On This Day: Dutch Royal Family

[theroyalfly]

September 25

1968

Today in Royal History is the 51st birthday of Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau born Prince Johan-Friso Bernhard Christiaan David van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg. He was the second child of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg. He was a member of the Dutch Royal Family but because of his marriage without an Act of Consent in 2004 to Mabel Wisse Smit, he lost his membership of the Dutch Royal House, was stripped of his 'Prince of the Netherlands' title and was barred from the line of succession to the throne. This marriage brought the couple two children namely Countesses Luana and Zaria.



On 17 February 2012, Prince Friso was buried under an avalanche in Lech, Austria. After one and a half years of hospitalization, he died on On 12 August 2013 due to complications.

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, October 11, 1969 ~ Birth of Prince Constantijn of The Netherlands, the son of Queen Beatrix

On this day, October 22, 1751 ~ Demise of Willem IV, Prince of Orange at Huis ten Bosch in The Hague

On this day, November 6, 1650 ~ Demise of Willem II, Prince of Orange. He was the father of King William III of England.

On this day, November 14, 1567 ~ Birth of Maurits, Prince of Orange

On this day, November 14, 1650 ~ Birth of Willem III, Prince of Orange at Binnenhof Palace

On this day, November 18, 1774 ~ Birth of Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of The Netherlands, the wife of King Willem I, in Potsdam

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

On this day, December 6, 1792 ~ Birth of King Willem II of The Netherlands at The Hague

On this day, December 12, 1843 ~ Demise of King Willem I of The Netherlands
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On this day, December 19, 1554 ~ Birth of Philip Willem, Prince of Orange

On this day, December 23, 1544 ~ Birth of Anna of Saxony, Princess of Orange. She was the wife of Prince Willem I of Orange.

On this day, December 24, 1660 ~ Demise of Mary, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange, the wife of Willem II, Prince of Orange

On this day, December 28, 1522 ~ Birth of Margaret of Austria, Regent of the The Netherlands

On this day, January 10, 1967 ~ The wedding of Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DUmKXseWbI

[An Ard Ri]

The couples religious wedding took place at the mow redundant Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk in the Hague ,the church has a long history and association with the medieval Counts of Holland.

[lucien]

Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

On this day, January 10, 1967 ~ The wedding of Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven

I recall the day vividly as we were off from school.

Pieter was,as we know,the first `commoner ` to get married into the Duch RF.
No titles granted,as Juliana wished a normal situation.But now,after so many years if there would be one person who would deserve a title it would be Pieter van Vollenhoven.So truly respected and loved,wise and a humour that leaves all in stitches.A dear father,uncle and husband and a confidant of the King with whom he has a very special relationship.They still,after all these years celebrate their wedding day with their best men and closest friends,Margriet wearing her wedding dress every time...One doesn´t hear that often of Ladies who wear let alone fit in their wedding dress 53 years after the ceremony...

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, January 12, 1759 ~ Demise of Anne, Princess of Orange. She was the wife of Prince Willem IV of Orange.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaxsDKlMyNY

On this day, January 18, 1795 ~ Birth of Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Queen Consort of King Willem II of The Netherlands

On this day, January 20, 1619 ~ Demise of Eleonore de Bourbon-Conde, Princess of Orange. She was the spouse of Filips (Philip) Willem, Prince of Orange.

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, January 29, 1584 ~ Birth of Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Orange

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, February 7, 1901 ~ The wedding of Queen Wilhelmina and Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, February 19, 1817 ~ Birth of King Willem III of The Netherlands

[An Ard Ri]

At the time of his birth he was the grandson of the 1st King of the Netherlands,and his mother Anna Pavlovna of Russia was a daughter of Paul I of Russia .

Here's a painting from 1817 of Prince Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk Nassau van Oranje as a child.

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, February 20, 1618 ~ Demise of Filips Willem, Prince of Orange

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

On this day, February 20, 1618 ~ Demise of Filips Willem, Prince of Orange

The last Roman Catholic Prince of Orange,he is not buried at the traditional resting place of the house of Orange at the Nieuwe Kerk , Delft but instead at the RC Church of Sint-Sulpitiuskerk in Diest,Belgium.

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, March 8, 1748 ~ Birth of Willem V, Prince of Orange in The Hague

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

On this day, March 8, 1748 ~ Birth of Willem V, Prince of Orange in The Hague

His mother was Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange who herself was a daughter of George II of and Caroline of Ansbach.The Princess at one stage was a potential bride for King Louis XV of France but the French insistence that Anne must convert to Roman Catholicism caused the negotiations to fall apart.

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, March 14, 1647 ~ Demise of Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Orange

[Countessmeout]

March 16, 1815 the Kingdom of the Netherlands is created at the urging of the powers of the Congress of Vienna. William IV, Prince of Orange was named king of the new kingdom and Luxembourg. He took the name William I.

William had been forced into exile during the Napoleonic wars. He was in Prussia and met with Alexander I of Russia. Alexander promised his aid in returning the Netherlands to an independent state, with the aid of Prussia.

William I was married to Wilhemine of Prussia, a cousin. Her father was Frederick William II of Prussia, and she had been raised at the court of her great Uncle Frederick the Great. While their marriage was a political one, it was also a great love match.

The couple had four children (and 2 miscarriages). Their son William II would serve as an aid de camp of the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo. William II married Anna Pavlovna of Russia, a younger sister of Alexander I who had helped William I reclaim his country.

Their son Frederik married his cousin Louise of Prussia. Louise's father was Queen Wilhemine's older brother Frederick William III of Prussia. One of their daughters married Charles XV of Sweden.


William I and his wife had 2 daughters. Pauline died at age 6 after getting ill when the family had to flee from French troops in 1806. Like her brother Frederik, the second Marianne married a child of their maternal uncle Frederick William III. In her case she married his youngest son Albert. Marianne bore her husband five children. But she left her unfaithful husband 3 years after the birth of her youngest, to live with her lover and former coachman, Johannes von Rossum. Seven months after her husband divorced her she bore a son to Johannes, also named Johannes. Not welcome in Prussia or home in the Hague, she lived her life in Italy. She and Johannes were together for 30 years before he died. Their son died in 1861, and Johannes died in 1873. Marianne died ten years later, and was buried next to the love of her life and their son.

[Marengo]

Thanks for that reminder. The country only lasted for a short time, until that fateful night in a Brussels theatre on July 21st 1830. The King had even bigger hopes originally as he dreamed of having the entire area from the Dutch border to & including the Duchy of Nassau under the rule of his younger son Prince Frederik. Sadly the Prussians got it, which eventually plunged Europe in disaster.

[An Ard Ri]

Wilhelmine of Prussia was the 1st Queen consort of the Netherlands and died at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague in 1837.

Hortense de Beauharnais was styled Queen consort of Holland from 1806 - 1810.

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, March 20, 1934 ~ Demise of Queen Emma of The Netherlands

On this day, March 24, 1558 ~ Demise of Anna van Egmont, Princess of Orange. She was the first wife of Willem I, Prince of Orange.

On this day, March 25, 1734 ~ The wedding of Prince Willem IV of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal of Great Britain in London, England

[lucien]

Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

On this day, March 24, 1558 ~ Demise of Anna van Egmont, Princess of Orange. She was the first wife of Willem I, Prince of Orange.

Her name was Anna van Buren

And March 20th 2004,70 years to the day of the demise of her grandmother Queen Mother Emma
saw the demise of HM Queen Juliana 1909 2004.

[An Ard Ri]

Anna held a number of personal titles which then passed to the House of Oranje-Nassau upon her death.
Anna was Countess of Buren,Countess of Leerdam,Countess of Lingen,Lady of Egmon.

The Princess is buried at the Vault of the Grote Kerk in Breda.