HM Queen Sophie of the Netherlands

Queen consort of the Netherlands, Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg
First wife of King Willem III of the Netherlands

Date & place of birth June 17, 1818 New Kongigliches Palace, Stuttgart
Born as HRH Princess of Wurttemberg
Names Sophia Frederika Mathilde

Father King Wilhelm I of Wurttemberg
Mother Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (Queen Catherine of Wurttemberg)





Royal house Wurttemberg (born) Orange-Nassau (marriage)
Queen consort March 17, 1849-June 3, 1877
Tenure 27 years 78 days
Predecessor Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia
Successor Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont





Siblings (4)
Youngest of two children (1 sister) (1 younger half-brother, 2 younger half-sisters)*
Princess Marie of Wurttemberg (Countess of Neipperg)
Princess Catherine of Wurttemberg*
Prince Charles of Wurttemberg (King Charles I of Wurttemberg)*
Princess Augusta of Wurttemberg (Princess Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)*





Married June 18, 1839 Stuttgart
Spouse King Willem III of the Netherlands (then Prince Willem, Prince of Orange)





Issue
(3 sons)
Prince Willem, Prince of Orange
Prince Maurits of the Netherlands
Prince Alexander of the Netherlands





Died June 3, 1877 Palace Huise ten Bosch, near the Hague (age 58)
Place of burial Nieuwe Kerk, Delft





Titles
HRH Princess of Wurttemberg
HRH Princess of the Netherlands,Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Wurttemberg
HM Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Princess of Wurttemberg





Paternal grandparents
King Friedrich I of Wurttemberg
Princess Augusta of Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel

Paternal great-grandparents
Duke Frederick II of Wurttemberg
Duchess Sophia Dorthea of Brandeburg-Schwedt
Duke Charles of Brunswick
Princess Augusta of Great Britain*

Sophie is a maternal great-great-granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain*





Maternal grandparents
Emperor Paul I of Russia
Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemburg (Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia)

Maternal great-grandparents
Emperor Peter III of Russia
Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (Empress Catherine II of Russia)
Duke Frederick II of Wurttemberg
Princess Sophia of Brandenburg-Schwedt