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  Encyclopedia: List of Succession to the Dutch Throne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The House of Orange-Nassau (in Dutch Oranje-Nassau), is a family that has played a central role in the political life of the Netherlands since William I of Orange (also known as William the Silent and Father of the Fatherland) organised the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule, which after...
Maurits' and Bernhard's children are not on the list, because their kinship with Beatrix is of the fourth degree, the constitutional maximum being of the third degree.
Dutch monarchy Prince Johan-Friso Prince Johan-Friso (born Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David on September 25, 1968) is the second son of Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Succession-to-the-Dutch-Throne   (966 words)

  
 Dutch monarchy - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The first king of the constitutional monarchy of the Netherlands, William I, was a descendant of Willem the Old and his son William of Orange (also known as William the Silent) who, from 1568 on, had led the Dutch in their eighty-year struggle for independence from Spain.
When Wilhelmina came to the throne in 1890 at age 10 (her mother, Queen Emma, second wife of the then deceased William III, acted as regent until Wilhelmina reached the age of 18) -- Luxembourg, also a former member of the erstwhile German Confederation, seceded almost immediately.
Initial disappointment of many Dutch people because of her quick withdrawal to London faded when she proved to be of great moral support to the people and the resistance in her occupied country.
open-encyclopedia.com /Dutch_monarchy   (1016 words)

  
 Dutch monarchy - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The first king of the constitutional monarchy of the Netherlands, Willem I, was a descendant of Willem the Old and his son William of Orange, also known as William the Silent, who from 1568 on had led the Dutch in their eighty-year struggle for independence from Spain.
Initial disappointment of many Dutch people because of her quick withdrawal to London faded when she proved to be of great mental support to the people and the resistance in her occupied country.
The two other sisters of Beatrix, Irene and Christina, have lost their rights to the throne because their marriages were not approved by the Dutch parliament.
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 Articles - Dutch monarchy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The first king of the constitutional monarchy of the Netherlands, William I, was a direct descendant of John the Elder, a younger brother of William of Orange (also known as William the Silent) who, from 1568 on, had led the Dutch in their eighty-year struggle for independence from Spain.
Six of these seven princes as well as Margriet, are all (potentially) legal heirs to the throne, although the first right goes to the Crown Prince, and after him his daughters Catharina-Amalia and Alexia, then his brother Constantijn.
Prince Johan-Friso lost his right to the throne because his marriage to Mabel Wisse Smit was not approved by the Staten-Generaal.
www.foreverc.com /articles/Dutch_monarchy   (965 words)

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