Prince Henry of the Netherlands (governor)

This article is about the Dutch prince sometimes called 'Henry the Navigator'. For the Portuguese prince, see Henry the Navigator.

Prince Henry
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Born	(1820-06-13)13 June 1820 Soestdijk Palace, Baarn
Died	Walferdange Castle, Walferdange
Spouse	Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Marie of Prussia
House	Orange-Nassau
Father	William II of the Netherlands
Mother	Anna Pavlovna of Russia
Religion	Dutch Reformed

Prince William Frederick Henry of the Netherlands (Dutch: Willem Frederik Hendrik; 13 June 1820 – 14 January 1879) was the third son of King William II of the Netherlands and his wife, Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia. He was born at Soestdijk Palace.

Prince Henry became Governor of Luxembourg in 1850, in which capacity he served until his death in 1879. During his tenure, he worked with the government to launch the reactionary Coup of 1856, which consolidated power in the monarchy and the executive. However, most of the changes were reversed by the new constitution issued in 1868 after the 1867 Luxembourg Crisis, during which the crown tried to sell the grand duchy to Prussia.

Personal life

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Henry portrayed young

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A bust of Prince Henry in Amsterdam

He married twice. On 9 May 1853, in Weimar, he married Amalia Maria da Gloria Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Ghent, 20 May 1830 - Walferdange Castle, 1 May 1872). On 24 August 1878, in Potsdam, he married Marie Elisabeth Louise Frederica of Prussia (Marmorpalais, 14 September 1855 – Schloss Albrechtsberg, 20 June 1888). Both marriages were childless. At the time of his death at Walferdange Castle from measles, he was third in line of succession to the Dutch throne.

Throughout his life, his title was His Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau.

Ancestry

Family of Prince Henry of the Netherlands (governor)

16. William IV, Prince of Orange               8. William V, Prince of Orange                       17. Anne, Princess Royal               4. William I of the Netherlands                             18. Prince Augustus William of Prussia               9. Wilhelmina of Prussia                       19. Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg               2. William II of the Netherlands                                   20. Prince Augustus William of Prussia (= 18)               10. Frederick William II of Prussia                       21. Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (= 19)               5. Wilhelmine of Prussia                             22. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               11. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt                       23. Caroline of Zweibrücken               1. Prince Henry of the Netherlands                                         24. Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp               12. Peter III of Russia                       25. Anna Petrovna of Russia               6. Paul I of Russia                             26. Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst               13. Catherine II of Russia                       27. Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp               3. Anna Pavlovna of Russia                                   28. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg               14. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg                       29. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis               7. Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg                             30. Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt               15. Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt                       31. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia

See also

• Prince Henry of the Netherlands (disambiguation)

External links

• Royal House of the Netherlands and Grand-Ducal House of Luxembourg
• Grand-Ducal House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
• Royal House of Prussia