmina, int he presence of Queen-widow Emma and prince Hendrik.

Aerial view: http://www.bergraceofftheroad.nl/ima...to-ONO_800.jpg
front: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../Onopaleis.jpg

 

[SLV]

Thanks for posting Marengo.
It looks very intersting.

 

[lucien]

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Visiting the Duchess

Did Queen Emma and Queen Wilhelmina (even as Princess Wilhelmina) travel together to England to visit Emma's sister, the Duchess of Albany?

 

[Marengo]

They travelled to the UK together in 1895.

Emma and Wilhelmina arrived in London on April 27th and were welcomed at the station by the prince of Wales and the Duchess of Albany. In the afternoon they visited the duchess again at Claremont House.

On May 3rd they went to Windsor castle to meet Victoria. They had lunch with the Queen and the Duchess of Albany. Victoria reported in her diary: 'The young Queen ... still has her hair hanging loose. She is slender and graceful, and makes an impression as a very intelligent and very cute girl. She speaks good English and knows how to behave with charming manners'.

Between May 4th or 6th they visited the duke and duchess of Albany again.

Source: C. Fasseur, 'Wilhelmina. De jonge koningin'.

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I believe this was the only time they travelled to the UK together. Queen Wilhelmina travelled to the UK in the 20-ties. Mainly for holidays in Scotland. She always visited her former governess Miss Saxon Winter. But these visits were after the death of Helen in 1922.

The Duchess of Albany did stay in The Netherlands quite regularly btw, just a quick search in the newspapers shows that she was in The Netherlands in February 1893, January and September 1909, March 1911 and she stayed for 8 days at Soestdijk Palace in September, which was repeated in October 1913.
In May 1910 and in May 1914 Queen Emma stayed with her sister at Claremont House in Esher.

They also met quite often at family events in Germany.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

The flag of Queen Mother Emma was an orange field swallowtailed with a blue cross, and in all quarters a hunting horn.
In the center of the cross was the Dutch arms.
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[Lee-Z]

The flag of Queen Mother Emma was an orange field swallowtailed with a blue cross, and in all quarters a hunting horn.
In the center of the cross was the Dutch arms.
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pic of ik in the wiki article Emma van Waldeck-Pyrmont - Wikipedia

 

[An Ard Ri]

Funeral of Queen Emma on March 27th,1934


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntYenUR-hXQ

 

[Ilse]

https://factuallyroyal.com/the-death-of-queen-emma-dowager-grand-duchess-of-luxembourg/