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William II of the Netherlands
William II was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg. He reigned for just under nine years, making him the shortest-reigning monarch in Dutch history.
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politics · King of the Netherlands from 1840 to 1849 · politician · judge · military personnel · art collector · painting collector · also William II of the Netherlands, King William II of the Netherlands, Prince William of Orange, Prince William of Orange-Nassau, William II, Willem Frederik George Lodewijk
Born 6 December 1792 · Died 17 March 1849 · Q154287
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1849· 1 entry
Died 1849-03-17.
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1841· 1 entry
Won: Luxembourg (December 1841).
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1840· 2 entries
Career landmark: Monarch of Luxembourg (1840–1849).
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Career landmark: King of the Netherlands (1840–1849).
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1839· 1 entry
When Belgium was recognized by the Netherlands
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1838· 1 entry
Won: Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach with Knight of the Order of St. George, 2nd Class, 8 July 1815 (June 1838).
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1830· 1 entry
On the outbreak of the Belgian Revolution, he did his utmost in Brussels as a peace broker, to bring about a settlement based on administrative autonomy for the southern provinces, under the House of Orange-Nassau
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1819· 2 entries
Won: Württemberg with Army Gold Cross with two clasps, 1811-1813 (1819).
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Was blackmailed over what Minister of Justice Van Maanen termed in a letter his "shameful and unnatural lusts": presumably bisexuality
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1818· 1 entry
William II was blackmailed for the first time for his intimacies with men in 1818.
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1817· 1 entry
On 17 February 1817 in Brussels, his first son, William, the future King William III, was born.
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1815· 3 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William (1815).
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Won: Netherlands (July 1815).
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Became Prince of Orange as heir apparent of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
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1814· 2 entries
Won: Spain with Knight of the Order of St. George, 2nd Class, 8 July 1815 (September 1814).
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William was briefly engaged to Princess Charlotte of Wales, only child of the Prince Regent (later George IV of the United Kingdom) and his estranged wife, Caroline of Brunswick
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1813· 1 entry
When his father became sovereign prince, and in May 1814 succeeded Sir Thomas Graham as the highest-ranking officer of the British forces stationed there
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1811· 1 entry
As a 19-year-old aide-de-camp in the headquarters of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was allowed to observe several of Wellington's campaigns of the Peninsular War
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1808· 1 entry
Won: Kingdom of Prussia with Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order (December 1808).
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1792· 1 entry
Born 1792-12-06.
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