- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAdelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia von Waldeck-Pyrmont
- Queen Emma of the Netherlands was born on August 2, 1858 in Bad Arolsen, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Confederation [now Hesse, Germany]. She was married to King Willem III. She died on March 20, 1934 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- SpouseKing Willem III(January 7, 1879 - November 23, 1890) (his death, 1 child)
- Children
- RelativesQueen Juliana(Grandchild)Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands(Great Grandchild)Prinses Irene(Great Grandchild)Prinses Margriet(Great Grandchild)Prinses Christina(Great Grandchild)Duchess of Albany Princess Helena(Sibling)Princess Alice(Niece or Nephew)Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Charles Edward(Niece or Nephew)King Gustaf V(Cousin)Prins Eugen(Cousin)Drottning Sophia(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Hilda of Nassau(Cousin)
- Mother of Queen Wilhelmina.
- Regent of The Netherlands from December 8, 1890, two weeks after her husband's death, until August 23, 1898, two weeks before her daughter Wilhelmina became queen after turning 18.
- She married her husband, the widowed King Willem III, when he was 61 and she was 20.
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