Prince Maurits - Character Study

Maurits was born 15 September 1843.

Prince Maurits (left) with his older brother Wiwill.

It’s hard to say much about Maurits; he died age 6 of meningitis. In other words, he didn’t get a fair chance to make an impression. When people write about Maurits you get the information I just gave you. He is sometimes mentioned when people write about Wiwill or Alexander. In those cases he is compared to either of his brothers. That’s how I got to know Maurits a little.

Maurits was easier in behaviour than his older brother Wiwill. Where Wiwill doesn’t strike the hearts of people, Maurits does. Unlike Wiwill, who bangs his head against the floor when he doesn’t get what he wants, Maurits seems more obedient and happy.

Maurits was much more social than his younger brother Alexander would be. But like Alexander later, Maurits was always sickly and weak. He had a pale complexion and had a cold seemingly all the time. Unlike Alexander he was not a shy and nervous boy. Maurits is out going and social. People find the young boy charming. He also had a pretty face with big eyes, like a little angel.

Even his parents see more in Maurits than in Wiwill and Alexander turns out not to be Maurits. Even though he seems to be the preference over his two brothers, there’s nothing much to say about him. He was unfortunate or fortunate enough to die young.

He died 4 June 1850, age 6.

My Two Weeping Angels

Most of the time it's persistence, sometimes pure luck.

A few nights back I read there's a marbel angel supposedl representing prince Maurits, the angel, holding a little boy on its arm, representing Alexander. Ever since I've been wanting to see that statue, but I couldn't find it anywhere on the Internet. <-- excited="" failed="" i="" make="" sense...="" so="" to="">

Luck has it, in the report, they visited the salon where that statue stands, I saw it in a flash and couldn't believe my luck. Of course I reloaded the report (not only to screencap the "two angels") and made screencaps.

Not very clear, but the best I could do

I also managed to screencap a picture of Alexander I had never seen before.

My Purple Dream - Obsessions and Love

Oh, and this is Willem Nicolaas Alexander Frederik Karel Hendrik (Wiwil)....and the rest of the family

Below a picture of Alexander's older brother Wiwil:

And his older brother Maurits who died age six, one year before Alexander's birth.

Oh, what the hell. Here are Alexander's mum and dad too. 

Sophie van Württemberg and King Willem III