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Re: Biological son of prince Hendrik the sailor?

Posted by John R

on 17/12/2023, 15:05:04, in reply to "Biological son of prince Hendrik the sailor?"

Never heard of this person. But, as we all know both Willem III and Hendrik took a very young second wife and Willem even fathered a daughter with Emma in his 60's so its quite possible Hendrik was also still capable of fathering children.

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To my surprise the German version of wikipedia mention in it's description of King Willem III's youngest brother Hendrik that he fathered a son between the demise of his first wife Amalia of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach and his second marriage to Marie of Prussia.

The son would have been Elmer Philipp Ladislas zu Istein (1877-1904). This is the first time i heard anything about Hendrik having offspring. Does anyone have more information about this son or are we dealing with someone altering wikipedia with fake information?

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Biological son of prince Hendrik the sailor? - Johan 17/12/2023, 9:54:58