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6 unusual facts about Wilhelmina of the Netherlands


East Sahuarita, Arizona

The project was abandoned after the end of World War I, and in 1922, was sold to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Changes were proposed in the 7 December 1942 radio speech by Queen Wilhelmina.

Lincoln's Ghost

Perhaps the most famous incident was in 1942 when Wilhelmina of the Netherlands heard footsteps outside her White House bedroom and answered a knock on the door, only to see Lincoln in frock coat and top hat standing in front of her (she promptly fainted).

Queen Wilhelmina State Park

Queen Wilhelmina State Park Lodge closed March 5, 2012 for a major renovation.

Many of the railroad's investors were Dutch, so the lodge was named to honor Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, who was to be crowned in September 1898.

Stubbings

Stubbings House mansion was very briefly the home of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, the Governor of Quebec and later, during World War II, of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.


Chaim Elazar Spira

He was visited by world leaders such as Czechoslovakian President Edvard Beneš as well as Tomáš Masaryk, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and many others who sought his sagely advice and blessings.

Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg

Preparations for the wedding of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands's only child Crown Princess Juliana to the German Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld were underway in the 1937 when a small diplomatic scandal occurred.

François de Bas

In the latter function he negotiated in 1900 with the head of the House of Nassau, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, on behalf of Queen Emma of the Netherlands about the right of the descendants of her daughter, Queen Wilhelmina, who was about to marry Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, to keep using the Nassau name.


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