Editing Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (section)

==Ancestry==
{{See also|Dutch monarchs family tree}}
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|1  = 1. '''Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands'''
|2  = 2. King [[William III of the Netherlands]]
|3  = 3. Princess [[Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
|4  = 4. King [[William II of the Netherlands]]
|5  = 5. Grand Duchess [[Anna Pavlovna of Russia]]
|6  = 6. [[George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
|7  = 7. [[Princess Helena of Nassau]]
|8  = 8. King [[William I of the Netherlands]]
|9  = 9. [[Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands|Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia]]
|10 = 10. Emperor [[Paul I of Russia]]
|11 = 11. [[Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg)|Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg]]
|12 = 12. [[George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
|13 = 13. [[Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym]]
|14 = 14. [[William, Duke of Nassau]]
|15 = 15. [[Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810–1856)|Princess Pauline of Württemberg]]
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After Wilhelmina had taken office in 1890, rumours were spread by Socialist satirical magazine ''[[De Roode Duivel]]'' ("The Red Devil") that William III was not her real father, but Emma's confidant, {{ill|Sebastiaan Mattheus Sigismund de Ranitz (1846–1916)|nl}}. This would undermine the legitimacy of the Queen's reign. Although no hard evidence exists for the allegations and the consensus amongst historians is that they are false,<ref name="Wilhelmina 1880-1962">{{Cite web |url=http://www.historici.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DVN/lemmata/data/Wilhelmina |title=Wilhelmina (1880–1962) |author=Jan Bank |work=Historici.nl |publisher=[[Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands]] |date=2012 |access-date=24 May 2015}}</ref><ref>Meulen, Dik van der; (2013) 'K''oning'' Willem III 1817–1890', pp. 616–618 (e-book)</ref><ref>{{aut|Cees Fasseur}}, ''De gekroonde republiek'' (2011) p. 56.</ref> the rumours were stubborn and still feature in [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] circulating in republican circles.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5009/Archief/article/detail/2607670/1998/11/14/Zelfgebreide-republikeinen.dhtml |title=Zelfgebreide republikeinen |author=Ruud Verdonck |work=[[Trouw]] |date=14 November 1998 |access-date=24 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="Dragstra">{{Cite web |url=http://kloptdatwel.nl/2014/08/26/het-kind-van-de-koning/ |title=Het kind van de koning |author=Laurens Dragstra |work=KloptDatWel.nl |publisher=[[Stichting Skepsis]] |date=26 August 2014 |access-date=11 August 2016}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|The royal [[detective fiction|detective]] ''Koningskind'' (2011) by Rob van Hoorn and the [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] ''IV'' (2013) by [[Arjen Lubach]] both revolve around a fictional investigative journalist who tries finding out whether someone other than William III (perhaps De Ranitz) was the actual father of Wilhelmina, which might result in a constitutional crisis.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bol.com/nl/p/koningskind/1001004011298046/ |title=Koningskind. Royal Detective |author=J. van Bree |work=[[Bol.com]] |date=2013 |access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.roosendaal24.nl/politiek/3912 |title=Arjen Lubach schrijft adembenemende koninklijke thriller |author=Jaap Pleij |work=Roosendaal24 |date=26 February 2013 |access-date=29 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073435/http://www.roosendaal24.nl/politiek/3912 |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>|group="note"}} The author of the rumour, the later parliamentarian and senator {{ill|Louis Maximiliaan Hermans|nl}}, was sentenced to six months imprisonment for [[lèse-majesté]] in 1895 for a different article and cartoon in ''De Roode Duivel'', mocking the two queens.<ref name=RM>{{Cite news |url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010991058:mpeg21:a0019 |title=Rechtzaken Majesteitschennis |work=[[De Tijd (Netherlands)|De Tijd]] |date=12 December 1895 |access-date=11 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010991063:mpeg21:a0010 |title=Zaak-Hermans |work=De Tijd |date=18 December 1895 |access-date=11 August 2016}}</ref>