Talk:William III of the Netherlands

Untitled
Has anyone noticed all of his children have the name Willem (males) and even his only daughter, bears the fiminization of Willem, thus Wilhelmina. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.208.59.224 (talk) 22:17, 10 February 2008 (UTC)


 * It was a family tradition and probably a way to honour the patriarch William of Orange. The same happened with William III's 3 brothers, his uncle Frederick and Fredericks sons. Biegels (talk) 12:08, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Prince of Luxembourg
I have noticed that someone added at the pages about the children of William III to their names the title "Prince of Luxembourg". Is that correct? Demophon (talk) 07:41, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Monarchical Styles Infobox
This infobox, besides looking like a gaudy wine label, doesn't have any practical use in the biography. It's a bit silly (and not at all reverent) to address a King of the Netherlands in English, especially when he has been in his tomb for a long time. I'm going to remove it, as (for instance) happened on the King Christian VIII of Denmark page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Glatisant (talk • contribs) 13:00, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Birthdate
It is universally known that he celebrated official birthday two days after his real one If even the Dutch High Council of Nobility gives his birthdate as 19 february, I can hardly call this allegation "universally known". Please give a reliable source.

In the meantime, see http://www.nderleeuw.nl/birth_william_iii.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mvdleeuw (talk • contribs) 14:58, 20 August 2010 (UTC)


 * As far as I know, he did not. William III did for about 10 years after 1848 celebrate his birthday together with his wife Sophie because he thought the date (Febr 19th) was too close to that of his brother Alexanders death (Febr 20th). Evidence can be found in Dutch newspapers starting in 1850 (in 1849 William was in England on his birthday) Biegels (talk) 12:13, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

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