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Queen Juliana, Prince Bernhard, Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus on holiday in Porto Ercole. Scandal rocked the royal family again in 1976, when it was revealed that Prince Bernhard had accepted a US$ 1.1 million bribe from U.S. aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Corporation to influence the Dutch government's purchase of fighter aircraft in what ...
In 1937 he married Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, and was immediately given the title Prince of the Netherlands with the style of Royal Highness. Upon his wife's accession to the throne in 1948, he became prince consort. Bernhard was an early member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and served as an officer in the Schutzstaffel.
Princess Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard was born on 31 January 1938 at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands, as the first child of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. [4] Beatrix was baptised on 12 May 1938 in the Great Church in The Hague. [5]
On 6 February 1901, Henry was created a Prince of the Netherlands and the next day, 7 February, married Queen Wilhelmina in The Hague. Their only child together, Princess Juliana, was born in 1909. [1] On 4 September 1948, Wilhelmina abdicated as queen of the Netherlands and was succeeded by Juliana.
Princess Beatrix and Claus view their wedding presents at Soestdijk Palace, 5 March 1966 Queen Juliana, Prince Bernhard, Princess Beatrix and Claus at the pre-wedding dinner at the Hilton Amsterdam, 8 March 1966. A number of pre-wedding balls, dinners, receptions and concerts were held in the weeks leading up to the wedding.
Princess Christina, who was known as Princess Marijke in her youth, was born on 18 February 1947, at Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, the Netherlands.Her parents were Crown Princess Juliana, the only child of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. [3]
This is a list of monarchs of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koningen der Nederlanden). By practical extension, the list includes the stadtholders of the House of Orange Nassau since 1556. However, they were voted into office by, and were civil servants and generals of, the semi-independent provinces of the Dutch Republic and cannot be seen as monarchs.
Princess Juliana was admitted to Ottawa Civic Hospital on 18 January [1] and Princess Margriet of the Netherlands was born there on 19 January 1943. [2]: 125 She was the first member of the House of Orange-Nassau to be born outside of the Netherlands [11] and, as of 2020, she was the only royal princess born in North America.