- For almost 123 years (1890–2013) the Kingdom of the Netherlands did not have a King – Three queens in a row – Wilhelmina, Juliana and Beatrix.
- All three queens abdicated, which has become a Dutch tradition that has now been followed (albeit amidst a whiff of scandal) by Albert II of Belgium and Juan Carlos I of Spain).
- Wilhelm II of the Netherlands was engaged when Prince of Orange to Princess Charlotte of Wales the only legitimate child of the Prince Regent George (Later George IV). After she broke off the engagement she married prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She died in childbirth in 1817. Leopold would later become King of the Belgians (Belgium having broken away from the Kingdom of the Netherlands). Leopold’s sister married the Duke of Kent and became the mother of Queen Victoria (a birth that likely would not have happened if Charlotte had not died).
- From 1815–1890 the Kings of the Netherlands were also Grand Dukes of Luxembourg. However the sons of Wilhelm III predeceased him and he was succeeded in the Netherlands by his daughter Wilhelmina. Luxembourg went to a male relative of the House of Nassau – Adolphe – who had lost his Duchy of Nassau to the Prussians in 1866 for picking the wrong side in the Austro-Prussian War.
- The Dutch Royal House of Orange-Nassau is a branch of the German house of Nassau. The Orange part comes from the inheritance of the Principality of Orange in Southern France by Wilhelm the Silent the leader of the Dutch revolt. Wilhelm, his sons, grandson and great grandson (who also became King of England, Scotland and Ireland) were all stadholders of the Dutch Republic and Princes of Orange. After the death of Wilhelm III the title was claimed by a Nassau cousin John William Friso (stadholder of two of the Dutch provinces) and the King of Prussia. The son of Friso eventually became Stadholder of the Republic as did his grandson. His great grandson became Wilhelm I, King of the Netherlands after which the title Prince of Orange became the title of the heir to the throne. The title of Prince of Orange is held by the current heir Princess Amalia (yes the dutch will have a Queen again).
- However, when Wilhelm III died the title Prince of Orange was also claimed by Frederick I, King in Prussia. Orange itself was ceded to France in 1713 but the title is still used by Georg Friedrich Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia and heir to the Prussian branch of the house of Hohenzollern.
- The current Queen of the Netherlands – Maxima is the first Latin American born consort of the Netherlands.
Source: https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-interesting-facts-about-the-Dutch-royal-family/answer/Deven-Kane#
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