Prince Ernest Casimir of the Netherlands

Prince (William Alexander Frederick) Ernest Casimir of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Willem Alexander Frederik Ernst Casimir, Prins der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau; Soestdijk Palace, 21 May 1822 – Brussels, 22 October 1822) was the fourth son of the Prince of Orange, later King William II of the Netherlands and his wife Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia.

He was baptised at 18 June 1822 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. Suffering from hydrocephalus, he died the same year. He was buried in the Protestant Church in Brussels, until his body was transferred to the Royal Crypt in the Nieuwe Kerk (English: New Church) in Delft in 1860.

Dutch princes

1st generation	King William II Prince Frederick

2nd generation	King William III Prince Alexander Prince Hendrik Prince Ernest Casimir Prince Frederick Prince Willem

3rd generation	Prince Willem, Prince of Orange Prince Maurice Prince Alexander, Prince of Orange Hendrik, Prince of the Netherlands ¹

4th generation	Bernhard, Prince of the Netherlands ¹

5th generation	Claus, Prince of the Netherlands ¹

6th generation	King Willem-Alexander Prince Friso Prince Constantijn Prince Maurits Prince Bernhard Prince Pieter-Christiaan Prince Floris

¹ title granted by Royal Decree to consort of the Queen

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