HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

Former queen regnant of the Netherlands


Date & place of birth January 31, 1938 Soestdijk Palace, Baarn
Born as HRH Princess of the Netherlands
Names Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard

Father Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands)
Mother Queen Juliana of the Netherlands





Royal house Orange-Nassau
Heir presumptive Spetember 4, 1948-April 30, 1980
Reign April 30, 1980-April 30, 2013
Inaugurated April 30, 1980 Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
Abdicated April 30, 2013 Amsterdam
Tenure 33 years
Predecessor Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (mother)
Successor King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (son)





Siblings (3)
Eldest of four children (three sisters)
Princess Irene of the Netherlands
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
Princess Christina of the Netherlands





Married March 10, 1966 Westerkerk, Amsterdam
Spouse Klaus von Amsberg





Issue
(3 sons)
Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange (King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands)
Prince Johan Friso of Orange-Nassai
Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands





Grandchildren (8)
(1 grandson, 7 granddaughters)
Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau
Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau
Countess Emma of Orange-Nassau
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands
Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau
Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau
Princess Ariane of the Netherlands





Titles
HRH Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld
HM Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld
HRH Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld

*Dutch monarch after abdicating resort to their previous title





Paternal grandparents
Prince Bernhard of Lippe
Armgard von Soerstorpff-Cramm

Paternal great-grandparents
Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Countess Karoline of Wartensleben
Aschwin von Sierstorpff-Cramm
Hedwig von Sierstorpff-Driburg





Maternal grandparents
Duke Heinrich of Mecklenburg (Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands)
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Maternal great-grandparents
Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
King Willem III of the Netherlands
Princess Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont (Queen Emma of the Netherlands)