Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia

Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795 - 1865). Daughter of Paul of Russia and Empress Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg. In 1816, she married Prince William VII of Orange, later King William II of the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, due to Dutch transliteration, she is better known as Anna Paulowna. In 1840, on her father-in-law William I's abdication, she became queen-consort of the Netherlands. She was the mother of the later King William III.

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1795 - 1865 - Paul of Russia - Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg - 1816 - William II of the Netherlands - The Netherlands - Dutch - Transliteration - 1840 - William I's - William III

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The municipality Anna Paulowna in the Netherlands province of Noord Holland is named for her.

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Anna Paulowna - Noord Holland

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The genus of trees Paulownia is named after her.

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Genus - Tree - Paulownia

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