William III of the Netherlands

King of the Netherlands

19 February 1817 Palace of the Nation, Brussels, United Kingdom of the Netherlands

23 November 1890(1890-11-23) (73) Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, Netherlands

NamesWillem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk

King of the Netherlands For other people named William III, see William III (disambiguation). King of the Netherlands William IIIWilliam photographed by Maria Hille, c. 1887King of the NetherlandsReign17 March 1849 – 23 November 1890 Inauguration12 May 1849PredecessorWilliam IISuccessorWilhelminaGrand Duke of LuxembourgReign17 March 1849 – 23 November 1890 PredecessorWilliam IISuccessorAdolpheDuke of LimburgReign17 March 1849 – 23 August 1866 PredecessorWilliam IIBorn(1817-02-19 ) 19 February 1817 Palace of the Nation, Brussels, United Kingdom of the NetherlandsDied23 November 1890(1890-11-23) (aged 73) Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, NetherlandsBurial4 December 1890 Nieuwe Kerk, Delft, NetherlandsSpouse Sophie of Württemberg ​ ​(m. 1839; died 1877)​ Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont ​ ​(m. 1879)​ Issue among others... William, Prince of Orange Prince Maurice Alexander, Prince of Orange Wilhelmina of the Netherlands HouseOrange-NassauFatherWilliam II of the NetherlandsMotherAnna Pavlovna of RussiaReligionDutch Reformed Church William III (Dutch: Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk; English: William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis; 19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 1890. He was also the Duke of Limburg from 1849 until the abolition of the duchy in 1866. William was the son of King William II and Anna Pavlovna of Russia. On the abdication of his grandfather William I in 1840, he became the Prince of Orange. On the death of his father in 1849, he succeeded as king of the Netherlands. William married his cousin Sophie of Württemberg in 1839 and they had three sons, William, Maurice, and Alexander, all of whom predeceased him. After Sophie's death in 1877 he married Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont in 1879 and they had one daughter Wilhelmina, who succeeded William to the Dutch throne. Meanwhile, being the last agnatic dynastic descendant of Otto I, Count of Nassau, the throne of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg passed to his patrilineal seventeenth cousin once removed (and matrilineal third cousin), Adolphe. To date, he is the last Dutch monarch to die whilst on the throne.