Want to know more about the Dutch royal family?
In 1908, Queen Maxima declared that all her descendants would have the surname of Orange-Nassau.
Today, King Willem Alexander sits on the Dutch Throne with his wife, Queen Maxima, beside him.
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Wondering who else the modern members of the royal family areand what the line of succession is?
Read our explainer, below.
King Willem-Alexander
Willem Alexander has been the king of the Netherlands since 2013.
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Born in 1987, he was educated at the University of Leiden and served in the Dutch Navy.
In April 1999, he met Argentinian-born, New York-based banker Maxima Zorreguieta at Sevilles spring fair.
They married three years later in Amsterdam.
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Currently, the couple and their children live at the Huis ten Bosch Palace in the Hague.
She studied at Universidad Catolica Argentina and later moved to New York City to work in banking.
Her father was absent from the wedding.
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By 2004, she began undertaking official duties on behalf of the crown.
Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia
The Crown princess of the Netherlands and first in line to the throne.
Born in 2003, the 21-year-old is currently studying at the University of Amsterdam.
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It makes me a bit emotional.
It has huge consequences for her life.
Its not nice to see your child live like that, Queen Maximasaid of her daughters time in hiding.
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Queen Beatrix
The Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013.
In 2013, she abdicated in favor of her son, Willem Alexander.
As a young adult, she studied at theState University of Leiden.
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They welcomed their first childWillem-Alexanderin 1967, followed by two more sons.
Their second, Johan Friso, went into a coma in 2012 after a skiing accident.
He died 18 months later.
In 1980, she ascended to the throne after the abdication of her mother, Queen Juliana.
Princess Alexia
Princess Alexia is the second daughter of King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima.
In 2021, she enrolled in United World College of the Atlantic, a boarding school in Wales.
She graduated in 2023 and took a gap year.
As of 2024, she is studying engineering at University College London.
Princess Ariane
The third daughter of King William Alexander and Queen Maxima.
