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Princess Marie of the Netherlands

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Princess Marie of the Netherlands
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Princess Marie of the Netherlands (Dutch: Prinses Wilhelmina Frederika Anna Elisabeth Marie der Nederlanden, Prinses van Oranje-Nassau; 5 June 1841  22 June 1910) was the fourth child and younger daughter of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands and wife of William, 5th Prince of Wied. She was the mother of William, Prince of Albania. Marie was also the last surviving grandchild of William I, King of the Netherlands.

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Early life and ancestry

Marie was born at Wassenaar, Netherlands, the fourth child and younger daughter of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (1797–1881) second son of William I of the Netherlands, and his wife, Princess Louise of Prussia (1808–1870), daughter of Frederick William III of Prussia. By birth, she was a member of the House of Orange-Nassau.

Princess Marie was diagnosed with profound hearing problems at an early age. Like her sister Louise, she was considered intelligent - and very regal - but not attractive.

Her marital considerations were also affected by the considerable fortune (enormous even by contemporary royal/imperial standards) that she would bring to any match.

Her parents hoped to marry her to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) but the Prince's mother, Queen Victoria opposed the match.

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Marriage and family

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Marie with her family (c. 1890)

Marie married on 18 July 1871 in Wassenaar, William, Prince of Wied (1845–1907). Born a member of the House of Wied, he was brother of Queen Elisabeth of Romania and the son of Hermann, Prince of Wied and his wife, Princess Marie of Nassau.

They had six children:

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Death

Princess Marie died on 22 June 1910, in Neuwied, Kingdom of Prussia, aged 69. Her body was buried, alongside her husband, in a Wied family crypt in Monrepos castle, Neuwied, Germany.[1]

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