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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 ...
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 ...
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 apologized for the Netherlands’ historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today.
Willem-Alexander accompanied by Charles, Prince of Wales, during his state visit to the UK.Willem-Alexander and Charles are fifth cousins once removed.. The following is a list of state visits made by Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands since he ascended to the Dutch throne in April 2013 following the abdication of Beatrix that year.
Khoisan protesters surround King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands at the Iziko Slave Lodge museum in Cape Town during their state visit to South Africa Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.