his 4 sons were born in 1817, 1818, 1820 and 1822.
But that might be irrelevant, if his brother becomes king and he has children, his brothers children will be in the first line for follow up.
As with the capital, i could imagine that the Hague gets formalized as such, after all the center of government was seated there since the 80 year war.
Brussels has the same disadvantage as Amsterdam, too big a city. a'dam would be too much for the south, Brussels too much for the north.The Hague would be a good compromise. Removing the restrictions on catholicism and giving equal representation would most likely be enough to prevent the monster coalition. But it would to be done early, to prevent a build up of bad feelings.
Willem I only could marry his catholic mistress after he abdicated and was no longer king (bit like the edward/wallis simpson situation in the 1930s).
This is the Netherlands we are talking about, the king cannot do what he likes, ever since the Netherlands was founded the stadhouders/ kings were subordinate to parliament. The restriction of power of the monarch has always been a key element here, monarchs were never absolute like they were in other countries. With also a much less influential nobility in comparison with other countries.
edit: just read up a bit, seems that the capital was 1 year in the hague and the other year in brussels, so guess that part was already taken care of
But that might be irrelevant, if his brother becomes king and he has children, his brothers children will be in the first line for follow up.
As with the capital, i could imagine that the Hague gets formalized as such, after all the center of government was seated there since the 80 year war.
Brussels has the same disadvantage as Amsterdam, too big a city. a'dam would be too much for the south, Brussels too much for the north.The Hague would be a good compromise. Removing the restrictions on catholicism and giving equal representation would most likely be enough to prevent the monster coalition. But it would to be done early, to prevent a build up of bad feelings.
Willem I only could marry his catholic mistress after he abdicated and was no longer king (bit like the edward/wallis simpson situation in the 1930s).
This is the Netherlands we are talking about, the king cannot do what he likes, ever since the Netherlands was founded the stadhouders/ kings were subordinate to parliament. The restriction of power of the monarch has always been a key element here, monarchs were never absolute like they were in other countries. With also a much less influential nobility in comparison with other countries.
edit: just read up a bit, seems that the capital was 1 year in the hague and the other year in brussels, so guess that part was already taken care of
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