William II of the Netherlands

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Grand Duke of Luxembourg King of the Netherlands Prince of Orange human member of the House of Orange-Nassau

William II of the Netherlands was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1840 to 1849, known for accepting a liberal constitution that transformed his country into a constitutional monarchy.

Aliases (2)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grand Duke of Luxembourg → King of the Netherlands → Prince of Orange → human → member of the House of Orange-Nassau →
awardReceived	Military William Order → Order of the Garter → Order of the Netherlands Lion →
battle	Battle of Waterloo →
burialPlace	Nieuwe Kerk, Delft →
child	Prince Alexander of the Netherlands → Prince Ernest Casimir of the Netherlands → Prince Henry of the Netherlands → Princess Sophie of the Netherlands → William III of the Netherlands →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of the Netherlands →
dateOfBirth	1792-12-06 →
dateOfDeath	1849-03-17 →
educatedAt	University of Leiden → University of Oxford →
father	William I of the Netherlands →
givenName	Willem →
house	House of Orange-Nassau →
knownFor	supporting the 1848 Dutch constitutional reform → transforming the Netherlands into a constitutional monarchy →
memberOf	House of Orange-Nassau →
militaryRank	general →
monarchOf	Limburg → Luxembourg → Netherlands →
mother	Wilhelmine of Prussia →
nativeLanguage	Dutch →
nobleTitle	Prince of Nassau → Prince of Orange →
notableWork	acceptance of the liberal Dutch Constitution of 1848 →
placeOfBirth	The Hague →
placeOfDeath	Tilburg →
positionHeld	Duke of Limburg → Grand Duke of Luxembourg → King of the Netherlands → Prince of Orange →
predecessor	William I of the Netherlands →
reignEnd	1849-03-17 →
reignStart	1840-10-07 →
religion	Protestantism →
royalStyle	King William II →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Anna Pavlovna of Russia →
successor	William III of the Netherlands →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Wilhelmina of Prussia → William I of the Netherlands → William I of the Netherlands →	child
Princess Sophie of the Netherlands → William III of the Netherlands →	father
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands → Princess Marianne of the Netherlands →	sibling
William I of the Netherlands → William I of the Netherlands →	successor
Duke of Limburg →	ceremonialHolder
Ten Days’ Campaign ("Prince William II of the Netherlands") →	commander
Grand Duke of Luxembourg →	firstHolder
Delft University of Technology →	founder
Prince William of Orange (disputed) →	hasDisputedIdentityWith
Christ Church, Oxford ("King William II of the Netherlands") →	hasNotableAlumnus
House of Orange-Nassau →	hasNotableMember
Johannes van den Bosch →	monarchDuringTerm
Duke of Limburg →	monarchWhoHeldTitle
House of Nassau →	notableMember
William III of the Netherlands →	predecessor
Anna Pavlovna of Russia →	spouse
William I of the Netherlands →	successorAsGrandDukeOfLuxembourg