Wilhelmine of Prussia

Friederike Luise Wilhelmine, Princess of Prussia

Called Mimi by her family and known as Queen Wilhelmina after her husbans accension to the Dutch throne.

Daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm II., King of Prussia (1744-1797) and his second wife Friederike Luise, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751-1805)

Born: Potsdam 18. Nov 1774

Married: Berlin 1. Oct 1791 Willem, Prince of Orange-Nassau, as Willem I. first King of the Netherlands in 1815 (1772-1843), her first cousin

Issue:

• Willem II., King of the Netherlands (1792-1849) m. 1816 Anna Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1795-1865)
• Stilborn son (18. Aug 1795)
• Frederik, Prince of the Netherlands (1797-1881) m. 1825 Luise, Princess of Prussia (1808-1870)
• Pauline, Princess of the Netherlands (1800-1806)
• Stilborn son (30. Aug 1806)
• Marianne, Princess of the Netherlands (1810-1883) m. 1830 (div. 1849) Albrecht, Prince of Prussia (1809-1872), brother of Princess Luise of Prussia

Died: Noordeinde Palace, The Hague 12. Oct 1837

Buried: Royal Crypt, Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), Delft

   

   

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1 and II, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann