Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On September 10, 1867, just as the world situation was changing,

Prince George, the second son of Christian IX of the Kingdom of Denmark, officially married Princess Helena, the fifth daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

After marrying with the Netherlands, the Danish royal family once again married a large country with influence in Europe, and the latter is also the world-class British Empire.

This made all countries look at Christian IX with envy. After all, with the marriage of his eldest daughter and his second son, the two most influential figures in the world situation, England and the Netherlands, Christian IX can be said to have finally stabilized his status. Even the German Confederation led by Prussia is unable or dare not invade Denmark at will at this moment. After all, in that case, it will face these two marriage partners of the Danish royal family.

And, don’t forget, Christian IX didn’t just marry these two parties.

He still has four children who are still unmarried. Among them, Crown Prince Frederik, the eldest son of Christian IX, will be officially engaged to Princess Louise, the only daughter of Carl XV of Sweden, next year, and they have agreed to marry in 1869.

Princess Damage, the second daughter of the Kingdom of Denmark, will officially marry Crown Prince Nikolay Alexandrovich, the eldest son of Alexander II of the Russian Empire, next year. If these two major marriages are successful in the past two years, then all parties in Denmark, except Prussia, will be his alliance allies, and Denmark's status will be more stable by then.

Because of this, Danes are beginning to look forward to this day arriving more quickly.

But sometimes, things are unpredictable, and there are many things that can lead to tragedy from extreme joy.

On September 20, 1867, Crown Prince Nicholas Alexandrovich of Alexander II died of meningitis after falling off his horse while riding in St. Petersburg. The European royal family was in shock.

The Danish royal family, like the Russian royal family, was even more vulnerable to mistakes.

At the same time, because Crown Prince Nikolay Alexandrovich was married to Princess Damage, the second daughter of Christian IX of Denmark, such a fall made the princess' position in the Kingdom of Denmark very embarrassing.

Princess Damage, who was born on November 26, 1847, will turn 20 in two months. She originally planned to marry the crown prince early next year. By then, she will be the crown princess of the Russian Empire, with unlimited glory.

But now suddenly the other party is gone. This gives the Danish-Russian empire more powerful protection to fill the gap in the east, and it seems that it is about to break through.

A single move affects the whole body.

Denmark's original alliance with the Russian Empire in the east seemed to be wavering.

Marriage was originally a relationship bond established by European countries on their own to find more reasons to combine the interests of both parties. If this bond suddenly disappears, some things will not be so justified.

For example, the Tsarist Empire intervened in Danish affairs, and Denmark asked the Tsarist Russian Empire to help suppress the powerful Prussia.

Therefore, all parties, including Bismarck, are waiting to see the reaction of the Russian Empire and Denmark.

Christian IX was also very uneasy about this sudden situation.

The eldest daughter, Princess Alexandra, has already married William IV of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and even has grandchildren and granddaughters.

This eldest daughter is now very favored in the Netherlands. William IV even let his eldest daughter head the International Women's League, a major international organization, which made Christian IX very envious.

You must know that this is an organization with a transnational nature. Look at the achievements of the other two organizations established by the Netherlands today - the International Court of Justice in The Hague and the International Society of the Red Cross. He and most Europeans would not think that William IV was the first to establish this organization,

Moreover, it has almost won the participation of most countries in the world, and is welcomed by women from both upper and lower levels of the international organization. The Netherlands does not have any ambitions?

No one can guess what William IV had in mind when establishing it, nor how the Netherlands would use it.

However, after seeing the role of the two major organizations established later in stirring up the world situation, no one would think that its role is just a talkative role for women today.

If the eldest son Crown Prince Frederik marries, the alliance with Sweden will be stronger. Originally, the marriage with the Russian Empire gave Denmark no worries, but now this happened, it made him unable to react in an instant.

Therefore, apart from comforting the second daughter Princess Damage, she could only wait helplessly for the result.

Princess Damage was naturally very sad. After the death of her fiancé, Damage was devastated. Damage was so heartbroken that her relatives were worried about her physical condition. The confirmed marriage over the years made her She was very involved in all things related to the Tsarist Russian Empire, and he became very attached to the Tsarist Russian Empire. She even exchanged letters with her fiancé's parents, and those letters were all about Alexander II and his wife's appreciation and affirmation of her.

This made her very excited about the future.

But now everything has become nothingness, how can she accept it easily.

It was under this circumstance that in order to help their daughter get over this sad relationship, King Christian IX of Denmark and his wife arranged for her to visit Amsterdam and go to her sister, Queen Alexandra of the Netherlands, to relax.

Now, she is pretending to be calm and teasing her nephew Albert and niece Anna.

William IV and Alexandra looked at each other, and the latter sighed helplessly.

Alexandra said: "Damag, this is something that no one wants to happen. There are some things that even God cannot stop. Those who should be let go will eventually need to be let go."

Damage raised her head. Although the expression on her beautiful face was pretending to be indifferent, her eyes seemed to be slightly red, which revealed that she was still sad inside.

"Alexandra, you know, my relationship with him started in 1864. He and I exchanged at least one letter every week, and it never stopped. I invested a lot of emotions, but , at this moment, everything collapsed and was gone, how could I accept it so easily."

When Alexandra heard this, she felt the same way. If it were her, she would feel the same way. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at her husband William IV.

Suddenly, she was stunned, because she did not see William IV sad, but she saw a trace of William IV's eyes that only showed up when he was in the midst of political calculations.

What time has it been? When I was still thinking about international political calculations.

Therefore, she felt a little dissatisfied, so she gave William IV a dissatisfied look.

Seeing this, William IV shrugged slightly.

There was no way, just now, a memory appeared in his memory, that was about Damage's future.

The sister-in-law in front of me did come through this once in history and almost missed the Russian Empire.