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WILHELMINA [WILHELMINA HELENA PAULINE MARIA OF ORANGE-NASSAU] (188o ) , queen of the Nether-lands, was born at the Hague on the 31st of August 1880. Her father, William III. (Willem Paul Alexander Frederik Lodewijk), had by his first wife, Sophia
Victor of Waldeck-Pyrmont, born on the 2nd of August 1858, and Wilhelmina was the only issue of that ttnion. She succeeded to the throne on her father's death, which took place on the 23rd of November 189o, but until her eighteenth year, when she was " inaugurated " at Amsterdam on the 6th of September 1898, the business of the state was carried on under the regency of the queen-mother, in accordance with a law made on the 2nd of August 1884. On the 7th of February 1901 Queen Wilhelmina married Henry
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heir to the throne, the Princess Juliana (Juliana Louise Emma Maria Wilhelmina). (See HOLLAND: History.)End of Article: WILHELMINA [WILHELMINA HELENA PAULINE MARIA OF ORANGE-NASSAU] (188o ) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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