Juliana of the Netherlands
Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980
Juliana (Juliana Luise Emma Marie Wilhelmina van Oranje-Nassau; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, from her mother's abdication in 1948, to her own in 1980. She died of pneumonia caused by dementia on 20 March 2004, aged 94.
Juliana | |||||
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Queen of the Netherlands | |||||
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Reign | 6 September 1948 – 30 April 1980 (31 years) | ||||
Predecessor | Wilhelmina | ||||
Successor | Beatrix | ||||
Born | The Hague, Netherlands | 30 April 1909||||
Died | 20 March 2004 Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, Netherlands | (aged 94)||||
Burial | 30 March 2004 | ||||
Spouse | Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (m. 1937) | ||||
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House | Orange-Nassau | ||||
Father | Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||
Mother | Wilhelmina of the Netherlands |
AncestorsEdit
Juliana of the Netherlands | Father: Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Paternal grandfather: Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Paternal Great-grandmother: Princess Alexandrine of Prussia | |||
Paternal grandmother: Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Prince Adolph of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | ||
Paternal Great-grandmother: Princess Mathilde of Schonburg-Waldenburg | |||
Mother: Wilhelmina of the Netherlands |
Maternal grandfather: William III of the Netherlands |
Maternal Great-grandfather: William II of the Netherlands | |
Maternal Great-grandmother: Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia | |||
Maternal grandmother: Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont |
Maternal Great-grandfather: George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont | ||
Maternal Great-grandmother: Princess Helena of Nassau-Weilburg |