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Beatrix was born during the reign of her maternal grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina, and became heiress presumptive upon the accession of her mother, Queen Juliana, in 1948. Beatrix attended a public primary school in Canada during World War II , and then finished her primary and secondary education in the Netherlands in the post-war period.
30 April 1980 – 30 April 2013: Her Majesty The Queen; 30 April 2013 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld [1] Beatrix's full regnal title was:
Queen Juliana accouncing her intent to abdicate. Following a reign of 31 years which began with the abdication of her mother Queen Wilhelmina in 1948, Queen Juliana, in a television and radio address to the nation on 31 January 1980, announced her intent to abdicate the throne in favour of her eldest daughter, Beatrix, in accordance with the precedence set by her mother.
Queen Beatrix (born 1938) was the Queen of Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013. Queen Beatrice or Queen Beatrix may also refer to: Beatrix of Bavaria (died 1359), Queen consort of Eric XII of Sweden; Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia, (1320–1383), Queen consort of Bohemia by marriage to John of Bohemia
Beatrix of Luxembourg (1305–1319), Queen consort of Hungary; Beatrix of Nuremberg (c. 1362 – 1414), Duchess of Austria; Beatrix of Silesia (1290–1322), queen consort of the Romans; Beatrix of Swabia (1198–1212), Holy Roman Empress; Beatrix of the Netherlands (born 1938), queen regnant from 1980 to 2013; Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg ...
Claus met Princess Beatrix for the first time on New Year's Eve 1963 in Bad Driburg at a dinner hosted by the Count von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff, who was a distant relative of both of them. Claus and Beatrix were also distantly related (5th cousins twice removed), as both being descendants from von dem Bussche family.
Beatrix was queen jointly with her mother-in-law, Blanche of Namur (1320–1363). [3] [4] [5] Memorial stone to burials at Black Friars' Monastery of Stockholm. Beatrix and Eric both died in 1359. It is believed that her husband died of the Black Death, and that Beatrix, who gave birth to a stillborn son, also died of plague.
Reigning Queens portrays the four ruling queens at the time – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and Queen Ntfombi Twala of Swaziland. The images used by Warhol to make the screen prints were derived from official photographs.