HRH Prince Maurits of the Netherlands

Second child of King Willem III of the Netherlands


Date & place of birth August 25, 1843 Noordeinde Palace, the Hague
Born as HRH Prince of the Netherlands
Names Willem Frederik Maurits Alexander Hendrik Karel

Father King Willem III of the Netherlands (then Prince Willem, Prince of Orange)
Mother Princess Sophia of Wurttemberg (Queen Sophie of the Netherlands)





Royal house Orange-Nassau





Siblings (3)
Second of three children (2 brothers) (1 younger half-sister)*
Prince Willem, Prince of Orange
Prince Alexander of the Netherlands
Princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands)*





Died June 4, 1850 Noordeinde Palace, the Hague (age 7)
Place of burial Nieuwe Kerk, Delft

*The first of King Willem III's sons to died during his reign





Titles
HRH Prince Maurits of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau





Paternal grandparents
King Willem II of the Netherlands
Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia (Queen Anna of the Netherlands

Paternal great-grandparents
King Willem I of the Netherlands
Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (Queen Wilhelmine of the Netherlands)
Emperor Paul I Petrovitch of Russia
Princess Sophia Dorthea of Wurttemberg (Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia)





Maternal grandparents
King Wilhelm I of Wurttemberg
Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (Queen Catherine of Wurttemberg)

Maternal great-grandparents
King Frederick I of Wurttemberg
Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Emperor Paul I Petrovitch of Russia
Princess Sophia Dorthea of Wurttemberg (Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia)