It is clear that had Frederik outlived his nephew Willem III and his son Alexander he would have succeeded as Frederik I as both King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxemburg.
However im not sure who his heiress would be. Of the four children he and his wife Louise had both sons died young. The oldest child, a daughter called Louise like her mother and grandmother married Carl Bernadotte future king of Sweden and Norway. Their son died as a child but their daughter Lovisa married crown prince Frederik of Denmark. The fourth and final child of Dutch Frederik was princess Marie. She had married the prince of Wied.
Im wondering if Marie as the closest related female to her father would have preceded her niece Lovisa as heiress to the Dutch crown or not.
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