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Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands- her ladies-in-waiting

Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands- her ladies-in-waiting

Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:37AM GMT
Classification: Query
Queen Wilhemine (1774-1837), according to family tradition, had a lady-in-waiting who was my ancestor. I have searched thoroghly for a long time, and I can't find the names of all of Wilhemine's ladies-in-waiting. If someone can give me a list of her ladies-in-waiting, I would be extremely grateful and thrilled! Any names would be helpful!

Re: Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands- her ladies-in-waiting

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 5:47PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: von der Goltz, von Seckendorff, d'Oultremont de Wegimont
I know of at least two ladies in waiting to Queen of Holland, as she was known at the time. Countess Julie von der Goltz ( she was born Juliane Wilhelmine, Freiin von Seckendorff(1786-1857) you can find her descendants on Ancesty. com (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...) and Countess Henriette Adriana Louise Flora d'Oultremont de Wegimont.

Hope this helps,

Christopher Barrios de Leon

Re: Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands- her ladies-in-waiting

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 8:02PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 27 Jun 2013 8:04PM GMT
Thank you very much! It does help, because I need as much information as possible about this subject. My ancestor Katrinka Van Valkenburg (Swope) was briefly one of the queen's ladies-in-waiting before she came to America in the early 1820's. I'm glad you called Wilhelmine the "queen of Holland," because that's how she is referred in my old family letters as well.

Re: Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands- her ladies-in-waiting

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 8:21PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: van Valkenburg
You're very welcome. Please take a look at the list of Dutch Noble families at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dutch_noble_families You're ancestor must have been a member of a noble family, either born noble or married to a noble. Good Luck

Re: Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands- her ladies-in-waiting

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 8:27PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: van Valkenburg
Hooray! I found a van Valkenburg in the list of Dutch Nobles on the officialList of the Dutch Nobility website:http://www.hogeraadvanadel.nl/adeldom_adellijst.php Remember that you should always keep the v of van in lower case as it denotes a noble surname.

Happy Hunting,

Christopher Barrios de Leon
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