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Saturday, 30 November 2013 - 04:31
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King Willem I had second family

King William I, the first king Oranje, had a second illegitimate family with four children.The existence of this second family was not previously known , though there are stories circulating about illegitimate children, according to a biography, handed to King Willem-Alexander Friday afternoon in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. The three biographies contain revelations about his distant predecessors, King William I, William II, and William III. Portrait_of_King_Willem_III_of_the_Netherlands,_Nicolaas_Pieneman_(1856)
Wikimedia commons The work of scientists Jeroen Koch, Jeroen van Zanten, and Dik van der Meulen, was considered, impressive, painstaking work, done with love and dedication, concluded William-Alexander. The scientists each took a king for their account. The king spoke of a '' valuable gift " on the eve of the celebration of 200 years kingdom, Saturday . '' The three books contribute to the knowledge of our country as it is now . " Willem - Alexander hopes the biographies , which also highlight the faults and failures of the kings, and according to him fill a "gap in our history " , will reach a large audience. The relationship lasted approximately from 1807 to 1812, when William was living in exile outside the Netherlands and his wife Wilhelmina had just given birth to a stillborn child. The woman in question later became Wilhelmina's waiting. He chose Henriette d'Oultremont the Wégimont, which caused a lot of commotion among the ladies, according to Koch. King Willem I could absolutely not delegate, working twelve to fourteen hours a day and trying to be a super manager. William II was, according to biographer Van Zanten bribed to approve the constitutional reform of 1848. Previously it was thought possible that the king could go from very conservative to very liberal in a day. A group of radical politicians were aware of the bisexual nature of the king and threatened with disclosure, according to Van Zanten. King William III almost abdicated. He was not only dissatisfied with the constitutional reform of 1848, but he would rather live in the French countryside with his mistress, according to biographer Van der Meulen. The authors had access to the archives of the Three Kings in the Royal Archives. The biographies are the first scientific publications on the life of King William I (1771 - 1843), King William II (1792 - 1849) and King William III (1817-1890). Starting Friday, a three-part documentary series about the three ancestors of Willem-Alexander will be broadcast by Max Broadcasting on Netherlands 2.

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