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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. |
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