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The Hague| Anna Pavlovna of Russia | |
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| Portrait by Jan Baptist van der Hulst, 1837 | |
| Consort | 7 October 1840 - 7 March 1849 |
| Consort to | William II |
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| William III Prince Alexander Prince Henry Prince Ernest Casimir Princess Sophie |
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| Royal house | House of Orange-Nassau House of Romanov |
| Father | Paul I of Russia |
| Mother | Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg |
| Born | January 18, 1795 Saint Petersburg |
| Died | March 1, 1865 (aged 70) The Hague |
| Burial | Nieuwe Kerk, Delft |
Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia (Russian: Анна Павловна; St. Petersburg, 18 January 1795 - The Hague, 1 March 1865) was Queen of the Netherlands.
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She was born as the eighth child and sixth daughter of Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna (born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), and thus was Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia. In the Netherlands, due to 19th century Dutch transliteration conventions, she is better known as Anna Paulowna.
She was a sister of:
At one time, Emperor Napoleon I of France had asked for her hand in marriage and been refused.
On February 21, 1816 at the Chapel of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, she married Prince William of Orange, later King William II of the Netherlands. On 7 October 1840, on the abdication of her father-in-law, William I of the Netherlands, she became Queen Consort of the Netherlands. She was the mother of the later King William III.
Anna and William II of the Netherlands had five children:
The municipality Anna Paulowna in the Dutch province of Noord Holland is named for her, as is the genus of trees Paulownia.
She was the 343rd Dame of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa on 1 February 1842.
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Anna Pavlovna of Russia
Born: June 18 1795 Died: March 1 1865 |
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Title last held by
Wilhelmina of Prussia |
Queen Consort of the Netherlands 1840-1849 |
Succeeded by Sophie of Württemberg |
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