The Wied family

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King Wilhelm ll of Wurttemberg with his two eldest grandsons zu Wied, sons of princess Pauline.

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WILHELM II Karl Paul Heinrich Friedrich, King of Württemberg, abdicated 29 Nov 1918 (Stuttgart 25 Feb 1848-Schloß Bebenhausen 2 Oct 1921); m.1st Arolsen 15 Feb 1877 Marie Pss zu Waldeck und Pyrmont (Arolsen 23 May 1857-Villa Marienwahl, nr Ludwigsburg 30 Apr 1882); m.2d Bückeburg 8 Apr 1886 Charlotte Pss zu Schaumburg-Lippe (Ratiboritz 10 Oct 1864-Schloß Bebenhausen 16 Jul 1946)

King Wilhelm ll and queen Charlotte of Wurttemberg. The royal couple were the guests of queen Wilhelmina i The Hague in 1912 for a few days. The background of their visit is not known.

[Lucien]

Thijs,the visit of the King of Württemberg fueled rumours that his son-in-law Fritz of Wied,Marietjes son,would possibly be the future Heir to the Dutch Throne.Juliana was just 3 years,and Queen Wilhelmina had suffered several miscarriages.The visit included talks about Fritz's possibilities in it's framework.But that was highly frowned upon here,the dutch didn't wish/want any other House then the House of Orange.
They ditched the very idea.

On a personal level,the Wieds,specially Fritz and Pauline,were on very good terms with the dutch RF.

Once again,the pictures/images you provide are marvellous!

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Thanks for the info Lucien. I first thought the visit of the Wurttemberg King and Queen to Wilhelmina were a kind of reconcilition between the two royal houses because fo the incident that Wilhelmina had said that she found it very strange that a prince of Wied (Marie`s eldest son) would marry princess Pauline of Wurttemberg (Wilhelmina`s niece).

I posted the picture of King Karl of Wurttemberg on this thread but I meant to do so on the thread about queen Sophie, so I move it to that thread since it is more logic to place it there.

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Queen Charlotte of Wurttemberg with one of the grandsons zu Wied.

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King Wilhelm ll of Wurttemberg with two of his grandchildren zu Wied

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Princess Pauline zu Wied (daughter of King Wilhelm ll of Wurttemberg)

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Princess Louise of the Netherlands (born of Prussia) mother of furstin Marie zu Wied.

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Furstin Marie zu Wied

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Princess Marie, the furstin zu Wied, with her eldest grandchild, prince Hermann zu Wied.

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Princess Louise of the Netherlands, mother of furstin Marie zu Wied.

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Princess Marie zu Wied and her family.

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Marie princess of the Netherlands, furstin zu Wied.

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The family zu Wied

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Prncess Marie, furstin zu Wied in 1878 with her three sons (from left to right princee Victor, prince Frederick and prince William).