William II, Prince of Orange, was the son of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels. William II, (born May 27, 1626, The Hague, Neth.—died Nov. 6, 1650, The Hague), prince of Orange, count of Nassau, stadtholder and captain general of six provinces of the Netherlands from 1647, and the central figure of a critical struggle for power in the Dutch Republic. William II of Orange and Mary Stuart, Princess Royal. In addition, he worked for the restoration of his exiled brother-in-law, Charles II, to the throne of England. William served as stadtholder for only three years, until he died of smallpox in 1650. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Double portrait to commemorate the betrothal of William and Mary Henrietta Stuart, by Anthony van Dyck. English: Coat of arms of William II, Prince of Orange, KG. Contact Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright, Celebrities Interesting Facts By Nationality, Celebrities Interesting Facts By Profession. William II was the son of William I and Wilhelmine of Prussia.When his father, who up to that time ruled as sovereign prince, proclaimed himself king in 1815, he became Prince of Orange as heir apparent of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.With the abdication of his father on 7 October 1840, William II became king. In 1650 William II became involved in a bitter quarrel with the province of Holland and the powerful Regents of Amsterdam, Andries Bicker and his cousin Cornelis de Graeff. That would also diminish William's authority. In 1647, his father Frederick Henry died, and William II succeeded to both his hereditary titles and his elective offices as stadtholder of five of the seven provinces: Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders and Overijssel. (koning Willem II) koning Willem Frederik George Lodewijk, koning der Nederlanden, groothertog van Luxemburg, hertog van Limburg, prins van Oranje-Nassau", "Willem Frederik George Lodewijk (1792-1849)", "Intense Male Friendships Made King Willem II Liable to Blackmail", "Willem II: intelligent, chantabel en in de knel", "BOEKEN: Jeroen van Zanten, Koning Willem II (1792-1849)", "The British Army in the Low Countries, 1813-1814", "Koning Willem II gechanteerd wegens homoseksualiteit", "9 December 1813 Het verheugd Rotterdam ontvangt Koning Willem I", "Militaire Willems-Orde: Oranje-Nassau, Willem Frederik George Lodewijk, Prins van". Arrêté royal grand-ducal du 29 décembre 1841, Litt. I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like. Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach, 6. A separate peace furthermore violated the alliance with France formed in 1635. A, portant institution, pour le Grand-Duché du Luxembourg d'un Ordre de la Couronne de Chêne. The stadthold­ers gov­erned in con­junc­tion with the States-Gen­eral, an as­sem­bly of rep­re­sen­ta­tives from each of the seven provinces, but usu­ally dom­i­nated by the largest and wealth­i­est province, Hol­land.