William I of the Netherlands

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William I of the Netherlands was the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg, who played a key role in establishing the modern Dutch state after the Napoleonic era.


Statements (55)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Duke of Luxembourg
King of the Netherlands
Prince of Orange
human
monarch
abdicationDate 1840-10-07
burialPlace Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
causeOfAbdication political opposition and controversy over his second marriage
child Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
Princess Marianne of the Netherlands
William II of the Netherlands
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
Kingdom of the Netherlands
dateOfBirth 1772-08-24
dateOfDeath 1843-12-12
endTime 1840-10-07
father William V, Prince of Orange
fullName Willem Frederik
house House of Orange-Nassau
languageSpoken Dutch
French
German
monarchOf Duchy of Limburg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Kingdom of the Netherlands
mother Wilhelmina of Prussia
notableFor creation of the Netherlands Trading Society
economic modernization of the Netherlands
founding the Kingdom of the Netherlands after the Napoleonic Wars
personal union of the Netherlands and Luxembourg
playing a key role in establishing the modern Dutch state
participatedIn Napoleonic Wars (as opponent of France)
placeOfBirth Dutch Republic
The Hague
placeOfDeath Berlin
Kingdom of Prussia
positionHeld Duke of Limburg
Grand Duke of Luxembourg
King of the Netherlands
Prince of Orange
Stadtholder of the Netherlands in exile
predecessor Napoleonic rule in the Low Countries
regnalName William I
reignEndAsGrandDukeOfLuxembourg 1840
reignEndAsKingOfTheNetherlands 1840
reignEndAsSovereignPrince 1815
reignStartAsGrandDukeOfLuxembourg 1815
reignStartAsKingOfTheNetherlands 1815
reignStartAsSovereignPrince 1813
religion Protestantism
spouse Henrietta d’Oultremont
Wilhelmine of Prussia
startTime 1815-03-16
successor William II of the Netherlands
titleGranted Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands

Referenced by (31)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
Princess Marianne of the Netherlands
William II of the Netherlands
father
De Nederlandsche Bank ("King William I of the Netherlands")
Ghent University
Order of the Netherlands Lion ("King William I of the Netherlands")
foundedBy
Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands ("William Frederick of Orange-Nassau")
Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands
officeHolder
Henrietta d’Oultremont
Wilhelmina of Prussia
spouse
Duke of Limburg
ceremonialHolder
William V, Prince of Orange
child
Military William Order ("King William I of the Netherlands")
establishedBy
William I of the Netherlands ("Willem Frederik")
fullName
Princess Sophie of the Netherlands
grandfather
Prince William of Orange (disputed)
hasDisputedIdentityWith
Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands
hasMonarch
House of Orange-Nassau
hasNotableMember
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
headOfGovernment
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
headOfState
Southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
monarch
Wilhelmina of Prussia
monarchConsortOf
Johannes van den Bosch
monarchDuringTerm
Duke of Limburg
monarchWhoHeldTitle
Military William Order ("King William I of the Netherlands")
namedAfter
William I of the Netherlands ("Willem Frederik")
nativeName
House of Nassau
notableMember
Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands ("William Frederick of Orange-Nassau")
officeCreatedFor
Belgian Revolution ("King William I of the Netherlands")
opponent
William II of the Netherlands
predecessor
Henrietta d’Oultremont ("King William I of the Netherlands")
spouseTitle

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