Known as Prince Alexander, he studied for some years at the university of Leyden. He suffered strongly under the death of his mother. When she was buried in the Nieuwe Kerk, he even threw himself on her coffin. On the day of his father's second marriage the curtains of his little palace in The Hague were closed, as a protest. In 1880 he was criticized in a paper for his not being present at the opening of the year of session of the Dutch parliament (the States General). He then defended himself in a letter to the editor, That was not only the first but also the last time that a member of the Dutch Royal Family ever sent such a letter. In 1881 he succeeded his great-uncle Prince Frederik (1797-1881) as Grand Master National of the Grand Lodge of the Netherlands. The prince was very sickly, unmarried and a both clumsy and unlucky person, who became victim of the hostilities between his parents during his childhood. He was the last male heir to the Dutch throne until the accession of Queen Beatrix in 1980.
Thanks to Frank Soetermeer for the above biography.
Thanks to Frank Soetermeer for the above biography.
Known as Prince Alexander, he studied for some years at the university of Leyden. He suffered strongly under the death of his mother. When she was buried in the Nieuwe Kerk, he even threw himself on her coffin. On the day of his father's second marriage the curtains of his little palace in The Hague were closed, as a protest. In 1880 he was criticized in a paper for his not being present at the opening of the year of session of the Dutch parliament (the States General). He then defended himself in a letter to the editor, That was not only the first but also the last time that a member of the Dutch Royal Family ever sent such a letter. In 1881 he succeeded his great-uncle Prince Frederik (1797-1881) as Grand Master National of the Grand Lodge of the Netherlands. The prince was very sickly, unmarried and a both clumsy and unlucky person, who became victim of the hostilities between his parents during his childhood. He was the last male heir to the Dutch throne until the accession of Queen Beatrix in 1980.
Thanks to Frank Soetermeer for the above biography.
Thanks to Frank Soetermeer for the above biography.
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