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The Netherlands have been an independent monarchy since 1815, and have been governed by members of the House of Orange-Nassau since.1 History
The first king of the Netherlands, from 1806 until 1810, was French. Napoleon set up his brother Louis Napoleon as king over what was then called the Kingdom of Holland, but this was virtually a puppet state.
The present monarchy was established in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna as part of the re-arrangement of Europe after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. The house of Orange-Nassau were given the modern-day Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg to rule, to become known as the United Kingdom of the NetherlandsUnited Kingdom of the Netherlands ( 1815 1830) ( 1839) ( Dutch: Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden French: Royaume-Uni des Pays-Bas . The name used to refer to a new unified European state created during the Congress of Vienna in 1815. This state, also o. Previous to the Napoleonic wars, the Netherlands had stadtholdersA stadtholder ( Dutch: stadhouder was the person that ruled an area in the name of the land owner, in the Netherlands (which includes present-day Belgium) from the 15th to the 18th century. After some of the Dutch provinces declared their independence in from the same family, although the state was formally a republicModern republics A republic is a form of government (and a state so governed) where the head of state is not a monarch. Many times people interchangebly use republic and democracy to refer the same. the truth is that in a country where the governmental st.
The first king of the constitutional monarchy of the Netherlands, Willem I, was a descendant of Willem the Old and his son William of OrangeWilliam I, Prince of Orange Count of Nassau ( April 24, 1533 July 10, 1584) was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. A wealthy n, also known as William the Silent, who from 1568 on had led the Dutch in their eighty-year struggle for independence from SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc. His family had a considerable influence on Dutch politics. They came from DillenburgDillenburg (population ca 25,000) is a city in the German district of Lahn-Dill, in the federal state of Hessen. The city, probably established in the 12th century, was the capital of the county of Nassau, birthplace of William I of Orange. External link, GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east, home of the Nassau family. Willem's title 'Prince of Orange' was acquired through his possession of the principality of Orange, located south of Valence in France.
Abdication of the throne has become a defacto tradition in Dutch Monarchy. Queen Wilhelmina and Queen Juliana both abdicated in favor of their daughters and William I abdicated in favor of his son. The present Queen, Beatrix, has stated she will not abdicate in the near future, to allow crown prince Willem-Alexander and his wife princess Maxima to spent time with their family.
1.1 Monarchs
When Wilhelmina came to the throne in 1890 at age 10 (her mother, Queen Emma, second wife of the then deceased William III, acted as regent until Wilhelmina reached the age of 18) -- Luxembourg, also a former member of the erstwhile German Confederation, seceded almost immediately. One of the reasons was that at the time they were not willing to accept a queen under Salic law. Instead a family member, Adolf, former Duke of Nassau, became Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
The 50(58)-year reign of Queen Wilhelmina was dominated by the two World Wars. She married a German prince, Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who unfortunately was not happy with his unrewarding role of husband-to-the-queen. Wilhelmina's strong personality and unrelenting passion to fulfill her inherited task overpowered many men in position of authority, including ministers, prime-ministers and her own husband. She is mostly remembered for her role during World War II. Initial disappointment of many Dutch people because of her quick withdrawal to London faded when she proved to be of great moral support to the people and the resistance in her occupied country. Hendrik and Wilhelmina had one daughter, Juliana, who came to the throne in 1948. They lived in The Hague and in Palace 't Loo (Paleis 't Loo) in Apeldoorn.
