Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
Willem- Alexander (born 27 April 1967 Utrecht Willem- Alexander Claus George Ferdinand ), Prince of Orange- Nassau, van Jonkheer Amsberg, since the April 30, 2013 King of the Netherlands.
Life
Willem- Alexander is the eldest son of Princess Beatrix, the former Queen of the Netherlands and Prince Claus von Amsberg. He grew up with his younger brothers Johan Friso and Constantijn to 1981 on Drakensteyn Castle in Baarn. When his mother became Queen Beatrix, the family moved into the palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague. He was taught in public schools in Baarn and The Hague together with children of all social classes. He completed his education at Atlantic College, Llantwit Major in Wales, from which he graduated in 1985 with the International Baccalaureate.
After completing his military training Willem- Alexander studied at Leiden University from 1987 and put history in 1993 with a thesis on the response of the Netherlands to the French withdrawal from the integrated military command of NATO under Charles de Gaulle from his exams.
Activities and official duties as heir to the throne
After his studies he spent periods of training at Air Force and Army troops as well as numerous visits of the active officer, among others, in Bosnia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Afghanistan. As Crown Prince Willem-Alexander was Rear Admiral of the Royal Navy Reserve, Brigadier General of the reserve of the Royal Army, Brigadier General of the Air Force reserves and adjutant of his mother.
Prince Claus aroused the interest for the important issue of water management for the Netherlands Willem -Alexander. In this section, Willem- Alexander practiced since 1998 from a number of national and international functions. From 2006 he was at the suggestion of Kofi Annan Chairman of the UN Advisory Board on Water and Health. Willem- Alexander was a member of the Dutch Council of State, a constitutional body to advise the Dutch government under the chairmanship of the then Queen Beatrix, as an advisory member.
Accession
On January 28, 2013 Queen Beatrix gave her abdication and thus the upcoming throne Willem- Alexander known. On April 30, 2013, the Koninginnedag, was the formal swearing-in ceremony. In a ceremony held in the Amsterdam Nieuwe Kerk members of both chambers of the Dutch parliament ( States-General ) and the members of the parliaments of the Caribbean countries Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten took off their homage Policy. Its official name remains even after the accession to the throne Willem- Alexander. The first foreign visit as monarch led him on 24 May 2013 following Luxembourg, whose dynasty also comes from the House of Nassau.
Full title
His Majesty King Willem -Alexander, king of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange- Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg, Count of Katzenelenbogen, Count of Vianden, Count of Diez, Count of Spiegelberg, Count of Buren, Count of Leerdam, Count of Culemborg, Marquis of Veere and Vlissingen, Baron of Breda, Baron von Diest, Baron of Beilstein, Baron of the city Grave and the Cuyker country, Baron of IJsselstein, Baron of Cranendonk, Baron of Eindhoven, Baron of Liesveld, inheritance and Baron of Ameland, Mr. of Borculo, Mr. Bredevoort, Lord of Lichtenvoorde, Mr. 't Loo, Lord of Geertruidenberg, Lord of Klundert, Mr. Zevenbergen, Mr. Hoge and location Zwaluwe, Lord of Naaldwijk, Lord of Polans, Lord of St. Maartensdijk, Mr. von Soest, Baarn and Ter Eem, Lord of Willemstad, Lord of Steenbergen, Lord of Montfort, Lord of St. Vith, Mr. Bûtgenbach, Lord of Dasbourg, Erbburggraf of Antwerp.
Marriage and Family
On 30 March 2001, the then Prince of Orange became engaged with Maxima Zorreguieta, an Argentine with Basque, Spanish and Italian roots. As was the marriages of previous generations of the House of Orange -Nassau this compound was highly controversial. Her father, Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini, was a member of the Videla regime, a military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983. Due to the intervention of the then Prime Minister Wim Kok, however, Parliament of marriage agreed. The discussion of this background meant that parents had to stay away maxima of the royal wedding. Thanks to the prudent acting out of Prime Minister Kok Orangemen avoided a crisis and finally went even stronger from the Maxima - out debate. Willem- Alexander benefited since then the popularity of Maxima.
HM King Willem- Alexander HM Queen Máxima
- HRH Crown Princess Catharina - Amalia
- HRH Princess Alexia
- HRH Princess Ariane
HRH Princess Beatrix
- HRH Prince Constantijn HRH Princess Laurentien
HRH Princess Margriet Pieter van Vollenhoven
On February 2, 2002 Maxima and Willem- Alexander joined in the Nieuwe Kerk ( German: New Church ) in Amsterdam the covenant of marriage. The civil ceremony took place previously held in the Beurs van Berlage. Through the marriage Máxima was a member of the Dutch royal family.
They have three daughters together:
- Catharina - Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria was born on December 7, 2003 in The Hague. On June 12, 2004 Amalia was baptized in the Grote Kerk in The Hague Carel ter Linden. Your godparents are her uncle Prince Constantijn of Orange- Nassau, Princess Victoria of Sweden, Marc ter Haar, Herman Tjeenk Willink, Samantha van Welderen Baroness Rengers - Deane and her uncle Martín Zorreguieta (brother of Queen maxima ). She is # 1 on the Dutch throne.
- Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien was born on 26 June 2005 in The Hague. On November 19, 2005 Alexia was baptized in Wassenaar. Your godparents are Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Alexandra Jankovich de Jeszenice, Prince Johan Friso, her uncle, her uncle Juan Zorreguieta (brother of Queen Máxima ) and Frans de Beaufort. It is # 2 in the Dutch throne.
- Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Ines was born on 10 April 2007 in The Hague. On October 20, 2007 Ariane was baptized in the Kloosterkerk in The Hague. Your godparents are Valeria Delger, her aunt Inés Zorreguieta (sister of Queen Máxima ), Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg, Baron Collot d' Tijo Escury and Anton Friling. She is ranked number 3 on the Dutch throne.
The family lived from autumn 2003 until the enthronement in 2013 on the estate Eikenhorst in Wassenaar.
Sport and Fly
His grandfather Bernhard of Lippe - Biesterfeld, himself an enthusiastic pilot, aroused the fascination for flying with Willem- Alexander. As a trained pilot, he flew in 1989 Inserts for AMREF. Since 2001, he has the airline transport pilot license and flies to get them regularly Fokker 70 - or Fokker 100 passenger aircraft of KLM or the Regierungsjet. Under the name van Buren ( a family of the house of Orange- Nassau ), he took over in 1986 on the nationally significant speed skating event elfstedentocht and 1992 at the New York City Marathon. For Willem- Alexander's sporting preferences include skiing, tennis, jogging, sailing, horseback riding and scuba diving. Since 1998 Willem- Alexander is a member of the International Olympic Committee.
Others
2007 bought Willem- Alexander and his wife a luxury holiday villa in Mozambique. This was - against the backdrop of the financial crisis in 2007 and the economic crisis in late 2008 to early 2010 - widely criticized. In January 2012, the two shared with having sold the villa for a symbolic price of a development project 's cooperative.
To enthronement 2013 Koning song was released on the tastes were very divided.
Drive up
Gabriel von Amsberg (1822-1895) ∞ 1855 Marie von Passow (1831-1904)
Leopold von Vieregge (1832-1893) ∞ 1862 Baroness Agnes of Gutschmid (1842-1924)
Julius Freiherr von dem Bussche - Haddenhausen (1827-1882) ∞ 1865 Juliane von Salviati (1832-1892)
Eberhard Freiherr von dem Bussche - Ippenburg (1851-1937) ∞ 1875 Barbara von Chelius (1856-1949)
Count Ernst of Lippe - Biesterfeld (1842-1904) ∞ 1869 Countess Caroline of Wartensleben (1844-1905)
Baron Aschwin of Sierstorpff - Cramm (1848-1909) ∞ 1872 Baroness Hedwig of Sierstorpff (1848-1900)
Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II (Mecklenburg ) ( 1823-1883 ) ∞ 1868 Princess Marie of Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt (1850-1922)
King William III. (1817-1890) ∞ 1879 Princess Emma of Waldeck -Pyrmont (1858-1934)
Wilhelm von Amsberg (1856-1929) ∞ 1889 Elise of Vieregge (1866-1951)
Georg Freiherr von dem Bussche - Haddenhausen (1869-1923) ∞ 1896 Baroness Marie Gabrielle von dem Bussche - Ippenburg (1877-1973)
Prince Bernhard of Lippe - Biesterfeld (1872-1934) ∞ 1909 Baroness ARMGARD of Sierstorpff - Cramm (1883-1971)
Duke Henry of Mecklenburg (1876-1934) ∞ 1901 Queen Wilhelmina (1880-1962)
Klaus Felix von Amsberg (1890-1953) ∞ 1924 Baroness Gosta von dem Bussche - Haddenhausen (1902-1996)
Prince Bernhard of Lippe - Biesterfeld (1911-2004) ∞ 1937 Queen Juliana (1909-2004)
Claus von Amsberg (1926-2002) ∞ 1966 Princess Beatrix ( born 1938 ) Queen 1980-2013
Willem- Alexander (1967 )