The Royal Dutch Family
Queen Beatrix Coronation in 1980
| Beatrix, Wilhelmina, Armgard. Queen of the Netherlands Born in 1938, Princess of Oranje Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld. Since 1966 married to Prince Claus, Jonkheer of Amsberg. Children: Willem Alexander (1967), Johan Friso (1968) Constantijn (1969). As the eldest child of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard, Beatrix succeeded her mother in 1980. Beatrix went to college in Leiden, where she obtained the doctoral in laws. Since the age of 18 she sits on the "Raad van State", the State Council. 
  Oranje Nassau is the familyname of the Royal Dutch family, since 1815 the legal dynasty of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.  Map delivered by: Microsoft- www.expediamaps.com The former southfrench county Orange, see above, (11th century), was in 1163 a princedom. After the death of the last count, Rene de Chalon (1544), Willem van Nassau obtained Orange. 
 Queen Beatrix has also her own artistic aspirations. She also presents yearly the awards for best artists. The French generation of Chalon-Orange and the German generation of Nassau melted together by the marriage between Hendrik 3rd of Nassau-Breda and Claudia of Chalon-Orange and by heredity to the property of Willem van Nassau-Dillenburg, who since then called himself Willem van Oranje-Nassau. In 1672 Orange was conquered by Lodewijk 14th. Definit French territory it became in 1713. Title and Royal Arms, (see below), were passed to the Dutch Royal House.   Queen Beatrix prepares succesor Willem-Alexander very thoroughly for the throne (see above). |
