William I of the Netherlands, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William I of the Netherlands

King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1815 - 1840

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1772

Place of Birth: The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 12-Dec-1843

Profession: monarch, head of state

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

William I (Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He was the ruler of the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda from 1803 until 1806 and of the Principality of Orange-Nassau in the year 1806 and from 1813 until 1815.
In 1813 he proclaimed himself Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands.
He proclaimed himself King of the Netherlands and Duke of Luxembourg on 16 March 1815.
In the same year on 9 June William I became also the Grand Duke of Luxembourg and after 1839 he was furthermore the Duke of Limburg.
After his abdication in 1840 he styled himself King William Frederick, Count of Nassau.



Alternative names	Paelinck; Joseph Paelink
Description	Southern Netherlandish painter
Date of birth/death	20 March 1781	19 June 1839
Location of birth/death	Oostakker	Brussels metropolitan area
Work location	Paris (1802-1808), Rome (1808), Ghent, Brussels (1819)
Authority control	: Q1418901 VIAF: 32780093 ISNI: 0000 0000 6676 3124 ULAN: 500017538 WGA: PAELINCK, Joseph GND: 117678996