On This Day: Dutch Royal Family

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On this day, November 2, 1709 ~ Birth of Anne, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain,at Schloss Herrenhausen in Hanover, Electorate of Hanover. Anne was Princess of Orange, the spouse of Willem IV, Prince of Orange.

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4th of Nov 1203 : Death of Dirk VII, Count of Holland


Dirk was the son of Floris III of Holland and Ada of Scotland
He reigned as Count of Holland from 1190 until his death in 1203.
His remains were buried at the Nieuwkerk in Dordrecht.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_V...unt_of_Holland

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On this day, November 6, 1650 ~ Demise of Willem II, Prince of Orange at The Hague, Dutch Republic

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Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

On this day, November 6, 1650 ~ Demise of Willem II, Prince of Orange at The Hague, Dutch Republic

William II , Prince of Orange was just 24 years old at the time of his death from smallpox .His remains are buried at the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft.

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On this day, November 9, 1620 ~ Demise of Louise de Coligny, Princess of Orange, wife of Prince Willem I of Orange, at the Chateau de Fontainebleau in France

On this day, November 14, 1650 ~ Birth of Prince Willem III of Orange at Binnenhof Palace in The Hague, The Dutch Republic

On this day, November 18, 1777 ~ Birth of Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of The Netherlands, wife of King Willem I of The Netherlands, in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia

On this day, November 23, 1890 ~ Demise of King Willem III of The Netherlands at Het Loo, The Netherlands

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Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

On this day, November 23, 1890 ~ Demise of King Willem III of The Netherlands at Het Loo, The Netherlands

And,having outlived his sons,left his 10 year old daughter Wilhelmina Queen of The Netherlands.

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On this day, December 6, 1792 ~ Birth of King Willem II of The Netherlands at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague, Dutch Republic

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On this day, December 12, 1843 - Demise of King Willem I of The Netherlands in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia

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On this day, December 18, 1577 ~ Demise of Anna of Saxony, the spouse of Prince Willem I of Orange, at the Palace of the Elector of Saxony in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony

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Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

On this day, December 18, 1577 ~ Demise of Anna of Saxony, the spouse of Prince Willem I of Orange, at the Palace of the Elector of Saxony in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony

Anna was a prisoner at the time of her death and was buried in an unmarked grave at the cathedral of Meissen in Germany.

Anna of Saxony

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On this day, December 19, 1554 ~ Birth of Filips Willem, Prince of Orange in Buren, Guelders

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Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

On this day, December 19, 1554 ~ Birth of Filips Willem, Prince of Orange in Buren, Guelders

Philip William, Prince of Orange remained a pious Roman Catholic all his life and married a French Catholic Éléonore de Bourbon in 1606 who was a cousin of Henri IV.
Sadly the union was childless.

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On this day, December 23, 1544 ~ Birth of Anna of Saxony, Princess of Orange, wife of Willem I, Prince of Orange, in Dresden, Duchy of Saxony

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On this day, December 24, 1660 ~ Demise of Mary, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange, wife of Willem II, Prince of Orange, at Whitehall Palace in England

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On this day, January 12, 1759 ~ Demise of Anne, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange, spouse of Prince Willem IV of Orange, at The Hague

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Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

On this day, January 12, 1759 ~ Demise of Anne, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange, spouse of Prince Willem IV of Orange, at The Hague

Anne was at one stage being put forward as a potential bride for King Louis XV of France but the French insistence that Anne must convert to Catholicism caused the contract and negotiations to break down in 1725.

Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709-1759)

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On this day, January 18, 1795 ~ Birth of Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Queen Consort of King Willem II of The Netherlands, at Gatchina Palace near Saint Petersburg, Russia

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18th of January 1586 : Death of Margaret of Austria,Duchess of Parma and Regent of the Low Countries.

Margaret was the natural daughter of the Emperor Charles V and ruled the Low Countries as Regent from 1559 until 1567.
In 1536 she was married to Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma by whom she had one surviving son Alexander Farnese later Duke of Parma.
Margaret left the low Countries in 1568 and settled in Italy but returned to the Low Countries to assist her half brother Don Juan of Austria govern but left again in 1582 and retired to Italy.
The Duchess died at Ortona is buried in the church of S. Sisto in Piacenza where her tomb has survived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Parma

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On this day, January 20, 1619 ~ Demise of Eleonore de Bourbon-Conde, Princess of Orange, wife of Prince Filips Willem of Orange, in Muret-le-Chateau, France

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On this day, January 29, 1584 ~ Birth of Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Orange in Delft, Holland, Dutch Republic