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Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria of Orange-Nassauwas born on 31 August 1880, in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands. She was the only child of King William IIIand Queen Emma. Her childhood was characterised by a close relationship with her parents, especially with her father, who was 63 years old when she was born.
The ghostof Abraham Lincolnis said to haunt the White House. The ghostof U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, also known as the White House Ghost, is said to have haunted the White Housesince Lincoln's assassinationin 1865. Lincoln's ghost has also been said to haunt many of his former residences in Springfield, Illinois, including his former law ...
Dutch government-in-exile. The Dutch government-in-exile (Dutch: Nederlandse regering in ballingschap), also known as the London Cabinet (Dutch: Londens kabinet), was the government in exile of the Netherlands, supervised by Queen Wilhelmina, that fled to London after the German invasion of the country during World War II on 10 May 1940.
The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, are a Benedictine order of nuns founded by Sr. Mary Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, in Gower, Missouri. [1][2] The nuns are also choral singers, and their first two albums of recorded chants and hymns reached number one on the classical traditional Billboard charts. They were thereafter named Billboard 's ...
Mountain vista. Queen Wilhelmina State Park is a unit of Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism in the Ouachita Mountains. The original "Castle in the Sky" lodge was built in 1898 on 2,681-foot Rich Mountain, in Polk County, Arkansas. The park is on Talimena Scenic Drive — northwest of Mena, Arkansas and east of the Oklahoma state line.
Changes were proposed in the 7 December 1942 radio speech by Queen Wilhelmina. In this speech, the queen, on behalf of the Dutch government-in-exile in London, expressed a desire to review the relations between the Netherlands and its colonies after the end of the war. After liberation, the government would call a conference to agree on a ...
Mary Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB (born Mary Elizabeth Lancaster, later taking the religious name Mary Wilhelmina of the Most Holy Rosary; April 13, 1924 – May 29, 2019), was an African-American nun from rural Missouri who founded the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles. [1][2] Her remains are a case of spontaneous mummification, identified ...
Other work. Writer. Siebren Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema RMWO, DFC (3 April 1917 – 26 September 2007) was a Dutch writer who became a resistance fighter and RAF pilot during the Second World War. Near the end of the war he was adjudant (assistant) to Queen Wilhelmina. He was made Knight 4th class of the Military William Order.