Please answer the following question: Facts: - burial date: 4 december 1890 - mother: anna pavlovna of russia - predecessor: william ii william ii william ii - house: house of orange-nassau - birth date: 19 february 1817 - issue: william prince of orange wilhelmina of the netherlands , prince of orange prince maurice alexander , - caption: portrait nicolaas pieneman -lrb- 1865 -rrb- of king william iii of the netherlands by - succession: king of limburg of the netherlands grand duke of luxembourg duke - reign: 17 1849 -- 23 november 1890 17 march 1849 -- 23 march august 1866 1849 -- 23 november 1890 17 march - spouse: sophie of wurttemberg emma of waldeck and pyrmont - death date: 23 november 1890 - father: william ii of the netherlands - name: william iii - death place: het loo palace , apeldoorn , netherlands - birth place: palace of the netherlands of the nation , brussels , united kingdom - coronation: 12 may 1849 - successor: wilhelmina adolphe - image: willem , nicolaas pieneman , 1856 - rijksmuseum.jpg iii -lrb- 1817-90 -rrb- , koning der nederlanden - religion: dutch reformed church Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william iii of the netherlands .
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william iii -lrb- willem alexander paul frederik lodewijk , anglicised : william alexander paul frederick louis ; 19 february 1817 -- 23 november 1890 -rrb- was king of the netherlands and grand duke of luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 1890 .he was also the duke of limburg from 1849 until the abolition of the duchy in 1866 .william was the son of king william ii and anna pavlovna of russia .on the abdication of his grandfather william i in 1840 , he became the prince of orange .on the death of his father in 1849 , he succeeded as king of the netherlands .william married his cousin sophie of wurttemberg in 1839 and they had three sons , william , maurice , and alexander , all of whom predeceased him .after sophie 's death in 1877 he married emma of waldeck and pyrmont in 1879 and they had one daughter wilhelmina , who succeeded william to the dutch throne .