Anna Pavlovna of Russia
Queen Consort of the Netherlands
Portrait by Jan Baptist van der Hulst, 1837
Born	January 18, 1795(1795-01-18)
Birthplace	Saint Petersburg
Died	March 1, 1865 (aged 70)
Place of death	The Hague
Buried	Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
Consort	7 October 1840 - 7 March 1849
Consort to	King William II
Issue	William, Alexander, Henry, Ernest Casimir , Sophie
Royal House	House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Paul I of Russia
Mother	Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg

Anna Pavlovna of Russia (Russian: Анна Павловна; 18 January 1795 - 1 March 1865) was Queen of the Netherlands. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Nieuwe Kerk (English New Church) is a landmark church in Delft, The Netherlands. Delft is a city and Municipality in the province of South Holland (Zuid-Holland the Netherlands. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William II (Willem Frederik George Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau ( December 6, 1792 &ndash March 17, 1849) was King of the Netherlands William III ( Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk, anglicised William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis of Orange-Nassau) ( February 19, Prince Alexander of the Netherlands (William Alexander Frederick Constantine Nicholas Michael Dutch: Willem Alexander Frederik Constantijn Nicolaas Michiel 2 August William Frederick Henry, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau ( Dutch: Willem Frederik Hendrik, Prins der Nederlanden The House of Romanov (Рома́нов rʌˈmanəf was the second and last imperial Dynasty of Russia, which ruled the country from 1613 to 1917 Paul (Па́вел I Петро́вич Pavel Petrovich) ( &ndash) was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801 Maria Feodorovna (Мари́я Фёдоровна 25 October 1759 &ndash 5 November 1828) was the second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

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. Paul (Па́вел I Петро́вич Pavel Petrovich) ( &ndash) was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801 Maria Feodorovna (Мари́я Фёдоровна 25 October 1759 &ndash 5 November 1828) was the second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia His/Her Imperial Highness (abbreviation HIH) is a style used by members of an imperial family to denote imperial - as opposed to royal - status to show In the Netherlands, due to 19th century Dutch transliteration conventions, she is better known as Anna Paulowna. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname Transliteration is the practice of Transcribing a Word or text written in one Writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice

She was a younger sister to Alexander I of Russia; Constantine Pavlovich, Viceroy of Poland; Alexandra Pavlovna, Archduchess of Austria; Elena Pavlovna, Hereditary Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach; Catherine Pavlovna, Queen of Württemberg; and Olga Pavlovna, who died as a child. Alexander I of Russia ( Russian: Александр I Павлович / Aleksandr I Pavlovich (23 December 1777 – November 19 1825 served as Emperor of Constantine Pavlovich Romanov (Константи́н Па́влович Рома́нов Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (Александра Павловна Tsarskoye Selo August 9[[ 783]] &ndash March 16 1801 Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (Великая Княжна Елена Павловна 24 December 1784 &ndash 24 September 1803 Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (Мария Павловна February 16, 1786 – June 23, 1859) was the third daughter of Paul Grand Duchess Ekaterina Pavlovna of Russia (Екатерина Павловна Tsarskoe Selo, 10 May 1788 &ndash Stuttgart, 9 January She was also an older sister to Nicholas I of Russia and Michael Pavlovich. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia ( Russian:Михаи́л Па́влович Mikhail Pavlovich) (born St At one time, Emperor Napoleon I of France had asked for her hand in marriage and been refused. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe.

On 21 February 1816 at the Chapel of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, she married Prince William of Orange, later King William II of the Netherlands. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year See also The movie Russian Ark, an innovative single shot walkthrough with period reenactments spanning three hundred years of court meetings William II (Willem Frederik George Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau ( December 6, 1792 &ndash March 17, 1849) was King 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. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year William Frederick (William I, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau ( The Hague, 24 August 1772 - Berlin, 12 December 1843 was a Prince of A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning king. She was the mother of the later King William III. William III ( Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk, anglicised William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis of Orange-Nassau) ( February 19,

The municipality Anna Paulowna in the Dutch province of Noord Holland is named for her, as is the genus of trees Paulownia. Anna Paulowna is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. North Holland ( Dutch: Noord-Holland,, West Frisian: Noôrd-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Paulownia is a genus of between 6–17 species (depending on taxonomic authority of Plants in the monogeneric family Paulowniaceae, related to and

Children

Anna and William II of the Netherlands had five children:

• William III of the Netherlands (1817 - 1890). William III ( Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk, anglicised William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis of Orange-Nassau) ( February 19, Married firstly Sophie of Württemberg and secondly Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• William Alexander Sascha (1818-1848). Sophie of Württemberg (Sophia Frederika Mathilde Prinzessin von Württemberg; 17 June 1818 – 3 June 1877) was the first wife Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (2 August 1858 - 20 March 1934 was Queen consort of William III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg Prince Alexander of the Netherlands (William Alexander Frederick Constantine Nicholas Michael Dutch: Willem Alexander Frederik Constantijn Nicolaas Michiel 2 August
• William Frederick Henry "the Navigator" (1820-1879). William Frederick Henry, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau ( Dutch: Willem Frederik Hendrik, Prins der Nederlanden Married firstly Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and secondly Princess Marie of Prussia, but had no issue. The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Herzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach was created in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach
• William Alexander Frederick Ernst Casimir (1822).
• Wilhelmina Marie Sophie (1824-1897). Married Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Charles Alexander Augustus John Grand Duke of Saxony (Carl Alexander August Johann 24 June 1818 - 5 January 1901) was the ruler of The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Herzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach was created in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach

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