Alexander, Prince of Orange

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name = Alexander, Prince of Orange


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birth_name = Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik
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birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands
death_date = death date and age|1884|6|21|1851|8|25
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resting_place = Nieuwe Kerk, Delft, Netherlands
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title = Prince of Orange Prince of the Netherlands Prince of Orange-Nassau
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parents = King William III Queen Sophie
relations = Prince William Prince Maurice Queen Wilhelmina


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Willem "Alexander" Charles Henry Frederick, Prince of Orange, Prince of the Netherlands. Prince of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Willem "Alexander" Karel Hendrik Frederik, Prins van Oranje, Prins der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau), (The Hague, 25 August 1851 - The Hague, 21 June 1884), was heir apparent to his father King William III of the Netherlands from 11 June 1879 until his death.

Life

Prince Alexander of the Netherlands was born in The Hague on 25 August 1851. .nl icon [http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/content.jsp?objectid=24993 Prins Alexander (1851 -1884)] . Retrieved on 2008-07-28.] He was the third child of King William III and Queen Sophie. [nl icon [http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/stamboom/ Stamboom Koninklijk Huis] . Retrieved on 2008-07-28.] After the death of his brother Prince William on 11 June 1879, he became heir apparent to the Dutch throne and as such the Prince of Orange. Alexander died on 21 June 1884 in The Hague. He was buried in the new royal burial vault in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft on 17 July 1884. [http://www.nieuwekerk-delft.nl/eng/kerkgebouw/huis_van_oranje/koninklijke_grafkelders.html The royal burial vaults] . Retrieved on 2008-07-28.] After his death his half-sister, the future Queen Wilhelmina, became heiress presumptive to the Dutch throne.Fact|date=July 2008

Ancestry

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1= 1. Alexander, Prince of Orange
2= 2. William III of the Netherlands
3= 3. Sophie of Württemberg
4= 4. William II of the Netherlands
5= 5. Anna Pavlovna of Russia
6= 6. William I of Württemberg
7= 7. Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
8= 8. William I of the Netherlands
9= 9. Wilhelmine of Prussia
10= 10. Paul I of Russia (=14)
11= 11. Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (=15)
12= 12. Frederick I of Württemberg
13= 13. Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
14= 14. Paul I of Russia (=10)
15= 15. Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (=11)
16= 16. William V, Prince of Orange
17= 17. Wilhelmina of Prussia
18= 18. Frederick William II of Prussia
19= 19. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
20= 20. Peter III of Russia (=28)
21= 21. Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (=29)
22= 22. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (=24=30)
23= 23. Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (=25=31)
24= 24. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (=22=30)
25= 25. Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (=23=31)
26= 26. Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
27= 27. Princess Augusta of Great Britain
28= 28. Peter III of Russia (=20)
29= 29. Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (=21)
30= 30. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (=22=24)
31= 31. Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (=23=25)

References

External links

* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmonarchs/alexander/alexander_bio.htm Biography of Alexander of the Netherlands (1851-1884)]

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