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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.
Since the inauguration of Queen Wilhelmina in 1898, the Dutch government issues for each inauguration a limited number of commemoration medals (Inhuldigingsmedaille). The obverse shows the profile of the new monarch, while the reverse features the royal monogram, surrounded on the rim with the name of the monarch and the date of the inauguration.
Queen Wilhelmina wearing the Dutch royal mantle. The royal mantle (Dutch: Koningsmantel) of the Netherlands is worn only by the Dutch monarch at their inauguration.As the Dutch monarch is never crowned but inaugurated, its more appropriate to speak of a royal mantle than a coronation mantle.
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 .
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.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima wave in the crowds at the Opening Ceremony. ODD ANDERSEN - Getty Images King Frederik and Queen Mary took their seats. 24 years ago, they met at the Sydney ...
Carolina's grandmother, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands gave her that lace, of which Balmain created a wedding dress. During the inauguration of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands on 30 April 2013, he designed dresses for Princess Margriet, Princess Irene, Princess Aimeé, Princess Annette and Princess Magarita of Bourbon-Parma.
Recipient of the King Willem-Alexander Inauguration Medal; The Queen: Recipient of the King Willem-Alexander Inauguration Medal; The Duke of Edinburgh: Recipient of the Wedding Medal of Prince Willem-Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta; The Princess Royal: Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Orange; Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady ...