William I of the Netherlands
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William I was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840.
Portrait of William I by Joseph Paelinck, 1819
Portrait of William (1775)
Young William and his brother Frederick in 1790
William Frederick, Prince of Orange in c. 1805–1810
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.
William I of the Netherlands
…later years were marked by dissatisfaction with constitutional changes and personal reasons, leading to his abdication in 1840 in favor of his son, King William II. He spent his final years in Berlin, where he died in 1843. William was the son of William V, Prince of Orange, the last stadtholder of the Dutch…
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