Sophie of the Netherlands | |||||
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Grand Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | |||||
Tenure | 8 July 1853 – 23 March 1897 | ||||
Born | Lange Voorhout Palace, The Hague, Netherlands | 8 April 1824||||
Died | 23 March 1897 Weimar, German Empire | (aged 72)||||
Spouse | Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | ||||
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House | Orange-Nassau | ||||
Father | William II of the Netherlands | ||||
Mother | Anna Pavlovna of Russia |
Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (Wilhelmine Marie Sophie Louise; 8 April 1824 – 23 March 1897) was the only daughter and last surviving child of King William II of the Netherlands and of his wife Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia. She was heiress presumptive to her niece, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, for seven years, from the death of her brother until her own death.