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Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 - 28 November 1962) was queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 1890 to 1948. Loved by the Dutch people, she was the mother of Queen Juliana and the grandmother of Queen Beatrix. World War II, she went to and spoke to the Dutch people on England. Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
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Queen Wilhelmina flees to England. The Germans advanced ever further. Although the Dutch army still gained small victories, it could not hold its positions. The Cabinet felt that Queen Wilhelmina should flee. Her safety was at stake. Initially, she did not want to go, but she was forced to leave when the situation worsened.
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Queen Wilhelmina (1880-1962), was the daughter of Willem III and Queen Emma. She was ten when her father died - his tenure had done little to enhance the popularity of the monarchy. While she succeeded to the title in 1890, her mother served as regent until she came of age in 1898. Wilhelmina had a keen a sense of decorum.
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Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard was born on 31 January 1938 at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands, as the first child of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. [4] Beatrix was baptised on 12 May 1938 in the Great Church in The Hague. [5]
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The monarchy of the Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy whose role and position are governed by the Constitution of the Netherlands.Roughly a third of the Constitution explains the succession, mechanisms of accession and abdication to the throne, the roles and duties of the monarch, the formalities of communication between the States General of the Netherlands, and the monarch's role in.
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Orange-Nassau, Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria. Queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948) Born 31 August 1880 in The Hague, The Netherlands. Died 28 November 1962 in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. Queen Wilhelmina was by nature a forceful leader. The First World War showed that she lacked the meekness and patience that the head of a small neutral state.
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Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was the longest reigning Dutch monarch who ruled for 58 years from 1890 to 1948. She inherited the throne at the age of 10 following the death of her father, King William III, as the only surviving child. She had a strong personality and was hands-on about her rule.
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Wilhelmina was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history, as well as the longest-reigning female monarch outside the United Kingdom. Her reign saw World War I, the Dutch economic crisis of 1933 and World War II.
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Wilhelmina. Wilhelmina (1880-1962) Queen of the Netherlands (1890-1948). She helped to keep the country neutral in World War 1 and often intervened in political affairs. During World War 2, she led a government-in-exile in England and became a symbol of Dutch independence. In 1948 Wilhelmina abdicated in favour of her daughter, Juliana.
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Dutch Biography: Wilhelmina reigned over the Netherlands for 57 years after her coronation at age 10, following the death of her father, in 1890. During these early years her mother ruled as regent, with Wilhelmina taking charge properly in 1898.
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Queen Wilhelmina and World War I Wilhelmina Wilhelmina, 1909. During the first half of the reign of Queen Wilhelmina (1890-1948), the political situation remained fundamentally unchanged. The major parties came to recognize that the school struggle interfered with the solution of other problems.
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Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie of Orange-Nassau) (August 31 1880 - November 28 1962) was queen regnant of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948. Her mother, Queen Emma, acted as regent until 1898, when Wilhelmina came of age. She reigned as Queen for fifty-eight years, longer than any other Dutch monarch.
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9 November 2018. On 9 November 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm II fled from Germany to the Netherlands. The Dutch government has always claimed that it was caught unawares by this. Based on new source material Beatrice de Graaf, Professor of the History of International Relations, asserts that Queen Wilhelmina played a much more active role in the Kaiser.
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Wilhelmine of Prussia (Friederike Luise Wilhelmine; 18 November 1774 - 12 October 1837) was the first Queen consort of the Netherlands as the first wife of King William I of the Netherlands. She had a modest public role but acted as a patron of the arts . Biography Princess Wilhelmine was born in Potsdam.
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Queen Wilhelmina reading a speech for Radio Oranje in 1940 The BBC provided its facilities so that Wilhelmina could broadcast to her people in the German-occupied Netherlands. Seen as a symbol of resistance, she called Hitler "the arch-enemy of mankind". At great risk, many Dutch people tuned in to listen to her late-night broadcasts.
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Little Wilhelmina was baptised on 12 October 1880 in The Hague wearing a christening gown that was also worn by the Netherlands' current King Willem-Alexander. She reportedly took her first steps on her first birthday. Her father died on 23 November 1890 and Wilhelmina became the Netherlands' first Queen regnant at the age of 10.