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Wilhelmine of Prussia (1774-1837)
Queen Wilhelmine of the Netherlands
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Queen Wilhelmine of the Netherlands , born Princess of Prussia (full names in Dutch: Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina; full names in German: Friederike Luise Wilhelmine) (Potsdam , 18 November 1774 - The Hague , 12 October 1837 ), was the first wife of King William I of the Netherlands and so the first Queen of the Netherlands .
Biography Princess Wilhelmine was born in Potsdam. She was the fourth child (out of eight) of King Frederick William II of Prussia and Queen Frederica Louisa . Her upbringing was dominated by the strict regime of her great-uncle Frederick the Great . Very little is known about her youth.
On 1 October 1791 she married her cousin William, son of Stadtholder William V, Prince of Orange in Berlin . The young couple went to live at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague . In 1795 the French invaded the Dutch Republic . The princely family went into exile. First they stayed in England and later in Berlin. The Princess returned to The Hague in the beginning of 1814 .
Princess Wilhelmine became Queen of the Netherlands in 1815 . Queen Wilhelmine was modest and stayed at the background. She died at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague in 1837, aged 62. She is entombed in the New Church in Delft .
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