William I of the Netherlands

Grand Duke of Luxembourg

24 August 1772 Huis ten Bosch, The Hague, Dutch Republic

12 December 1843(1843-12-12) (71) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia

NamesFranz Josef Karl

King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1815–1840 This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "William I of the Netherlands" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2013 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) For other uses, see William of Orange (disambiguation). King of the Netherlands William I (Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was a Prince of Orange, the King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He was the son of the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. After an agreement with Napoleon, he became the ruler of the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda from 1803 until 1806, when he was deposed by Napoleon. In November 1813, after the Defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig, he was asked to become the Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands. He proclaimed himself King of the Netherlands on 16 March 1815. On 9 June of the same year, William I also became the Grand Duke of Luxembourg and in 1839 he became the Duke of Limburg. After his abdication in 1840, he styled himself King William Frederick, Count of Nassau.