HM the Queen (Wilhelmina)
HM the Queen-mother (Emma)
HRH Prince Hendrik
HRH Princess Marie (granddaughter of Willem I).
Two of them were elderly ladies and Hendrik had been in the family for only 3 years and was not allowed to do much on his own. Wilhelmina herself was in the first years of her marriage suffering from ill health, a still birth caused by typhoid fever that nearly killed her and several miscarriages.
Not really a time when her mother or husband could leave their spot at her side.
Princess Marie was mainly living in Germany with her husband Wilhelm von Wied only spending part of the year in her native country.
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: No. There were representatives of England,
: Russia, Denmark, Portugal, Greece, Italy,
: Siam, Sweden, Monaco and Prussia. Nobody
: from the Netherlands.
: King Alfonso XIII paid state visits to
: Portugal, England, Austria, Germany, Italy,
: Belgium, Denmark and Sweden (probably I have
: missed some) . But I think he never visited
: the Netherlands.
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: Was the Dutch Royal Family represented at
: the
: ceremony of coming of age of King Alfonso
: XIII? There were representations of many
: non-Catholic, and even non-European Royal
: Families - Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Japan...
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: Is it known if Queen Victoria Eugenia had
: some contact with Queen Wilhelmina or Queen
: Emma? Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone,
: was Queen Ena's first cousin as well as
: Queen Wilhelmina's.
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: Yes i do think the Greek connection made the
: current good relations between the Dutch and
: Spanish Royals.
:
: Juliana liked Paul a lot even so much she
: considered him a good candidate tor her
: hand. Unfortunately his brother George II
: needed him as a successor in Greece. Had he
: or Alexander had a male heir Paul might have
: become the consort of Juliana.
:
: The House of Orange was of course related
: multiple times to Frederika and her
: confidence must have impressed Juliana and
: Bernhard.
: Their two older daughters were if not close
: friends still well known to Constantine and
: Sofia. They were also fairly closely related
: to the three Danish princesses.
: Their paternal grandmother Alexandrine was
: the first cousin of Queen Juliana.
: Alexandrine's mother-in-law Lovisa
: Bernadotte was herself a granddaughter of
: prince Frederik of the Netherlands.
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: --Previous Message--
: So, when did the Spanish and Dutch royals
: become close? King Juan Carlos and Queen
: Beatrix had a good relationship. No idea
: about the Count of Barcelona and Queen
: Juliana. Or was it maybe because JC's
: marriage with Princess Sophia of Greece. I
: think the Greek and Dutch royals were close.
: They were invited to the Agamenon cruise.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Had Maria Antonia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
: become the Queen-consort of Spain she would
: have been the first cousin of Queen Juliana
: of the Netherlands. Im not sure how Queen
: Wilhelmina would have felt about her niece
: marrying the descendant and successor of
: Phillip II.
: She was a rather staunch Protestant before
: WWI. Counting her ancestors Willem the
: Silent and his fourth father-in-law Gaspard
: de Coligny as two of her main inspirations
: and examples.
:
: --Previous Message--
: The Protestant Duke Paul of
: Mecklenburg-Schwerin, half-brother of Prince
: Hendrik of the Netherlands, married the
: Catholic Princess Marie of Windisch-Grätz
: and joined later in life her faith and I
: believe their children, at least the girls,
: were raised in the mother's faith. One of
: the girls, Duchess Marie Antoinette was once
: considered as a potential bride for King
: Alfonso XIII of Spain (a sort of German
: candidate from Emperor Wilhelm II).
:
: --Previous Message--
: As I understand, Germany had five kingdoms
: before World War I. Only one of them
: (Bavaria) was solidly Catholic -- in terms
: of sovereigns and subjects. Hanover and
: Prussia were solidly Protestants. But
: Saxony and Württemberg were mixed: I believe
: the subjects in both were Protestants, but
: the sovereigns were Catholics -- thanks to a
: change of hands through intermarriages. Is
: this true?
:
: As for the smaller German states that were
: Catholics, I can think of only two: the
: princely house of Hohehnzollern-Sigmaringen
: and the Kohary branch of the ducal house of
: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The present Belgian
: sovereign, although descending from the
: former, actually descends from the
: Protestant branch of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
:
: Anyhow, what were other German houses that
: were Catholics?
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