Queen Emma of the Netherlands, born Her Serene Highness Princess Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia of Waldeck and Pyrmont (August 2, 1858 - March 20, 1934) was Queen consort of William III of the Netherlands of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg. An immensely popular member of the Dutch royal family, she also was Queen Regent (1890 - 1898) and Queen Mother (1890 - 1934). August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... King George V of the United Kingdom and his consort, Queen Mary A queen consort is the wife and consort of a reigning king. ... His Majesty King William III (Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk of Orange-Nassau) (February 17, 1817 – November 23, 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1849–1890). ... // High public office A regent, from the Latin regens who reigns is anyone who acts of head of state, especially if not the Monarch (who has higher titles). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The term Queen Mother is a title often held by the mother of a reigning monarch. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Emma and Wilhelmina

She was born in Bad Arolsen, German Confederation, on 2 August 1858, a daughter of Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and his wife, Princess Helena Wilhelmina Henrietta of Nassau. Her sister, Helena Frederica, would become the wife of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, a son of Queen regnant Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (416x620, 45 KB) nl: Emma en Wilhelmina in 1897 de: Emma und Wilhelmina im Jahr 1897 en: Emma and Wilhelmina in 1897 Source: nl-Wikipedia, nl:Afbeelding:EmmaWillemien1897. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (416x620, 45 KB) nl: Emma en Wilhelmina in 1897 de: Emma und Wilhelmina im Jahr 1897 en: Emma and Wilhelmina in 1897 Source: nl-Wikipedia, nl:Afbeelding:EmmaWillemien1897. ... Bad Arolsen (until 1997: Arolsen) is a city in the District of Waldeck-Frankenberg, northern Hesse, with a population of 17,000 (2003). ... The German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund) was a loose association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to organize the surviving states of the Holy Roman Empire, which had been abolished in 1806. ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Waldeck (or later Waldeck-Pyrmont) was a sovereign principality in what is now Lower Saxony and Hesse (Germany). ... Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Albany (née Her Serene Highness Princess Helene Friederike Auguste of Waldeck and Pyrmont) (17 February 1861 - 1 September 1922) was the daughter of George Victor of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1831-1893) and his wife Helene Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg (1831-1888) She was born in... His Royal Highness The Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (Leopold George Duncan Albert) (7 April 1853 - 28 March 1884), was a member of the British Royal Family, a son of Queen Victoria. ... A queen regnant is a female monarch, who possesses all the monarchal powers that a king would have, without regard to gender. ... Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877 until her death. ... Prince Albert Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ( 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861 ) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

She married the elderly king William III in 1879, two years after his first wife, Princess Sophie of Württemberg, had died. The aging, licentious king, once described as "the greatest debauchee of the age", had previously been rejected by her sister, Princess Pauline of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Princess Thyra of Denmark. With William, Emma had her only child, the future Queen Wilhelmina, in 1880. The king also had three sons from his first marriage, Maurice, William, and Alexander, all of whom died before him. 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Thyra of Denmark (September 29, 1853 - February 26, 1933) was the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Luise of Hesse-Kassel. ... Queen Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie of Orange-Nassau) (August 31, 1880 – November 28, 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948 and Queen Mother (with the title of Princess) from 1948 to 1962. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

When William died in 1890, Emma became Queen regent for her underaged daughter, Wilhelmina, the late king's only surviving child. She would remain Queen regent until Wilhelmina's eighteenth birthday in 1898. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which could not be inherited by a woman at that time, passed to their distant cousin Adolf, Duke of Nassau. 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg, Adolph Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich of Nassau-Weilburg (July 24, 1817 – November 17, 1905) was the last Duke of Nassau, and the fourth Grand Duke of Luxembourg. ...

She died in 1934, of complications from bronchitis at the age of 75, and was buried in Delft. She was very populair with the Dutch people. Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning. ... Delft City Hall (Stadhuis) Delft is a city in South Holland (Zuid-Holland), the Netherlands, located halfway between Rotterdam and The Hague (Den Haag). ...