In the Netherlands, a royal consort is a person married to the Dutch monarch during his or her reign. All female spouses of the monarchs of the Netherlands have been titled "Queen of the Netherlands" with the style Majesty. The male spouses of the three queens regnant of the Netherlands were titled "Prince of the Netherlands" with the style Royal Highness. The spouse of the Bonaparte King of Holland was "Queen of Holland" with the style Majesty. The following spouses of the monarchs of Holland between 1806 and 1810; and the Netherlands since 1813:
Queens consort of Holland No. Picture Name Coat of Arms Father Mother Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse 1 Hortense Eugénie Cécile de Beauharnais Alexandre de Beauharnais(Beauharnais) Empress Joséphine(Beauharnais) 10 April 1783 4 January 1802 5 June 1806husband's ascension 1 July 1810husband's abdication 5 October 1837 Louis I
Royal consorts of the Netherlands No. Picture Name Coat of Arms Father Mother Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse 1 Friederike Luise Wilhelmine of Prussia Frederick William II of Prussia(Hohenzollern) Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt(Hesse-Darmstadt) 18 November 1774 1 October 1791 16 March 1815husband's ascensionMarjan P. Nekkers-Kapitein, Wilhelmina van Pruisen, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/WilhelminaPruisen [13/01/2014] William I 2 Anna Pavlovna of Russia Paul I of Russia(Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov) Maria Feodorovna(Württemberg) 18 January 1795 21 February 1816 7 October 1840husband's ascension 17 March 1849husband's death William II 3 Sophie Friederike Matilda of Württemberg William I of Württemberg(Württemberg) Catherine Pavlovna of Russia(Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov) 17 June 1818 18 June 1839 17 March 1849husband's ascension William III 4 Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia of Waldeck and Pyrmont George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont(Waldeck) Princess Helena of Nassau(Nassau-Weilburg) 2 August 1858 7 January 1879George Edmundson, History of Holland (2013), p. 421David Williamson, Debrett's Kings and Queens of Europe (1988), p. 101 23 November 1890husband's death 5 Heinrich (Henry) Wladimir Albrecht Ernst of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin(Mecklenburg) Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt(Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt) 19 April 1876 7 February 1901Joop W. Koopmans, Arend H. Huussen, Jr., Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2007), p, 243 Wilhelmina 6 Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter of Lippe-Biesterfeld Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld(Lippe) Armgard von Cramm(Cramm) 29 June 1911 8 September 1936 6 September 1948wife's ascension 30 April 1980wife's abdication Juliana 7 Claus George Willem Otto Frederik Geert van Amsberg Klaus Felix von Amsberg(Amsberg) Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen(Bussche-Haddenhausen) 6 September 1926 10 March 1966 30 April 1980wife's ascension Beatrix 8 Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti Jorge Zorreguieta María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart 17 May 1971 2 February 2002 30 April 2013husband's ascension Incumbent Willem-Alexander
See also Princess of Orange List of consorts of Luxembourg Duchess of Limburg List of Belgian royal consorts Duchess of Brabant Countess of Flanders Countess of Hainaut Countess of Holland Countess of Artois List of Burgundian consorts List of consorts of Lorraine Countess of Zutphen List of monarchs of the Netherlands
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