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William II was the son of William I and Wilhelmine of Prussia. When his father, who up to that time ruled as sovereign prince, proclaimed himself king in 1815, he became Prince of Orange as heir apparent of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. With the abdication of his father on 7 October 1840, William II became king.
The Dutch called back William Frederick, the son of the last stadtholder, to head the new government. He was proclaimed "sovereign prince". In 1815, he raised the Netherlands to the status of a kingdom and proclaimed himself King William I. The kingdom was enlarged with the Southern Netherlands, now Belgium and Luxembourg, soon after.
The following is a family tree for the Princes of Orange, a line which culminated in the Dutch monarchy with the accession of Prince William VI to the newly created throne of the Netherlands in 1815. Dates given are those of birth and death; for Princes of Orange (shown in bold), the intermediate date is the date of accession to the Princedom.
Death Notes King William II of the Netherlands: 6 December 1792: 17 March 1849: married, 1816, Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia; had issue Stillborn son: 18 August 1795: 18 August 1795 Prince Frederick of the Netherlands: 28 February 1797: 8 September 1881: married, 1825, Princess Louise of Prussia; had issue Princess Pauline of Orange ...
William II, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels (1671–1731) William II, Elector of Hesse (1777–1847) William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Duke of Limburg; William II of Bimbia (died 1882), known as Young King William; William II of Württemberg (1848–1921) William II, German Emperor (1859–1941)
King William II, the third son of William the Conqueror, was known as William Rufus. He reigned as King of England from 1087 until his death in 1100, at which point his younger brother, Prince ...
King William II and his family (1832) by Jan Baptist van der Hulst with William III on the far left. William was born on 19 February 1817 in the Palace of the Nation in Brussels, [1] which was part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. He was the eldest son of the future king William II of the Netherlands and Anna Pavlovna of ...
William completed seven-and-a-half years of full-time military service. He trained in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. His active service as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot ended in September 2013.