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Also Known As Willem Frederik George Lodewijk
Born December 6, 1792 • The Hague • Netherlands
Died March 17, 1849 (aged 56) • Tilburg • Netherlands
Title / Office king (1840-1849), Netherlands
House / Dynasty House of Orange
Notable Family Members father William I • son William III

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Tilburg: former palace of King William II
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Johan Rudolf Thorbecke
prime minister of the Netherlands
William I
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
Geert Wilders
Geert Wilders
Dutch politician
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte
Mark Rutte
prime minister of the Netherlands and secretary-general of NATO
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Dutch politician
William I
William I
king of The Netherlands
Silvio Berlusconi and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Dutch politician
Pieter Geyl
Dutch historian
Bernhard, prince of the Netherlands, prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
prince of the Netherlands
Louis of Nassau, panel portrait by an unknown artist, 1574; in the Orange Nassau Museum, Delft, Neth.
Louis of Nassau
Dutch political leader
Filips van Montmorency, count van Horne
Dutch statesman
Abraham Kuyper
Abraham Kuyper
Dutch theologian and statesman
Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud
Dutch architect
Willem Drees
prime minister of the Netherlands
Karel Doorman
Dutch admiral
Juliana, detail of an oil painting by W.G. Hofker, 1949.
Juliana
queen of The Netherlands
Hendrik van Brederode
Dutch nobleman
Pieter Jelles Troelstra
Dutch statesman

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