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Beatrix's middle names are the first names of her grandmothers, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Armgard, Princess Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. When Beatrix was one year old, in 1939, her younger sister Princess Irene was born. [4] Beatrix and Irene on board the Piet Hein in 1946
In 1938, the bridge was officially named Beatrix because in 1938, Princess Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard was born. The name Beatrix was given by the Dutch colonial government as a birth gift to the granddaughter of Queen Wilhelmina who was ruling the Netherlands at that time. [2] In 1939, the bridge was inaugurated, and there is a granite stone ...
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A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
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.
31 January 1938 – 30 April 1980: Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld [1] 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 ...
She was baptised on 9 October 1947 and her godparents included Queen Wilhelmina (her maternal grandmother), her eldest sister Princess Beatrix, Sir Winston Churchill (for whom her father stood proxy), her paternal grandmother Princess Armgard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince Felix of Luxembourg, and his niece Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma. [4] [5]
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