HM King Willem I Frederik of the Netherlands,
Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, etc., etc.,
etc.
(Born as: HSH Hereditary Prince Willem Frederik of
Orange and Nassau)
(Since April 9th, 1806:) HH Prince Willem Frederik of
Orange and Fürst of Nassau, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden,
Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg
(Since December 2nd, 1813:) HRH Sovereign Prince Willem
I Frederik of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, etc.,
etc., etc.
(Since his abdication:) HM King Willem Frederik Count of
Nassau
* Paleis Huis ten Bosch near The Hague, August 24th, 1772
Palace at 36 Unter den Linden (aka "Niederländisches
Palais"), Berlin, December 12th, 1843
Governor of Breda, 1790 (deprived of his commission when he went
into exile following the French invasion of the Netherlands:
January 18th, 1795); Fürst of Fulda, Count of Corvey,
1802 (deprived: 1807);
Fürst of Nassau-Dillenburg, April
9th, 1806 (deprived: 1807) and November 26th, 1813 (exchanged for
Luxembourg: June 9th, 1815); Count of Spiegelberg, April 9th,
1806 (sold to the King of Hanover: 1819); Sovereign Prince of the
Netherlands (proclaimed: Amsterdam, December 2nd, 1813;
inaugurated: Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, March 30th, 1814);
Governor-General of the Southern Netherlands, August 1st, 1814 -
March 16th, 1815; King of the Netherlands (proclaimed: March
16th, 1815; inaugurated: Brussels, September 21st, 1815);
Grand Duke of Luxembourg, June 9th, 1815 (abdicated: Paleis Het
Loo near Apeldoorn, October 7th, 1840)
General of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, 1790 (deprived of his commission when he went into
exile following the French invasion of the Netherlands: January
18th, 1795); General of the Army of Prussia, 1806-1807;
Lieutenant-Fieldmarshal of the Army of Austria, 1809
Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle; Knight of the Order of
the Garter, August 22nd, 1814; Knight of the Order of the Golden
Fleece, 1816
Children from the first marriage:
Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague,
September 14th, 1830:
HRH Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht of Prussia
* Royal Palace, Königsberg (today: Kaliningrad), October
4th, 1809
Palace at 102 Wilhelmsstraße, Berlin, October
14th, 1872
General of the Cavalry, General-Fieldmarshal of the
Cavalry, 1871; General-Fieldmarshal of the Army of Russia
(Divorced: Berlin, March 28th and The Hague, August 31st,
1849)
Illegitimate child:
HM King Willem II Frederik George Lodewijk of
the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of
Luxembourg, etc., etc., etc.
("Guillot")
(Born as: HSH Prince Willem Frederik George Lodewijk of
Orange-Nassau)
(Since December 2nd, 1813:) HSH Hereditary Prince Willem
Frederik George Lodewijk of the Netherlands, Prince of
Orange-Nassau
(Since March 16th, 1815:) HRH Prince Willem Frederik
George Lodewijk Prince of Orange, Prince of the Netherlands,
Prince of Orange-Nassau
* Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, December 6th, 1792
Tilburg, March 17th, 1849
Hereditary Prince of the Netherlands, December 2nd, 1813;
Minister of War, 1814-1817; Prince of Orange, March 16th, 1815;
Member of the Council of State, 1815; Vice-President of the
Council of State, 1829; President of the Council of Ministers,
1829-1830
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg, October
7th, 1840 (inaugurated: Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, November 28th,
1840)
Lieutenant-Colonel of the British Army in Spain and Aide-de-Camp
of Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, 1811-1813; General of the
Infantry, December 22nd, 1813; Inspector-General of the Army,
1814-1817; Commander-in-Chief of the Army, 1830-1839;
Fieldmarshal, August 25th, 1831
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Knight of the Order of
the Bath
(Orthodox) Great Chapel and (Protestant)
White Hall, Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, February 21st n.s.,
1816:
HIH Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna
of Russia
* St. Petersburg, January 18th n.s., 1795
Huis "Buitenrust", The Hague, March 1st, 1865
Children from this marriage:
Married:
HM King Willem III Alexander Paul Frederik
Lodewijk of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke
of Luxembourg, etc., etc., etc.
(Born as: HRH Prince Willem Alexander Paul Frederik
Lodewijk of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau)
(Since October 7th, 1840:) HRH Prince Willem Alexander
Paul Frederik Lodewijk Prince of Orange, Prince of the
Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau
* Palace of HRH The Prince of Orange (= his father), Straat van
de Raad van Brabant, Brussels, February 19th, 1817
Paleis Het Loo near Apeldoorn, November 23rd, 1890
Member of the Council of State, February 19th, 1838; Prince of
Orange (= Crown Prince of the Netherlands), October 7th, 1840
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg, March 17th,
1849 (inaugurated: Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, May 12th, 1849)
Colonel of the Infantry, 1827; Lieutenant-General of the
Infantry, 1840; Colonel of the Infantry of Austria; Colonel of
the Cavalry of Prussia; Colonel of the Cavalry of Russia
Children from the first marriage:
Child from the second marriage:
HM Queen Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria of
the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc., etc., etc.
(Born as: HRH Princess Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria of
the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau)
* Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, August 31st, 1880
Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn, November 28th, 1962
Heir Pressumptive to the Dutch Throne, June 21st, 1884
Queen of the Netherlands, November 23rd, 1890 (inaugurated:
Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, September 6th, 1898; abdicated: Royal
Palace, Amsterdam, September 4th, 1948)
(civil) Paleis Noordeinde and (religious)
Grote of St. Jacobs Kerk, The Hague, February 7th, 1901:
HH Duke Heinrich Wladimir Albrecht Ernst von Mecklenburg,
Fürst der Wenden, zu Schwerin und Ratzeburg, Graf zu Schwerin,
Herr der Länder Rostock und Stargard, usw., usw.
(Since January 27th, 1901:) HH Duke Hendrik Wladimir
Albrecht Ernst of Mecklenburg, Prince of the Wends, Schwerin and
Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin, Lord of the lands Rostock and
Stargard, etc., etc.
(Since February 7th, 1901:) HRH Prince Hendrik Wladimir
Albrecht Ernst of the Netherlands, Duke of Mecklenburg, Prince of
the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin, Lord of the
lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc.
* Schloß Schwerin, Schwerin, April 19th, 1876
Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, July 3rd, 1934
Granted the Dutch nationality, January 27th, 1901; created HRH
Prince of the Netherlands, February 7th, 1901; Member of the
Council of State, 1901; President of the Dutch Red Cross, 1908
Honorary Major-General and Honorary Rear-Admiral, 1901; Honorary
Lieutenant-General and Honorary Vice-Admiral, 1904; Honorary
Lieutenant-General of Mecklenburg; Honorary Lieutenant-General of
Prussia; Honorary Vice-Admiral of Germany, December 1908
Children from this marriage:3
HM Queen Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina
of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc., etc., etc.
(Born as: HRH Princess Juliana Louise Emma Marie
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange Nassau, Duchess
of Mecklenburg)
(Since January 7th, 1937:) HRH Princess Juliana Louise
Emma Marie Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange
Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld
* Paleis Noordeinde, The Hague, April 30th, 1909
(pneumonia) Paleis Soestdijk, March 20th, 2004
Heir Pressumptive to the Dutch Throne, April 30th, 1909; Member
of the Council of State, April 30th, 1927; President of the Dutch
Red Cross, 1934-1948; granted the title Princess of
Lippe-Biesterfeld, January 7th, 1937; Princess-Regent of the
Netherlands, October 14th - December 1st, 1947 and May 14th -
August 30th, 1948 (for her mother)
Queen of the Netherlands, September 4th, 1948 (inaugurated:
Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, September 6th, 1948; abdicated: Royal
Palace, Amsterdam, April 30th, 1980)
Married:
(civil) Townhall and (religious) Grote of
St. Jacobs Kerk, The Hague, January 7th, 1937:
HSH Prince Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt
Karl Gottfried Peter zur Lippe-Biesterfeld
(Born as: Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt
Karl Gottfried Peter Graf von Biesterfeld)
(Since November 27th, 1936:) HSH Prince Bernhard Leopold
Frederik Everhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter of
Lippe-Biesterfeld
(Since January 7th, 1937:) HRH Prince Bernhard Leopold
Frederik Everhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter of the
Netherlands, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
* Jena, June 29th, 1911
Universitair Medisch Centrum, Utrecht, December 1st, 2004
Granted the style and title HSH Prince zur Lippe-Biesterfeld by
the HSH The Fürst zur Lippe, February 24th, 1916; granted the
Dutch nationality, November 27th, 1936; created HRH Prince of the
Netherlands, January 7th, 1937; Member of the Council of State,
1937-1980
Major-General of the Army and Rear-Admiral of the Navy, 1942;
Lieutenant-General of the Army and Vice-Admiral of the Navy,
1943; Commander-in-Chief of the Interior Armed Forces, 1944-1945;
Inspector-General of the Army, 1945-1970; Inspector-General of
the Navy, 1946-1970; General of the Army, Lieutenant-Admiral of
the Navy and General of the Air Force, 1948; Inspector-General of
the Air Force, 1953-1970; Inspector-General of the Armed Forces,
1970 (had to resign his commission: 1976); Honorary Air Marshall
of the British Royal Air Force; Honorary Air Commodore of the New
Zealand Air Force
Children from this marriage:4
Married:5
Chapel Borghese, Basilica Santa
Maria Maggiore, Rome, April 29th, 1964:
HRH Duke Charles Hugues Xavier Marie Sixte
Louis Robert Jean Georges Benoît Michel of Parma and Piacenza, Prince de Bourbon
(Born as: HRH Prince Charles Hugues Xavier Marie
Sixte Louis Robert Jean Georges Benoît Michel de Bourbon
de Parme)
* Paris, April 8th, 1930
Duke of Parma and Piacenza, May 7th, 1977
(Divorced: Utrecht, May 26th, 1981; the divorce was
registered in The Hague, May 27th, 1981)
Married:6
(civil) Townhall, Baarn and
(religious) Dom Kerk, Utrecht, June 28th, 1975:
Jorge Guillermo7
* Havanna, August 1st, 1946
(Divorced: The Hague, March 31st, 1995; the divorce was
registered in The Hague, April 25th, 1996)
HM Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard of the
Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc., etc., etc.
(Born as: HRH Princess Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard of the
Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of
Lippe-Biesterfeld)
* Paleis Soestdijk, January 31st, 1938
Heir Pressumptive to the Dutch Throne, September 4th, 1948;
Member of the Council of State, January 31st, 1956
Queen of the Netherlands, April 30th, 1980 (inaugurated: Nieuwe
Kerk, Amsterdam, April 30th, 1980)
(civil) Townhall and (religious)
Westerkerk, Amsterdam, March 10th, 1966:
Claus Georg Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gert von Amsberg
(Since December 10th, 1965:) Claus George Willem Otto
Frederik Geert von Amsberg
(Since March 10th, 1966:) HRH Prince Claus George Willem
Otto Frederik Geert of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg
* Haus "Dötzingen", Hitzacker, September 6th, 1926
Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, October 6th, 2002
Granted the Dutch nationality, December 10th, 1965; created HRH
Prince of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg, March 10th,
1966; Member of the Council of State, 1967
Children from this marriage:8
(civil) Goederenbeurszaal, Beurs
van Berlage and (religious) Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam,
February 2nd, 2002:
Máxima Zorreguieta
* Buenos Aires, May 17th, 1971
Granted the Dutch nationality by Royal Decree of May
17th, 2001; created HRH Princess of the Netherlands,
Princess of Orange-Nassau by Royal Decree of January
25th, 2002 which entered into force upon the
solemnization of marriage
Child from this marriage:9
Married:10
(civil) Townhall and (religious) Oude Kerk, Delft,
April 24th, 2004:
Mabel Martine Wisse Smit
(Born as: Mabel Martine Los)
* Pijnacker, August 11th, 1968
Took the surname of her stepfather
Child from this marriage:
(civil) Old Townhall, Javastraat,
The Hague, May 17th and (religious) Grote of St. Jacobs
Kerk, The Hague, May 19th, 2001:
Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst
* Leiden, May 25th, 1966
Children from this marriage:11
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