Princess Pauline of Orange-Nassau

Princess Pauline of Orange-Nassau

Princess Pauline of Orange-Nassau ("Wilhelmina Frederika Louise Pauline Charlotte"; 1 March 1800 - 22 December 1806) was a Princess of the House of Orange-Nassau.

Life

Princess Pauline was born in Berlin while her parents were living in exile as the low countries were occupied by France. She was the third child and first-born daughter of King William I of the Netherlands by his wife Wilhelmine of Prussia. Her two older brothers were the later King William II and Prince Frederick of the Netherlands. Also, her parents had an stillborn child in 1795.

In August 1806 her parents had another stillborn son. She died in Freienwalde four months later and was buried in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft. Her younger sister, Marianne, was born four years later.

In 1911 her neglected grave was found in a garden in Berlin and after it's owner, Walther Rathenau, contacted Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Princess Paulina was transferred to the Royal Crypt in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft.


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