Reign: 1934-1951
Killed in a motor accident; Dau. of Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of
Vastergotland and Ingeborg of Denmark; 2 sons, 1 dau. a
Karl XV of Sweden and Norway King of Sweden
Reign: 1859-72
Eld. Dau of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands and Louise of Prussia; 1 son, 1
dau.
Reign 1912-1947
Eld. dau. of Frederick Francis III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grd Duch
Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia. 2 sons;
William II of Netherlands King
In Dutch, Willem Frederik George Lodewijk, King of the Netherlands. Reign:
1840-49; William and his family were exiled in 1795 for 18 yrs. As William,
prince of Orange, he entered the British army in 1811 during the Napoleonic
Wars and served as aide-de-camp to Gen. Arthur Wellesley, later 1st duke of
Wellington. William succeeded to the throne upon the abdication of his father
in 1840. The chief event of his reign was the grant in 1848 of a liberalized
constitution that greatly abridged royal power. He was succeeded by his son
William III.