Russian royalty, Queen of the Netherlands. Born Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna Romanova, she was the youngest daughter of Tsar Paul I and Sophia Dorothea of Wurttemberg (Tsarina Maria Feodorovna), and a granddaughter of Catherine the Great. Anna married Prince Willem VII of Orange on February 29, 1816 in St. Petersburg. Due to the Dutch transliteration of her name, she became known as Anna Paulowna. When her father-in-law King Willem I of the Netherlands abdicated in 1840, her husband became Willem II. The couple had five children, including the future King Willem III. Willem II died in 1849, and left the House of Orange in considerable debt. The queen dowager was forced to repay his debts from her own personal fortune. Queen Anna died in The Hague at the age of 70. The municipality of Anna Paulowna in North Holland was named for her, as well as the genus of trees, Paulownia.
Russian royalty, Queen of the Netherlands. Born Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna Romanova, she was the youngest daughter of Tsar Paul I and Sophia Dorothea of Wurttemberg (Tsarina Maria Feodorovna), and a granddaughter of Catherine the Great. Anna married Prince Willem VII of Orange on February 29, 1816 in St. Petersburg. Due to the Dutch transliteration of her name, she became known as Anna Paulowna. When her father-in-law King Willem I of the Netherlands abdicated in 1840, her husband became Willem II. The couple had five children, including the future King Willem III. Willem II died in 1849, and left the House of Orange in considerable debt. The queen dowager was forced to repay his debts from her own personal fortune. Queen Anna died in The Hague at the age of 70. The municipality of Anna Paulowna in North Holland was named for her, as well as the genus of trees, Paulownia.
Bio by: Kristen Conrad
Family Members
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Paul I
1754–1801
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Maria Feodorovna von Württemberg
1759–1828
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William II of the Netherlands
1792–1849
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Alexander I
1777–1825
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Constantine Pavlovich Romanov
1779–1831
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Alexandra Pavlovna
1783–1801
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Helena Pavlovna of Russia
1784–1803
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Katharina Paulowna of Russia
1788–1819
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Olga Pavlovna
1792–1795
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Nicholas I Pavlovich Romanov
1796–1855
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Michael Pavlovich Romanov
1798–1849
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Semyon Afanasyevich Veliky
1772–1794
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William III of the Netherlands
1817–1890
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Alexander von Nassau
1818–1848
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Willem Frederik Hendrik van Oranje
1820–1879
Flowers
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