Guillaume III of the Netherlands
Guillaume III (February 19th 1817 - November 23rd 1890) King of the Netherlands and large-duke of Luxembourg of the May 12th 1849 with the November 14th 1890. Wire of Guillaume II of the Netherlands and of Anna Pavlovna of Russia.
In 1839, it married Sophie of Wurtemberg (1818 - 1877)
From this union will be born:
Widower, it married in 1879 Emma de Waldeck (1858 - 1934)
From this union will be born:
- Wilhelmina .
Biography
Regarded as a conservative, he was opposed to the liberal reforms of his father, Guillaume II.He tried to sell the Grand-Duché of Luxembourg in 1867. The attempt caused almost a war between Prussia and France. Finally, the independence of Luxembourg is recognized on May 11th, 1867 and Guillaume III remains the Large-Duke.
He made his girl, Wilhelmina, born in 1880, the heiress of the throne since 1884, after the death of all his wire.
Falls ill in 1887, it dies in 1890.
Under the terms of the salic law, into force to the Luxembourg until in 1907, the Grand Duchy is allocated to the duke of Nassau, after the death of Guillaume III.
Guillaume III of the Netherlands belonged to the sixth branch (Nassau-Dietz) resulting from the second branch (Nassau-Dillenbourg) of the Maison of Nassau. This line of Nassau-Dietz, today Orange-Nassau belongs to the stem ottonienne which gave stathouders to the Holland, the Frise, the Gueldre, the Zealand, a king with the England and the Scotland in the person of Guillaume III of Orange-Nassau, kings and queens with the Netherlands.
Guillaume III of the Netherlands is the ancestor of the queen Béatrix of the Netherlands.
Sources
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Genealogy of the kings and the princes of Jean-Charles Volkmann Edict Jean-Paul Gisserot (1998)
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