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William I … King of the Netherlands, 1772–1843?> (aged 71 years)
- Name
- William I // King of the Netherlands
- Given names
- William I
- Name suffix
- King of the Netherlands
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1772–1843
Birth: 24 August 1772
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— The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands Death: 12 December 1843 — Berlin, Germany |
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1772–1843
Birth: 24 August 1772
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— The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands Death: 12 December 1843 — Berlin, Germany |
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1774–1837
Birth: 18 November 1774
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— Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Death: 12 October 1837 — The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands |
Marriage | Marriage — 1 October 1791 — Berlin, Germany |
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1792–1849
Birth: 6 December 1792
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— The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands Death: 17 March 1849 — Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands |
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Unique identifier
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99398BDEAFCD9D4DB3279F7FC9332D834519
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Last change
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Author of last change: Danny |
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in Dutch, Willem Frederik. He was also grand duke of Luxembourg (1815-40). In the War of the First Coalition against revolutionary France, William commanded the Dutch army from 1793 until 1795, when his country was overrun by the French. Hethereafter lived in England and Germany, returning to the Netherlands in 1813. The Treaty of Paris (1814) provided that the Netherlands and Belgium be united into a single kingdom, and William was proclaimed its first king. In 1815, by decisionof the Congress of Vienna, he ceded his hereditary properties in Germany to Prussia, receiving in exchange the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. William soon estranged his Belgian subjects by his discriminatory policies, and he was unable to preventthe secession of Belgium in 1830. He abdicated in favor of his son, William II, in 1840 after repeated demands by his Dutch subjects for a liberalized constitution. Despite his reactionary policies, William greatly encouraged the agriculturaland industrial development of the Netherlands. |
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