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Willem-Alexander (Dutch: [ˈʋɪləm aːlɛkˈsɑndər]; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands. 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.
Máxima [a] (born Máxima Zorreguieta [b] on 17 May 1971) is Queen of the Netherlands as the wife of King Willem-Alexander. Argentinian by birth, she worked in finance when she met Willem-Alexander, eldest son and heir apparent of Queen Beatrix, in 1999. They married in 2002, and became king and queen on the abdication of her mother-in-law on ...
The inauguration of Willem-Alexander took place on 30 April 2013 at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. Willem-Alexander ascended the throne immediately following the abdication of his mother Queen Beatrix earlier that day. Willem-Alexander is the first King of the Netherlands since the death of his great-great-grandfather William III in 1890.
Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologised for the Netherlands' historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today. The king was speaking at a ceremony marking the ...
“I ask forgiveness for the clear failure to act in the face of this crime against humanity,” King Willem-Alexander of the The post King of the Netherlands apologizes for country’s role in ...
Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologized for the Netherlands’ historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today.
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Liberator (2006) Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands : Collar of the Order of the Liberator (1987) Princess Margriet of the Netherlands : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Liberator; Pieter van Vollenhoven : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Liberator
At the King Center, King Willem-Alexander shared some remarks, stating his deep appreciation for the visit and how the "drive for emancipation among people of color" was a story of "pain and anger ...