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  Juliana of the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in The Hague, the daughter of Prince Hendrik (or Heinrich), Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
Princess Juliana's genuine warmth and the gestures of her Canadian hosts created a lasting bond which was reinforced when Canadian soldiers fought and died by the thousands in 1944 and 1945 to liberate the Netherlands from the Nazis.
Hofmans on Juliana's political views would almost bring down the House of Orange in a constitutional crisis that caused the court and the royal family to split in a Bernhard faction set on removing a Queen that was considered religiously fanatic and a threat to NATO, and the Queens pious and pacifist courtiers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Juliana_of_the_Netherlands   (2920 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Juliana of the Netherlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Queen Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie of Orange-Nassau) (August 31, 1880 – November 28, 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948 and Queen Mother (with the title of Princess) from 1948 to 1962.
Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands (born January 19, 1943) is the third daughter of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard, the former Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
The Estates-General (Staten-Generaal) is the parliament of the Netherlands.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Juliana-of-the-Netherlands   (6803 words)

  
 Beatrix of the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard van Oranje-Nassau) (born January 31, 1938), Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, styled HM The Queen is the Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, having acceded to the throne in 1980.
Beatrix is the daughter of the late Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and the late Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
In the course of her studies she also attended lectures on the cultures of Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, the Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, international affairs, international law, history and European law.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beatrix_of_the_Netherlands   (1131 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Princess Juliana of the Netherlands
Her Royal Highness the Princess Juliana, Former Queen of the Netherlands, who died on Saturday aged 94, reigned over her country for 32 years with a benign maternalism that won the deep affection and respect of her subjects; she abdicated in 1980, to be succeeded by her eldest daughter, now Queen Beatrix.
Uncomfortable with ceremonial and pomp, Queen Juliana abolished the curtsey and other formalities which she considered to be outdated; and she spent as much time as she could with her four daughters, claiming that her maternal duties were as important to her as they were to any other woman.
Queen Wilhelmina had ascended the throne aged 10, on the death of her father King William III in 1890; her mother, the Queen Dowager Emma (a first-cousin of the dreamy Carmen Sylva, Queen Elisabeth of Romania), served as a most effective Regent until 1898.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/22/db2201.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/03/22/ixportal.html   (1863 words)

  
 Beatrix of the Netherlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard of Orange-Nassau (born January 31, 1938) is the Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, having acceded to the throne in 1980.
Beatrix is the daughter of the late Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her surviving husband, Prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld.
On April 30, 1980, Beatrix became Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands when her mother abdicated.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/b/be/beatrix_of_the_netherlands.html   (675 words)

  
 Beatrix of the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands reads her country's Speech from the Throne.
Her Majesty, Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard of Orange-Nassau (born January 31, 1938) is the Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, having acceded to the throne in 1980.
Beatrix is the daughter of the late Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and the late Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince of.
www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Beatrix_of_the_Netherlands   (1071 words)

  
 Guardian | Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
Princess Juliana, who has died, aged 94, of a lung infection, was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980, when she abdicated in favour of her daughter, Queen Beatrix.
Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange-Nassau, was born in the Hague to Queen Wilhelmina - on the throne since 1898 - and her consort, Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
The family life of the energetic and informal queen - she was a keen cyclist - whose matronly appearance reflected her role at home and in a society seething with free-thinking individuals, was at least as uneven as that of the nation.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4885031-103684,00.html   (1239 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
But Queen Juliana stood by her husband, and was dissuaded from her initial impulse to abdicate by the obvious affection in which her subjects continued to hold her.
He convinced the Queen and the Dutch government that he was completely opposed to Hitler, despite having been a member of the SS when he was a student.
Queen Wilhelmina appointed Bernhard liaison officer between the Dutch and British forces, and in 1941 the Prince was given the honorary rank of wing commander in the RAF.
www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/04/db0401.xml   (1839 words)

  
 Queen Juliana Tribute
Princess Juliana was born on April 30, 1909 as only daughter of Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands and Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg.
In 1956 Queen Juliana was forced to send her friends away, among them the heeler Greet Hofmans whom she used to consult regarding her youngest daughter's health.
By 1976 the marriage was as good as ever; Queen Juliana stood by her man, when Prince Bernhard was accused of taking bribes from Lockheed.
www.xs4all.nl /~kvenjb/juliana.htm   (399 words)

  
 23RD GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
was born in 1909 in the Netherlands - dtr of Henry and Wilhelmina.
She was married to Prince Bernhard of LIPPE-BIESTERFELD Prince-Consort of Netherlands (son of Prince of BIESTERFELD and Princess Dtr of Woldemar of LIPPE) on 7 Jan 1937.
Princess Christina of The NETHERLANDS was born in Netherlands - dtr of Juliana and Bernhard.
home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d7587.htm   (138 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Princess Irene of the Netherlands Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Princess Irene Emma Elisabeth of the Netherlands (born August 5, 1939) is the second child of then Princess Juliana of the Netherlands (later Queen Juliana) and Prince Bernhard, a former prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
She is the sister of the current Queen of the Netherlands, Beatrix.
Queen Juliana attempted to stop the marriage, first by sending a member of her staff to Madrid to persuade the Princess not to go ahead with a marriage that was a political disaster for the monarchy in the Netherlands.
www.ipedia.com /princess_irene_of_the_netherlands.html   (1088 words)

  
 22ND GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Queen Wilhelmina of the NETHERLANDS was born in 1880 in the Hague, the Netherlands - dtr of William III.
She was married to Duke Henry of MECKLENBURG (son of Duke Frederick Francis II of MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN) on 7 Feb 1901 in the Netherlands.
Duke Henry of MECKLENBURG was born in 1876 in Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d7585.htm   (98 words)

  
 Beatrix. Queen of the Netherlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Her majesty Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard queen of the Netherlands, princess of Orange-Nassau, princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld......
Queen Beatrix has three sons, the eldest son, Willem Alexander, will succeed her under the name of Willem IV.
However one says that the queen has only a representative role and not political responsibility, it is she who selects the " formateur " of a new government or who speaks in secrecy with the ministers and signs the new laws.
home.planet.nl /~avril/queen.html   (129 words)

  
 Contemporary Review: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, 1909-2004
QUEEN Juliana of the Netherlands, who reigned from 1948 to 1980, died at the age of ninety-four early on the morning of Saturday, 20 March 2004.
Queen Juliana was always very proud of the fact that an end was made to the Dutch colonial empire during her reign.
Having participated in the formation of thirteen governments during her reign, Queen Juliana would sometimes steer politicians in a certain direction or would indicate that she was not in favour of a proposed prime minister.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2242/is_1660_284/ai_n6060978   (1426 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - International - Netherlands mourns queen Juliana
SHE was the "people’s queen" who established the model of the bicycling monarchy and helped her country recover from the trauma of a brutal Nazi occupation and the loss of its empire.
The former queen, who abdicated in 1980 in favour of her daughter Queen Beatrix, died yesterday morning from a lung infection.
Queen Juliana, dubbed the "people’s queen", was the bicycling monarch who broke with convention by shopping at her local supermarket and sending her children to state school.
news.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=328242004   (590 words)

  
 Queen Juliana (The Netherlands)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On 30 April 1980 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands abdicated in favour of her daughter Beatrix.
Juliana then became a Princess again, and reverted to the flag she had used before ascending the throne.
The father of the former Queen was Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, consort to Queen Wilhelmina.
www.flagspot.com /flags/nl_jube.html   (618 words)

  
 The Netherlands Carillon
Queen Juliana endorsed the project, and on April 4, 1952, during a visit to the United States, she presented a small silver bell to President Truman as a token of the carillon to come.
The project, with strong financial support from the Netherlands government, moved ahead with full-speed and the 50th Bell of the Netherlands Carillon was officially dedicated on Friday May 5, 1995, on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Carillon is located on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River opposite Washington, D.C. and bordering the northern end of Arlington National Cemetery, adjacent to The United States Marine Corps War Memorial.
www.nps.gov /gwmp/carillon.htm   (1173 words)

  
 Morgaine LeFaye » Blog Archive » Former Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
I mentioned her briefly in Recent history of the Netherlands, part 1, Princess Juliana, once Queen of the Netherlands.
In 1948 the Queen announced her intention to abdicate and on September 4, 1948, Juliana assumed the royal prerogative.
Queen Juliana decided that the gift from the nation which she received in 1979 should be donated to the International Year of the Child.
www.blog.morgaine-lefaye.net /archives/2004/03/26/00.27.05   (584 words)

  
 Mark Steyn: The Bicycling Queen — Juliana of the Netherlands, 1909-2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
First, the House of Orange has leaned to the distaff side for over a century: Queen Wilhelmina, Juliana’s mother, succeeded to the throne in 1890 at the age of ten, with Juliana’s grandmother as Regent until she was 18; Juliana’s daughter, Beatrix, is Queen today.
Second, Queen Wilhelmina was a devout woman who, among other expressions of her faith, forbade Juliana, a somewhat plain teenager, from wearing make-up.
Juliana sent her children to public school, which in Holland isn’t quite the sacrificial gesture it is in the District of Columbia but nevertheless had a symbolic power.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1154826/posts   (2171 words)

  
 Royalty.nu - Royalty in the Netherlands (Holland)
Queen Juliana reigned until 1980, when she too abdicated in favor of her eldest daughter, Beatrix.
The prince is the son of the Dutch monarch, Queen Beatrix.
Queen Juliana: The Story of the Richest Woman in the World by William Hoffman.
www.royalty.nu /Europe/Netherlands.html   (1389 words)

  
 Calvin College - Spark - Winter 2003 - Flashback
In April 1952, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands made her first official state visit to the United States as the Dutch monarch.
During her time in Washington, D.C., the queen became the second woman to address a joint session of Congress; the first had been her mother, Queen Wilhelmina, in 1942.
There a ceremony was held to inaugurate the Queen Juliana Chair on Language and Culture of the Netherlands, currently held by Professor Herman De Vries.
www.calvin.edu /publications/spark/2003/winter/flashback.htm   (552 words)

  
 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Article, QueenBeatrixtheNetherlands Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On her return to the Netherlands, she continued herprimary education at The Workshop (De Werkplaats), Kees Boeke 's progressive school in Bilthoven.
From that date, under the Constitution of the Netherlands, she was entitled to assume the royalprerogative.
On April 30, 1980, Beatrix became Queen ofthe Kingdom of the Netherlands when her motherabdicated.
www.anoca.org /her/she/queen_beatrix_of_the_netherlands.html   (688 words)

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