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Nizozemský – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vilém II. Nizozemský" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_2._af_Nederlandene" title="Vilhelm 2. af Nederlandene – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Vilhelm 2. af Nederlandene" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II._(Niederlande)" title="Wilhelm II. (Niederlande) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wilhelm II. (Niederlande)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_II" title="Willem II – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Willem II" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%84_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89_%CE%A7%CF%89%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD" title="Γουλιέλμος Β΄ των Κάτω Χωρών – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γουλιέλμος Β΄ των Κάτω Χωρών" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_II_de_los_Pa%C3%ADses_Bajos" title="Guillermo II de los Países Bajos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Guillermo II de los Países Bajos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelmo_la_2-a_(Nederlando)" title="Vilhelmo la 2-a (Nederlando) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vilhelmo la 2-a (Nederlando)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilen_II.a_Herbehereetakoa" title="Gilen II.a Herbehereetakoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gilen II.a Herbehereetakoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85" title="ویلم دوم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویلم دوم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_II_(roi_des_Pays-Bas)" title="Guillaume II (roi des Pays-Bas) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Guillaume II (roi des Pays-Bas)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_II_fan_de_Nederlannen" title="Willem II fan de Nederlannen – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Willem II fan de Nederlannen" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillerme_II_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_Baixos" title="Guillerme II dos Países Baixos – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Guillerme II dos Países Baixos" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%8C%EB%9F%BC_2%EC%84%B8_(%EB%84%A4%EB%8D%9C%EB%9E%80%EB%93%9C)" title="빌럼 2세 (네덜란드) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="빌럼 2세 (네덜란드)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%B4_II" title="Վիլլեմ II – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիլլեմ II" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_la_2ma_di_Nederlando" title="Willem la 2ma di Nederlando – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Willem la 2ma di Nederlando" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_II_dari_Belanda" title="Willem II dari Belanda – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Willem II dari Belanda" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_II_dei_Paesi_Bassi" title="Guglielmo II dei Paesi Bassi – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Guglielmo II dei Paesi Bassi" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99,_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93" title="וילם השני, מלך הולנד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="וילם השני, מלך הולנד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B_II_(%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98)" title="ვილემ II (ნიდერლანდები) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვილემ II (ნიდერლანდები)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_II_(rex_Nederlandiae)" title="Gulielmus II (rex Nederlandiae) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Gulielmus II (rex Nederlandiae)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villems_II" title="Villems II – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Villems II" 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">King of the Netherlands from 1840 to 1849</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/King_Willem_II.jpg/330px-King_Willem_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/King_Willem_II.jpg/440px-King_Willem_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3360" data-file-height="4838" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Portrait by <a href="/wiki/Nicolaas_Pieneman" title="Nicolaas Pieneman">Nicolaas Pieneman</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1849</span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="King of the Netherlands">King of the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Luxembourg" title="List of monarchs of Luxembourg">Grand Duke of Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Limburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke of Limburg">Duke of Limburg</a></li></ul> </div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">7 October 1840 – 17 March 1849</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_the_Dutch_monarch" title="Inauguration of the Dutch monarch">Inauguration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">28 November 1840</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_I_of_the_Netherlands" title="William I of the Netherlands">William I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_III_of_the_Netherlands" title="William III of the Netherlands">William III</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1792-12-06</span>)</span>6 December 1792<br /><a href="/wiki/Noordeinde_Palace" title="Noordeinde Palace">Noordeinde Palace</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Hague" title="The Hague">The Hague</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">17 March 1849<span style="display:none">(1849-03-17)</span> (aged 56)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tilburg" title="Tilburg">Tilburg</a>, Netherlands</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Anna_Pavlovna_of_Russia" title="Anna Pavlovna of Russia">Anna Pavlovna of Russia</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1816)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_III_of_the_Netherlands" title="William III of the Netherlands">William III of the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Alexander_of_the_Netherlands" title="Prince Alexander of the Netherlands">Prince Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_the_Netherlands_(1820%E2%80%931879)" title="Prince Henry of the Netherlands (1820–1879)">Prince Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Ernest_Casimir_of_the_Netherlands" title="Prince Ernest Casimir of the Netherlands">Prince Ernest Casimir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Sophie_of_the_Netherlands" title="Princess Sophie of the Netherlands">Sophie, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Orange-Nassau" title="House of Orange-Nassau">Orange-Nassau</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_I_of_the_Netherlands" title="William I of the Netherlands">William I of the Netherlands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wilhelmine_of_Prussia,_Queen_of_the_Netherlands" title="Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands">Wilhelmine of Prussia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Reformed_Church" title="Dutch Reformed Church">Dutch Reformed Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="notpageimage infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_William_II_of_the_Netherlands_(1848).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="William II's signature"><img alt="William II's signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Signature_of_William_II_of_the_Netherlands_%281848%29.svg/125px-Signature_of_William_II_of_the_Netherlands_%281848%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Signature_of_William_II_of_the_Netherlands_%281848%29.svg/188px-Signature_of_William_II_of_the_Netherlands_%281848%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Signature_of_William_II_of_the_Netherlands_%281848%29.svg/250px-Signature_of_William_II_of_the_Netherlands_%281848%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="235" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview 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href="/wiki/Siege_of_Badajoz_(1812)" title="Siege of Badajoz (1812)">3rd Siege of Badajoz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Salamanca" title="Battle of Salamanca">Battle of Salamanca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Millan-Osma" title="Battle of San Millan-Osma">Battle of San Millan-Osma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vitoria" title="Battle of Vitoria">Battle of Vitoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Pamplona_(1813)" title="Siege of Pamplona (1813)">Siege of Pamplona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_San_Sebasti%C3%A1n" title="Siege of San Sebastián">Siege of San Sebastián</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Pyrenees" title="Battle of the Pyrenees">Battle of the Pyrenees</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Sixth_Coalition" title="War of the Sixth Coalition">War of the Sixth Coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundred_Days" title="Hundred Days">Hundred Days</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Quatre_Bras" title="Battle of Quatre Bras">Battle of Quatre Bras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Revolution" title="Belgian Revolution">Belgian Revolution</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assault_on_Brussels&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Assault on Brussels (page does not exist)">Assault on Brussels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Days_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Ten Days Campaign">Ten Days Campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ravels" title="Battle of Ravels">Battle of Ravels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Turnhout_(1831)" title="Battle of Turnhout (1831)">Battle of Turnhout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Houthalen" title="Battle of Houthalen">Battle of Houthalen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hasselt" title="Battle of Hasselt">Battle of Hasselt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leuven_(1831)" title="Battle of Leuven (1831)">Battle of Leuven</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William II</b> (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Willem Frederik George Lodewijk</i>; English: William Frederick George Louis; 6 December 1792 – 17 March 1849) was <a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="King of the Netherlands">King of the Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Luxembourg" title="List of monarchs of Luxembourg">Grand Duke of Luxembourg</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Limburg_(1839-1866)" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Limburg (1839-1866)">Duke of Limburg</a>. </p><p>William II was the son of <a href="/wiki/William_I_of_the_Netherlands" title="William I of the Netherlands">William I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmine_of_Prussia_(1774-1837)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelmine of Prussia (1774-1837)">Wilhelmine of Prussia</a>. When his father, who up to that time ruled as <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Principality_of_the_United_Netherlands" title="Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands">sovereign prince</a>, proclaimed himself king in 1815, he became <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Orange" title="Prince of Orange">Prince of Orange</a> as heir apparent of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="United Kingdom of the Netherlands">United Kingdom of the Netherlands</a>. With the abdication of his father on 7 October 1840, William II became king. During his reign, the Netherlands became a <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_democracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary democracy">parliamentary democracy</a> with the new <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Netherlands" title="Constitution of the Netherlands">constitution</a> of 1848. </p><p>William II was married to <a href="/wiki/Anna_Pavlovna_of_Russia" title="Anna Pavlovna of Russia">Anna Pavlovna of Russia</a>. They had four sons and one daughter. William II died on 17 March 1849 and was succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/William_III_of_the_Netherlands" title="William III of the Netherlands">William III</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_II_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Willem Frederik George Lodewijk was born on 6 December 1792 in <a href="/wiki/The_Hague" title="The Hague">The Hague</a>. He was the eldest son of the then Prince <a href="/wiki/William_I_of_the_Netherlands" title="William I of the Netherlands">William</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmine_of_Prussia_(1774-1837)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelmine of Prussia (1774-1837)">Wilhelmine of Prussia</a>. His maternal grandparents were King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_II_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William II of Prussia">Frederick William II of Prussia</a> and his second wife <a href="/wiki/Frederika_Louisa_of_Hesse-Darmstadt" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt">Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt</a>. William had one younger brother, <a href="/wiki/Prince_Frederick_of_the_Netherlands" title="Prince Frederick of the Netherlands">Frederick</a>, and two younger sisters, <a href="/wiki/Princess_Pauline_of_Orange-Nassau" title="Princess Pauline of Orange-Nassau">Pauline</a> and <a href="/wiki/Princess_Marianne_of_the_Netherlands" title="Princess Marianne of the Netherlands">Marianne</a>. </p><p>When William was two, he and his family fled to England after allied British-Hanoverian troops left the republic and entering French troops defeated the army of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">United Provinces</a>, claiming liberation by joining the anti-Orangist <a href="/wiki/Patriottentijd" title="Patriottentijd">Patriots</a>. William spent his youth in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussian</a> court, where he followed a military education and served in the <a href="/wiki/Prussian_Army" title="Prussian Army">Prussian Army</a>. After this, he studied civil law at <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford" title="Christ Church, Oxford">Christ Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_service">Military service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_II_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicaise_de_Keyser_(1813-87)_-_William_II_(1792-1849),_King_of_the_Netherlands,_when_Prince_of_Orange_-_RCIN_405151_-_Royal_Collection.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Nicaise_de_Keyser_%281813-87%29_-_William_II_%281792-1849%29%2C_King_of_the_Netherlands%2C_when_Prince_of_Orange_-_RCIN_405151_-_Royal_Collection.jpg/170px-Nicaise_de_Keyser_%281813-87%29_-_William_II_%281792-1849%29%2C_King_of_the_Netherlands%2C_when_Prince_of_Orange_-_RCIN_405151_-_Royal_Collection.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Nicaise_de_Keyser_%281813-87%29_-_William_II_%281792-1849%29%2C_King_of_the_Netherlands%2C_when_Prince_of_Orange_-_RCIN_405151_-_Royal_Collection.jpg/255px-Nicaise_de_Keyser_%281813-87%29_-_William_II_%281792-1849%29%2C_King_of_the_Netherlands%2C_when_Prince_of_Orange_-_RCIN_405151_-_Royal_Collection.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Nicaise_de_Keyser_%281813-87%29_-_William_II_%281792-1849%29%2C_King_of_the_Netherlands%2C_when_Prince_of_Orange_-_RCIN_405151_-_Royal_Collection.jpg/340px-Nicaise_de_Keyser_%281813-87%29_-_William_II_%281792-1849%29%2C_King_of_the_Netherlands%2C_when_Prince_of_Orange_-_RCIN_405151_-_Royal_Collection.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1141" data-file-height="1650" /></a><figcaption>William II at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Nicaise_de_Keyser" title="Nicaise de Keyser">Nicaise de Keyser</a>, 1846.</figcaption></figure> <p>He entered the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>, and in 1811, as a 19-year-old <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aide-de-camp</a> in the headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington</a>, was allowed to observe several of Wellington's campaigns of the <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>. Though not yet 20, the young prince, according to the customs of the time, was made <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Colonel_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Colonel (United Kingdom)">lieutenant colonel</a> on 11 June 1811<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Colonel (United Kingdom)">colonel</a> on 21 October that year.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took part in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Badajoz_(1812)" title="Siege of Badajoz (1812)">Siege of Badajoz</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Salamanca" title="Battle of Salamanca">Battle of Salamanca</a> in Spain in 1812. Later that year, on 8 September, he was made an <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aide-de-camp</a> to the <a href="/wiki/George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George IV of the United Kingdom">Prince Regent</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on 14 December 1813 promoted to <a href="/wiki/Major-General_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-General (United Kingdom)">major-general</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His courage and good nature made him very popular with the British, who nicknamed him "Slender Billy". He returned to the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> in 1813 when his father became sovereign prince, and in May 1814 succeeded Sir <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Graham,_1st_Baron_Lynedoch" title="Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch">Thomas Graham</a> as the highest-ranking officer of the British forces stationed there.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 July 1814, he was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">lieutenant-general</a> in the British Army,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on 25 July to <a href="/wiki/General_(United_Kingdom)" title="General (United Kingdom)">general</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, he was senior officer of the Allied army in the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a> when <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> I of France escaped from <a href="/wiki/Elba" title="Elba">Elba</a> in 1815. He relinquished command on the arrival of the Duke of Wellington, and, though this was his first real battle, served as commander of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_battle_of_the_Waterloo_Campaign#I_Corps_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of battle of the Waterloo Campaign">I Allied Corps</a>, first at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Quatre_Bras" title="Battle of Quatre Bras">Battle of Quatre Bras</a> (16 June 1815) and then at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a> (18 June 1815), where he was wounded<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in his left shoulder by a musket ball.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was aged 22. As a sign of gratitude for what the Dutch throne styled "his" victory at Waterloo, William was offered <a href="/wiki/Soestdijk_Palace" title="Soestdijk Palace">Soestdijk Palace</a> by the Dutch people.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Military historian <a href="/wiki/William_Siborne" title="William Siborne">William Siborne</a> blamed many casualties suffered by Coalition forces during the <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_campaign" title="Waterloo campaign">Waterloo campaign</a> to William's inexperience.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, Siborne was accused by Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Willem_Jan_Knoop" title="Willem Jan Knoop">Willem Jan Knoop</a> of misrepresenting William's actions at Waterloo.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An inspection into the archives of Siborne by Dutch officer <a href="/wiki/Francois_de_Bas" class="mw-redirect" title="Francois de Bas">Francois de Bas</a> in 1897 claimed to discover the "selective use of sources" and "numerous miscounts and untruths".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage">Marriage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_II_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Willem_II_anna_paulowna.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Willem_II_anna_paulowna.jpg/170px-Willem_II_anna_paulowna.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Willem_II_anna_paulowna.jpg/255px-Willem_II_anna_paulowna.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Willem_II_anna_paulowna.jpg/340px-Willem_II_anna_paulowna.jpg 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="912" /></a><figcaption><i>Portrait of William II and <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anna_Pavlovna_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia">Anna Pavlovna</a></i> (1816) by <a href="/wiki/Jan_Willem_Pieneman" title="Jan Willem Pieneman">Jan Willem Pieneman</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1814, William was briefly engaged to Princess <a href="/wiki/Princess_Charlotte_of_Wales_(1796%E2%80%931817)" title="Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796–1817)">Charlotte of Wales</a>, only child of the Prince Regent (later <a href="/wiki/George_IV" title="George IV">George IV</a> of the United Kingdom) and his estranged wife, <a href="/wiki/Caroline_of_Brunswick" title="Caroline of Brunswick">Caroline of Brunswick</a>. The engagement was arranged by the Prince Regent, but it was broken off because Charlotte's mother was against the marriage and because Charlotte did not want to move to the Netherlands. On 21 February 1816 at the Chapel of the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Palace" title="Winter Palace">Winter Palace</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Petersburg">St. Petersburg</a>, William married <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anna_Pavlovna_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia">Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia</a>, youngest sister to Tsar <a href="/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Russia" title="Alexander I of Russia">Alexander I of Russia</a>, who arranged the marriage to seal the good relations between <a href="/wiki/Russian_history,_1796-1855" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian history, 1796-1855">Imperial Russia</a> and the Netherlands. On 17 February 1817 in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, his first son, William Alexander, the future King <a href="/wiki/William_III_of_the_Netherlands" title="William III of the Netherlands">William III</a>, was born. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:YoungwilliamII.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/YoungwilliamII.jpg/160px-YoungwilliamII.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/YoungwilliamII.jpg/240px-YoungwilliamII.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/YoungwilliamII.jpg/320px-YoungwilliamII.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2864" data-file-height="3400" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of William II, painted in 1817 by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Karel_Pieter_Verhulst&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karel Pieter Verhulst (page does not exist)">Karel Pieter Verhulst</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Already in 1819, he was <a href="/wiki/Blackmail" title="Blackmail">blackmailed</a> over what <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice">Minister of Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/Cornelis_Felix_van_Maanen" title="Cornelis Felix van Maanen">Van Maanen</a> termed in a letter his "shameful and unnatural lusts": presumably <a href="/wiki/Bisexuality" title="Bisexuality">bisexuality</a>. Separately, his signing the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Reform_of_1848" title="Constitutional Reform of 1848">constitutional reform of 1848</a>, enabling a parliamentary democracy, may have been partly influenced by blackmail.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He may also have had a relationship with a <a href="/wiki/Dandy" title="Dandy">dandy</a> by the name of Pereira.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Belgian_Revolution">Belgian Revolution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_II_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Belgian Revolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_replacement_of_the_injured_horse_of_the_Prince_of_Orange_during_the_battle_of_Boutersem_in_1831_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/The_replacement_of_the_injured_horse_of_the_Prince_of_Orange_during_the_battle_of_Boutersem_in_1831_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-The_replacement_of_the_injured_horse_of_the_Prince_of_Orange_during_the_battle_of_Boutersem_in_1831_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/The_replacement_of_the_injured_horse_of_the_Prince_of_Orange_during_the_battle_of_Boutersem_in_1831_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-The_replacement_of_the_injured_horse_of_the_Prince_of_Orange_during_the_battle_of_Boutersem_in_1831_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/The_replacement_of_the_injured_horse_of_the_Prince_of_Orange_during_the_battle_of_Boutersem_in_1831_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-The_replacement_of_the_injured_horse_of_the_Prince_of_Orange_during_the_battle_of_Boutersem_in_1831_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3307" data-file-height="2337" /></a><figcaption>The Prince of Orange at the <a href="/wiki/Ten_Days%27_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Ten Days' Campaign">Ten Days' Campaign</a></figcaption></figure> <p>William II enjoyed considerable popularity in what is now <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> (then the Southern Netherlands), as well as in parts of the rest of the Netherlands for his affability and moderation, and in 1830, on the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Revolution" title="Belgian Revolution">Belgian Revolution</a>, he did his utmost in Brussels as a peace broker, to bring about a settlement based on administrative autonomy for the southern provinces, under the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Orange-Nassau" title="House of Orange-Nassau">House of Orange-Nassau</a>. His father then rejected the terms of accommodation that the son had proposed without further consultation; afterwards, relations with his father were once again tense. </p><p>In April 1831, William II was sent by his father to be the military leader during the <a href="/wiki/Ten_Days%27_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Ten Days' Campaign">Ten Days' Campaign</a> in order to recover what would become Belgium. Although initially successful, the Dutch withdrew after French intervention on the side of the rebels. European mediation established <a href="/wiki/Leopold_I_of_Belgium" title="Leopold I of Belgium">Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha</a> (widower of William's former fiancée, Charlotte) on the throne of a new monarchy. Peace was finally established in 1839 when Belgium was recognized by the Netherlands.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reign">Reign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_II_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:De_inhuldiging_van_koning_Willem_II_in_de_Nieuwe_Kerk_te_Amsterdam,_28_november_1840_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-3852.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/De_inhuldiging_van_koning_Willem_II_in_de_Nieuwe_Kerk_te_Amsterdam%2C_28_november_1840_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-3852.jpeg/220px-De_inhuldiging_van_koning_Willem_II_in_de_Nieuwe_Kerk_te_Amsterdam%2C_28_november_1840_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-3852.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/De_inhuldiging_van_koning_Willem_II_in_de_Nieuwe_Kerk_te_Amsterdam%2C_28_november_1840_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-3852.jpeg/330px-De_inhuldiging_van_koning_Willem_II_in_de_Nieuwe_Kerk_te_Amsterdam%2C_28_november_1840_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-3852.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/De_inhuldiging_van_koning_Willem_II_in_de_Nieuwe_Kerk_te_Amsterdam%2C_28_november_1840_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-3852.jpeg/440px-De_inhuldiging_van_koning_Willem_II_in_de_Nieuwe_Kerk_te_Amsterdam%2C_28_november_1840_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-3852.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2964" data-file-height="2407" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_the_Dutch_monarch" title="Inauguration of the Dutch monarch">inauguration</a> of William II on 28 November 1840, by Nicolaas Pieneman</figcaption></figure> <p>On 7 October 1840, on his father's abdication, he acceded to the throne as William II. Although he shared his father's conservative inclinations, he did not intervene in governmental affairs nearly as much as his father had. There was increased agitation for broad constitutional reform and a wider electoral franchise. Although William was certainly no democrat, he acted with sense and moderation. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848" title="Revolutions of 1848">Revolutions of 1848</a> broke out all over <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> the <a href="/wiki/July_Monarchy" title="July Monarchy">July Monarchy</a> that had stolen "his" southern provinces fell. Warned that the revolution might spread to the Netherlands next, William decided to institute a more liberal regime, believing it was better to grant reforms instead of having them imposed on him on less favourable terms later. As he later put it, "I changed from conservative to liberal in one night". He chose a committee headed by the prominent liberal <a href="/wiki/Johan_Rudolf_Thorbecke" class="mw-redirect" title="Johan Rudolf Thorbecke">Johan Rudolf Thorbecke</a> to create a <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Netherlands" title="Constitution of the Netherlands">new constitution</a>. </p><p>The new document provided that the <i><a href="/wiki/Senate_(Netherlands)" title="Senate (Netherlands)">Eerste Kamer</a></i> (Senate), previously appointed by the king, would be <a href="/wiki/Indirect_election" title="Indirect election">elected indirectly</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Provincial_council_(Netherlands)" title="Provincial council (Netherlands)">provincial states</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Netherlands)" title="House of Representatives (Netherlands)">Tweede Kamer</a></i> (House of Representatives), previously elected by the provincial states, would be elected directly via <a href="/wiki/Census_suffrage" class="mw-redirect" title="Census suffrage">census suffrage</a> in electoral districts, with the franchise limited to those who paid a certain amount in taxes. Ministers were now fully responsible to the Tweede Kamer. For all intents and purposes, the real power passed to the Tweede Kamer, and the king was now a servant of government rather than its master. That constitution of 1848, amended numerous times (most notably by the replacement of census suffrage by <a href="/wiki/Universal_suffrage" title="Universal suffrage">universal manhood suffrage</a> and districts with nationwide party-list <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>, both in 1917) is still in effect today. </p><p>He swore in his first and only cabinet under the terms of the new constitution a few months before his sudden death in <a href="/wiki/Tilburg" title="Tilburg">Tilburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Brabant" title="North Brabant">North Brabant</a> (1849). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_fiction">In fiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_II_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is a recurring character in the historical novels of <a href="/wiki/Georgette_Heyer" title="Georgette Heyer">Georgette Heyer</a>, most notably in <i><a href="/wiki/An_Infamous_Army" title="An Infamous Army">An Infamous Army</a></i>. </p><p>William appears as a character in the <a href="/wiki/Historical_fiction" title="Historical fiction">historical fiction</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Waterloo_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharpe's Waterloo (novel)">Sharpe's Waterloo</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Cornwell" title="Bernard Cornwell">Bernard Cornwell</a>, and its <a href="/wiki/Sharpe%27s_Waterloo_(TV_programme)" title="Sharpe's Waterloo (TV programme)">television adaptation</a>, in which he is portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bettany" title="Paul Bettany">Paul Bettany</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_II_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_William_II_of_the_Netherlands_and_Luxembourg.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Royal_Monogram_of_William_II_of_the_Netherlands_and_Luxembourg.svg/170px-Royal_Monogram_of_William_II_of_the_Netherlands_and_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Royal_Monogram_of_William_II_of_the_Netherlands_and_Luxembourg.svg/255px-Royal_Monogram_of_William_II_of_the_Netherlands_and_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Military_William_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Military William Order">Military William Order</a>, <i>8 July 1815</i><sup id="cite_ref-Military_William_Order01_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Military_William_Order01-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>: Founder of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Oak_Crown" title="Order of the Oak Crown">Order of the Oak Crown</a>, <i>29 December 1841</i><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Flagge_Gro%C3%9Fherzogtum_Baden_%281891%E2%80%931918%29.svg/23px-Flagge_Gro%C3%9Fherzogtum_Baden_%281891%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Flagge_Gro%C3%9Fherzogtum_Baden_%281891%E2%80%931918%29.svg/35px-Flagge_Gro%C3%9Fherzogtum_Baden_%281891%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Flagge_Gro%C3%9Fherzogtum_Baden_%281891%E2%80%931918%29.svg/46px-Flagge_Gro%C3%9Fherzogtum_Baden_%281891%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Baden" title="Grand Duchy of Baden">Baden</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Knight of the <a href="/wiki/House_Order_of_Fidelity" title="House Order of Fidelity">House Order of Fidelity</a>, <i>1841</i></li> <li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Z%C3%A4hringer_Lion" title="Order of the Zähringer Lion">Order of the Zähringer Lion</a>, <i>1841</i></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Hanover_1837-1866.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hanover_1837-1866.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Hanover_1837-1866.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hanover_1837-1866.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Hanover_1837-1866.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hanover_1837-1866.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hanover" title="Kingdom of Hanover">Kingdom of Hanover</a>: <ul><li>Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._George_(Hanover)" title="Order of St. George (Hanover)">Order of St. George</a>, <i>1840</i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Guelphic_Order" title="Royal Guelphic Order">Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a>: Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Black_Eagle" title="Order of the Black Eagle">Order of the Black Eagle</a>, <i>17 December 1808</i><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Andrew" title="Order of St. Andrew">Order of St. Andrew</a>, <i>22 June 1814</i></li> <li>Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Alexander_Nevsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St. Alexander Nevsky">Order of St. Alexander Nevsky</a>, <i>22 June 1814</i></li> <li>Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._George" title="Order of St. George">Order of St. George</a>, 2nd Class, <i>8 July 1815</i></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian Empire</a>: Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Maria_Theresa" title="Military Order of Maria Theresa">Military Order of Maria Theresa</a><sup id="cite_ref-Handbuch1847i_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbuch1847i-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flagge_Gro%C3%9Fherzogtum_Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach_%281813-1897%29.svg/23px-Flagge_Gro%C3%9Fherzogtum_Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach_%281813-1897%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flagge_Gro%C3%9Fherzogtum_Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach_%281813-1897%29.svg/35px-Flagge_Gro%C3%9Fherzogtum_Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach_%281813-1897%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flagge_Gro%C3%9Fherzogtum_Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach_%281813-1897%29.svg/45px-Flagge_Gro%C3%9Fherzogtum_Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach_%281813-1897%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach" title="Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach">Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Falcon" title="Order of the White Falcon">Order of the White Falcon</a>, <i>24 June 1838</i><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281785%E2%80%931873%2C_1875%E2%80%931931%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>: <a href="/wiki/Knight" title="Knight">Knight</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece" title="Order of the Golden Fleece">Order of the Golden Fleece</a>, <i>18 September 1814</i><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flagge_K%C3%B6nigreich_W%C3%BCrttemberg.svg/23px-Flagge_K%C3%B6nigreich_W%C3%BCrttemberg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flagge_K%C3%B6nigreich_W%C3%BCrttemberg.svg/35px-Flagge_K%C3%B6nigreich_W%C3%BCrttemberg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flagge_K%C3%B6nigreich_W%C3%BCrttemberg.svg/46px-Flagge_K%C3%B6nigreich_W%C3%BCrttemberg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Kingdom of Württemberg">Württemberg</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Military_Merit_Order_(W%C3%BCrttemberg)" title="Military Merit Order (Württemberg)">Military Merit Order</a>, <i>1819</i><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationships">Relationships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_II_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Relationships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William II had a string of relationships with both men and women which led him to be blackmailed.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexual</a> relationships that William II had as crown prince and as king were reported by journalist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eillert_Meeter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eillert Meeter (page does not exist)">Eillert Meeter</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eillert_Meeter" class="extiw" title="nl:Eillert Meeter">nl</a>]</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The king surrounded himself with male servants whom he could not dismiss because of his 'abominable motive' for hiring them in the first place.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of his closest friends was the Wallonian aristocrat <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alb%C3%A9ric_du_Chastel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Albéric du Chastel (page does not exist)">Albéric du Chastel</a>. William II was blackmailed for the first time for his intimacies with men in 1818. After the Dutch secret police captured the blackmailers they were deported to the Dutch overseas colonies.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Issue">Issue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_II_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Issue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jan_Baptist_van_der_Hulst_-_Koning_Willem_II_en_familie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jan_Baptist_van_der_Hulst_-_Koning_Willem_II_en_familie.jpg/220px-Jan_Baptist_van_der_Hulst_-_Koning_Willem_II_en_familie.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jan_Baptist_van_der_Hulst_-_Koning_Willem_II_en_familie.jpg/330px-Jan_Baptist_van_der_Hulst_-_Koning_Willem_II_en_familie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jan_Baptist_van_der_Hulst_-_Koning_Willem_II_en_familie.jpg/440px-Jan_Baptist_van_der_Hulst_-_Koning_Willem_II_en_familie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3583" data-file-height="2315" /></a><figcaption><i>King William II and his family</i> (1832) by <a href="/wiki/Jan_Baptist_van_der_Hulst" title="Jan Baptist van der Hulst">Jan Baptist van der Hulst</a></figcaption></figure> <p>William II and queen Anna Pavlovna had five children: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_III_of_the_Netherlands" title="William III of the Netherlands"><i>William</i> Alexander Paul Frederick Louis</a> (1817–1890), William III, King of the Netherlands (1849 to 1890).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Alexander_of_the_Netherlands" title="Prince Alexander of the Netherlands">William <i>Alexander</i> Frederick Constantine Nicolas Michael</a> (1818–1848). Nicknamed <i>Sascha</i>. Never married.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_the_Netherlands_(1820%E2%80%931879)" title="Prince Henry of the Netherlands (1820–1879)">William Frederick <i>Henry</i> "the Navigator"</a> (1820–1879). Married firstly Princess <a href="/wiki/Amalia_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach" class="mw-redirect" title="Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach">Amalia</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach" title="Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach">Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach</a> and secondly <a href="/wiki/Princess_Marie_of_Prussia_(1855-1888)" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Marie of Prussia (1855-1888)">Princess Marie of Prussia</a>, but had no issue.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Ernst_Casimir_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Ernst Casimir of the Netherlands">Prince William Alexander <i>Ernst</i> Frederick <i>Casimir</i></a> (1822), died in infancy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Sophie_of_the_Netherlands" title="Princess Sophie of the Netherlands">Wilhelmina Marie <i>Sophie</i> Louise</a> (1824–1897). Married <a href="/wiki/Carl_Alexander_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Alexander of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach">Karl Alexander</a>, Grand Duke of <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach" title="Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach">Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach</a>, and had issue.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestry">Ancestry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_II_of_the_Netherlands&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Family_tree_of_Dutch_monarchs" title="Family tree of Dutch monarchs">Family tree of Dutch monarchs</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886387087">.mw-parser-output table.ahnentafel{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;line-height:130%}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel tr{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-t{border-top:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-b{border-bottom:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}</style><div class="noresize"><table class="collapsible collapsed" style="margin:0.3em auto;clear:none;min-width:60em;width:auto;font-size:88%;border:1px solid #aaa"><tbody><tr><th style="padding:0.2em 0.3em 0.2em 4.3em;background:none;color:inherit;width:auto">Ancestors of William II of the Netherlands</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center"><table class="ahnentafel" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">8. <a href="/wiki/William_IV,_Prince_of_Orange" title="William IV, Prince of Orange">William IV, Prince of Orange</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">4. <a href="/wiki/William_V,_Prince_of_Orange" title="William V, Prince of Orange">William V, Prince of Orange</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">9. <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal_and_Princess_of_Orange" title="Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange">Anne, Princess Royal</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">2. <a href="/wiki/William_I_of_the_Netherlands" title="William I of the Netherlands">William I of the Netherlands</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">10. <a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_William_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus William of Prussia">Prince Augustus William of Prussia</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">5. <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmina_of_Prussia,_Princess_of_Orange" title="Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange">Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">11. <a href="/wiki/Duchess_Luise_of_Brunswick-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel" title="Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel">Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fcc;">1. <b>William II of the Netherlands</b></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">12. <a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_William_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus William of Prussia">Prince Augustus William of Prussia</a> (= 10)</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">6. <a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_II_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William II of Prussia">Frederick William II of Prussia</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">13. <a href="/wiki/Duchess_Luise_of_Brunswick-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel" title="Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel">Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel</a> (= 11)</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">3. <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmine_of_Prussia,_Queen_of_the_Netherlands" title="Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands">Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">14. <a href="/wiki/Louis_IX,_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Darmstadt" title="Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt">Louis IX, Landgrave of 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="County_of_Luxemburg_(963–1354)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/County_of_Luxemburg" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Luxemburg">County of Luxemburg</a> (963–1354)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Luxembourg" title="House of Luxembourg">Elder House of Luxembourg</a> <br />(963–1136)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sigfried,_Count_of_the_Ardennes" title="Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes">Siegfried</a> <small>(963–998)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_V,_Duke_of_Bavaria" title="Henry V, Duke of Bavaria">Henry I</a> <small>(998–1026)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_VII,_Duke_of_Bavaria" title="Henry VII, Duke of Bavaria">Henry II</a> <small>(1026–1047)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giselbert_of_Luxembourg" title="Giselbert of Luxembourg">Giselbert</a> <small>(1047–1059)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conrad_I,_Count_of_Luxembourg" title="Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg">Conrad I</a> <small>(1059–1086)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_III,_Count_of_Luxembourg" title="Henry III, Count of Luxembourg">Henry III</a> <small>(1086–1096)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William,_Count_of_Luxembourg" title="William, Count of Luxembourg">William I</a> <small>(1096–1131)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conrad_II,_Count_of_Luxembourg" title="Conrad II, Count of Luxembourg">Conrad II</a> <small>(1131–1136)</small></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_the_Count_of_Luxembourg.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Arms_of_the_Count_of_Luxembourg.svg/80px-Arms_of_the_Count_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Arms_of_the_Count_of_Luxembourg.svg/120px-Arms_of_the_Count_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Arms_of_the_Count_of_Luxembourg.svg/160px-Arms_of_the_Count_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="308" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Luxembourg" title="House of Luxembourg">House of Namur</a> <br />(1136–1189)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_IV,_Count_of_Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg">Henry IV</a> <small>(1136–1189)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Hohenstaufen" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Hohenstaufen">House of Hohenstaufen</a> <br />(1196–1197)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Otto_I,_Count_of_Burgundy" title="Otto I, Count of Burgundy">Otto</a> <small>(1196–1197)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Luxembourg" title="House of Luxembourg">House of Namur</a> <br />(1197–1247)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ermesinde,_Countess_of_Luxembourg" title="Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg">Ermesinde</a> <small>(1197–1247), <i>with</i></small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theobald_I,_Count_of_Bar" title="Theobald I, Count of Bar">Theobald</a> <small>(1197–1214), <i>and then</i></small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waleran_III,_Duke_of_Limburg" title="Waleran III, Duke of Limburg">Waleran</a> <small>(1214–1226)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Luxembourg" title="House of Luxembourg">House of Limburg</a> <br />(1247–1354)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_V,_Count_of_Luxembourg" title="Henry V, Count of Luxembourg">Henry V</a> <small>(1247–1281)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_VI,_Count_of_Luxembourg" title="Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg">Henry VI</a> <small>(1281–1288)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_VII,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor">Henry VII</a> <small>(1288–1313)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_of_Bohemia" title="John of Bohemia">John I</a> <small>(1313–1346)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles I</a> <small>(1346–1353)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Luxembourg" title="Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg">Wenceslaus I</a> <small>(1353–1354)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Duchy_of_Luxemburg_(1354–1794)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Luxemburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Luxemburg">Duchy of Luxemburg</a> (1354–1794)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Luxembourg" title="House of Luxembourg">House of Limburg</a> <br />(1354–1443)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Luxembourg" title="Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg">Wenceslaus I</a> <small>(1354–1383)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wenceslaus_IV_of_Bohemia" title="Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia">Wenceslaus II</a> <small>(1383–1388)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jobst_of_Moravia" title="Jobst of Moravia">Jobst</a> <small>(1388–1411)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_of_G%C3%B6rlitz" title="Elizabeth of Görlitz">Elisabeth</a> <small>(1411–1443) 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Valois-Burgundy" title="House of Valois-Burgundy">House of Valois-Burgundy</a> <br />(1443–1482)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Good" title="Philip the Good">Philip I</a> <small>(1443–1467)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_the_Bold" title="Charles the Bold">Charles II</a> <small>(1467–1477)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Burgundy" title="Mary of Burgundy">Mary I</a> <small>(1477–1482)</small> and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor">Maximilian I</a> <small>(1477–1482)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Habsburg" title="House of Habsburg">House of Habsburg</a><br /> (1482–1700)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philip_I_of_Castile" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip I of Castile">Philip II</a> <small>(1482–1506)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles III</a> <small>(1506–1556)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain" title="Philip II of Spain">Philip III</a> <small>(1556–1598)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabella_Clara_Eugenia" title="Isabella Clara Eugenia">Isabella Clara Eugenia</a> <small>(1598–1621)</small> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_VII,_Archduke_of_Austria" title="Albert VII, Archduke of Austria">Albert</a> <small>(1598–1621)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_IV_of_Spain" title="Philip IV of Spain">Philip IV</a> <small>(1621–1665)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain" title="Charles II of Spain">Charles IV</a> <small>(1665–1700)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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(1820–1879)">Prince Hendrik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Ernest_Casimir_of_the_Netherlands" title="Prince Ernest Casimir of the Netherlands">Prince Ernest Casimir</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prince_Willem&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prince Willem (page does not exist)">Prince Willem</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik%20der%20Nederlanden%20(1836-1846)">Prince Frederik</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William,_Prince_of_Orange" title="William, Prince of Orange">William, Prince of Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Maurice_of_the_Netherlands" title="Prince Maurice of the Netherlands">Prince Maurice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander,_Prince_of_Orange" title="Alexander, Prince of Orange">Alexander, Prince of Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Henry_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Hendrik, Prince Consort</a> <sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">4th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Bernhard_of_Lippe-Biesterfeld" title="Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld">Bernhard, Prince Consort</a> <sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">5th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Claus_of_the_Netherlands" title="Prince Claus of the Netherlands">Claus, Prince Consort</a> <sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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Maurits</a> <sup><small>4</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Bernhard_of_Orange-Nassau,_van_Vollenhoven" title="Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven">Prince Bernhard</a> <sup><small>4</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Pieter-Christiaan_of_Orange-Nassau,_van_Vollenhoven" title="Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven">Prince Pieter-Christiaan</a> <sup><small>4</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Floris_of_Orange-Nassau,_van_Vollenhoven" title="Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven">Prince Floris</a> <sup><small>4</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">7th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Hugo_de_Bourbon_de_Parme" title="Prince Hugo de Bourbon de Parme">Prince Hugo</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup><small>1</small></sup> <span class="wrap">title granted by Royal Decree to consort of the Queen, without the title "Prince of Orange-Nassau"</span> <p><sup><small>2</small></sup> <span class="wrap">gave up the title "Prince of the Netherlands, but still held the title "Prince of Orange-Nassau"</span> <sup><small>3</small></sup> <span class="wrap">title granted by Royal Decree to descendants of Princess Irene</span> </p> <sup><small>4</small></sup> <span class="wrap">only held the title "Prince of Orange-Nassau"</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Belgian_Revolution_and_the_independence_of_Belgium_(1830–1839)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Belgian_Revolution_of_1830" title="Template:Belgian Revolution of 1830"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Belgian_Revolution_of_1830" title="Template talk:Belgian Revolution of 1830"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Belgian_Revolution_of_1830" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Belgian Revolution of 1830"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div 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<li><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_Belgium" title="Provisional Government of Belgium">Provisional Government of Belgium</a> (September 1830 – February 1831)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Congress_of_Belgium" title="National Congress of Belgium">National Congress of Belgium</a> (November 1830)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Belgium" title="Constitution of Belgium">Constitution of Belgium</a> (February 1831)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F5F5DC;">First Belgian monarchs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erasme_Louis_Surlet_de_Chokier" class="mw-redirect" title="Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier">Érasme, Baron Surlet de Chokier</a> (<a href="/wiki/Regent" title="Regent">Regent</a>; February 1831 – July 1831)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopold_I_of_Belgium" title="Leopold I of Belgium">Leopold I</a> (<a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Belgians" class="mw-redirect" title="King of the Belgians">King of the Belgians</a>; July 1831 – December 1865)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F5F5DC;">Important figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Niellon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Niellon (page does not exist)">Charles Niellon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandre_Dechet" title="Alexandre Dechet">Alexandre Dechet (Jenneval)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_de_M%C3%A9rode&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frédéric de Mérode (page does not exist)">Frédéric de Mérode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Van_Halen" title="Juan Van Halen">Juan Van Halen</a><br /><small>(see also <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_National_Congress_of_Belgium" 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