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Dutch Royalty
Monarchs of the Netherlands since 1815, when Willem I took the title King:
Reigned 1815-1840; abdicated
Note: Wilhelmina's mother, Queen Emma,
acted as regent from 1890 until 1898.
Queen Beatrix's oldest child, Prince Willem-Alexander, is the current heir to the throne. He and his wife, Princess Máxima, have three daughters: Princess Catharina-Amalia (born in 2003), Princess Alexia (born in 2005), and Princess Ariane (born in 2007).
Books About Dutch Royalty
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Book Categories: History, Wilhelmina, Juliana, Other, Europe
History & Royalty
Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands by Arend Huussen. Covers Dutch history from the earliest stages (before there was a Netherlands) through modern times.
The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477-1806 by Jonathan Israel. Traces the ideas, politics, religion, and social developments of the Golden Age of the Netherlands, and examines the reasons for its 18th century decline.
The Awful End of Prince William the Silent by Lisa Jardine. An account of the assassination in 1584 of Prince William of Orange -- the first assassination of a head of state with a hand-held gun -- and the shockwaves it sent through an age. Out of print, but available at Alibris.
The Dutch Royal Family by Suzanne Cornelisse. A short book illustrated with black-and-white photos, apparently published in the 1960s. Out of print, but sometimes available at Alibris.
Books About Britain's William III (Prince of Orange)
Queen Wilhelmina
Lonely But Not Alone by Wilhelmina. The autobiography of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (written after she retired and took the title "princess"). Out of print, but available at Alibris.
Queen Juliana
Queen Juliana: The Story of the Richest Woman in the World by William Hoffman. Out of print, but available at Alibris.
Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands by Magadalena Schenk. Sometimes available at Alibris.
Books in Dutch
Books About Queen Beatrix
Books About Prince Willem-Alexander
Books About Queen Wilhelmina
Books About Queen Juliana
Other
A Stranger in the Hague: The Letters of Queen Sophie of the Netherlands to Lady Malet, 1842-1877 edited by Sydney W. Jackman and Hella Haasse.
Royal Clocks: In Paleis Het Loo by J. J. L. Haspels. Long a Dutch royal palace and now a national museum, the Paleis Het Loo contains a large collection of clocks used by royal households through the centuries. More than 80 clocks from 1650 to 1930 are illustrated and described.
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Other Websites
Official Website of the Dutch Royal House
Official Dutch Royal YouTube Channel
Government.nl (official site)
Dutch Royal Genealogy
The Benelux Royals Message Board
All Things Royal (in Dutch and English)
Kroonprins Willem-Alexander (in Dutch)
EO - Blauw Bloed (in Dutch)
Monarchen.nl (in Dutch)
Royalty Magazine (in Dutch)
Royalportraits.nl
Royal Press Holland (pictures)
Koninginnedag or Queen's Day
Annie's Queen's Day Page
What Is Queen's Day? (official site)
Queen's Day Over the Years (pictures)
Other History
WHKMLA - History of the Netherlands
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