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Willem-Alexander (Dutch: [ˈʋɪləm aːlɛkˈsɑndər]; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands, reigning since 30 April 2013. Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht during the reign of his maternal grandmother, Queen Juliana, as the eldest child of Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus.
18 March – Three people are killed and seven others are injured in the 2019 Utrecht shooting [2] 20 March – 2019 provincial elections; 18 May – Duncan Laurence wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2019; the Netherlands' first victory since 1975 [3] 23 May – 2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands; 27 May – 2019 Senate election
The Dutch called back William Frederick, the son of the last stadtholder, to head the new government. He was proclaimed "sovereign prince". In 1815, he raised the Netherlands to the status of a kingdom and proclaimed himself King William I. The kingdom was enlarged with the Southern Netherlands, now Belgium and Luxembourg, soon after.
From 1568 to his death in 1584, he led the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain. His younger brother, John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Stadtholder of Utrecht, was the direct male line ancestor of the later Stadtholders of Friesland and Groningen, the hereditary stadtholders of all the Netherlands and the first King of the Netherlands.
The scandal, which several media personalities like Piers Morgan, Stephen Colbert and Whoopi Goldberg, as well as royal family members–including King Charles III, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ...
This is not the first time Hoekstra has been associated with the far-right party. In May 2020, Hoekstra was interviewed by the leader of the party's video channel and he was also a guest speaker at the party's conference November 2019. [11] 4 September Sigrid Kaag becomes Leader of the Democrats 66. [12]
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King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands : Member of the Family Order of Laila Utama (prefix: Datu Laila Utama, post-nominal: DK, 21 January 2013) [citation needed] Queen Queen Máxima of the Netherlands : Member of the Family Order of Laila Utama (prefix: Datu Laila Utama, post-nominal: DK, 21 January 2013) [citation needed]