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.
Portrait by Nicolaas Pieneman, c. 1849
William II at the Battle of Waterloo, by Nicaise de Keyser, 1846
Portrait of William II and Anna Pavlovna (1816) by Jan Willem Pieneman
Portrait of William II, painted in 1817 by Karel Pieter Verhulst
William III was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 1890, and was also the Duke of Limburg from 1849 until the abolition of the duchy in 1866. Having reig
William II of the Netherlands
…the new constitution of 1848. William II was married to Anna Pavlovna of Russia, with whom he had five children. William II was succeeded by his son William III. Willem Frederik George Lodewijk was born on 6 December 1792 in The Hague. He was the eldest son of the then Prince William and Wilhelmine of Prussia…
Formal portrait, c. 1887
King William II and his family (1832) by Jan Baptist van der Hulst with William III on the far left
William III depicted on a 20 gulden proof gold coin (1850)
Portrait by Nicolaas Pieneman, 1856