Juliana of the Netherlands
| Juliana | |||||
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 Juliana in 1981 | |||||
| Queen of the Netherlands | |||||
| Reign | 4 September 1948 – 30 April 1980 | ||||
| Inauguration | 6 September 1948 | ||||
| Predecessor | Wilhelmina | ||||
| Successor | Beatrix | ||||
| Prime Ministers | See list | ||||
| Born | 30 April 1909 Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands | ||||
| Died | 20 March 2004 (aged 94) Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, Netherlands | ||||
| Burial | 30 March 2004 Nieuwe Kerk, Delft, Netherlands | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Beatrix of the Netherlands Princess Irene Princess Margriet Princess Christina | ||||
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| House | Orange-Nassau (official) Mecklenburg (agnatic) | ||||
| Father | Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||
| Mother | Wilhelmina of the Netherlands | ||||
| Religion | Dutch Reformed Church | ||||
Juliana (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌjyliˈjaːnaː]; Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980.
Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She received a private education and studied international law at the University of Leiden. In 1937, she married Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld with whom she had four daughters: Beatrix, Irene, Margriet, and Christina. During the German invasion of the Netherlands in the Second World War, the royal family was evacuated to the United Kingdom. Juliana proceeded to relocate to Canada with her children, while Wilhelmina and Bernhard remained in Britain. The royal family returned to the Netherlands after its liberation in 1945.
Due to Wilhelmina's failing health, Juliana took over royal duties briefly in 1947 and 1948. In September 1948 Wilhelmina abdicated and Juliana ascended to the Dutch throne. Her reign saw the decolonization and independence of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and Suriname. Despite a series of controversies involving the royal family, Juliana remained a popular figure among the Dutch.
In April 1980, Juliana abdicated in favour of her eldest daughter Beatrix. Upon her death in 2004 at the age of 94, she was the longest-lived former reigning monarch in the world.
Early life and education
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Juliana was born in 30 April 1909 at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague, the only daughter of the reigning Dutch monarch, Queen Wilhelmina. Her father was Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.[1] She was the first Dutch royal baby since Wilhelmina herself was born in 1880. Wilhelmina had suffered two miscarriages and one stillbirth, raising the prospect of a succession crisis.
The Queen's nearest relative was Prince Heinrich XXXII Reuss of Köstritz, whose close ties to Germany made him unpopular in the Netherlands. Juliana's birth thus assured the royal family's survival. Her mother suffered two further miscarriages after her birth, leaving Juliana as the royal couple's only child. According to several sources Juliana was happy to be an only child because that meant she did not have to fight for attention.[2]
Juliana spent her childhood at Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, and at Noordeinde Palace and Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague. A small school class was formed at Noordeinde Palace on the advice of the educator Jan Ligthart so that, from the age of six, the Princess could receive her primary education with children of her own age. These children were Baroness Elise Bentinck, Baroness Elisabeth van Hardenbroek and Jonkvrouwe Miek (Mary) de Jonge.
As the Dutch constitution specified that Princess Juliana should be ready to succeed to the throne by the age of eighteen, her education proceeded at a faster pace than that of most children. After five years of primary education, the Princess received her secondary education (to pre-university level) from private tutors.
On 30 April 1927, Princess Juliana celebrated her eighteenth birthday. Under the constitution, she had officially come of age and was entitled to assume the royal prerogative, if necessary. Two days later her mother installed her in the "Raad van State" ("Council of State").
In the same year, the Princess enrolled as a student at the University of Leiden. In her first years at university, she attended lectures in sociology, jurisprudence, economics, history of religion, parliamentary history, and constitutional law. In the course of her studies she also attended lectures on the cultures of Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, international affairs, international law, history, and European law. She graduated from the university in 1930 with a bachelor's degree in international law.[3] She was taught Greek literature by Sophia Antoniadis, the university's first female professor.
Marriage
In the 1930s, Queen Wilhelmina began a search for a suitable husband for her daughter. At the time, the House of Orange-Nassau was one of the most strictly religious royal families in the world, and it was very difficult to find a Protestant prince who suited their standards. Princes from the United Kingdom and Sweden were "vetted" but either declined or were rejected by the princess.
At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Bavaria, she met Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, a young German aristocrat.[3] His rank and religion were suitable; so Princess Juliana's royal engagement was arranged by her mother. Princess Juliana fell deeply in love with her fiancé, a love that was to last a lifetime and that withstood separation during the war and Bernhard's extramarital affairs and illegitimate children. The astute Queen Wilhelmina, by then the richest woman in the world, left nothing to chance. Wilhelmina had her lawyers draw up a prenuptial agreement that specified exactly what the German-born prince could and could not do, and what money he would receive from the royal estate. The couple's engagement was announced on 8 September 1936.
The wedding announcement divided a country that mistrusted Germany under Adolf Hitler. Prior to the wedding, on 24 November 1936, Prince Bernhard was granted Dutch citizenship and changed the spelling of his names from German to Dutch. They married in The Hague on 7 January 1937, the date on which Princess Juliana's grandparents, King William III and Queen Emma, had married fifty-eight years earlier. The civil ceremony was held in the Town Hall of The Hague and the marriage was blessed in the Great Church (St. Jacobskerk), also located in The Hague. A wedding gift was the royal yacht, Piet Hein. The young couple moved into Soestdijk Palace in Baarn.
The first of their four daughters, Princess Beatrix, was born on 31 January 1938, followed by, Princess Irene, on 5 August 1939.
Canadian exile
On 12 May 1940, during the invasion of the Netherlands by Germany in the Second World War, Prince Bernhard and Princess Juliana were evacuated to the United Kingdom to be followed the following day by Queen Wilhelmina and the Dutch Government, who set up a government in exile. The princess remained there for a month before taking the children to Ottawa, the capital of Canada, where she resided at Stornoway in the suburb of Rockcliffe Park. Her mother and husband remained in Britain with the Dutch government-in-exile.[4]
When her third child, Princess Margriet, was born on 19 January 1943, Governor General Lord Athlone granted royal assent to a special law declaring Princess Juliana's rooms at the Ottawa Civic Hospital to be extraterritorial in order that the infant would have exclusively Dutch, not dual nationality.[5] Had these arrangements not been made, Princess Margriet would not be in the line of succession. The Canadian government flew the Dutch tricolour flag on parliament's Peace Tower while its carillon rang out with Dutch music at the news of Princess Margriet's birth. Prince Bernhard, who had remained in London with Queen Wilhelmina and members of the exiled Dutch government, was able to visit his family in Canada and be there for Margriet's birth. Princess Juliana's genuine warmth and the gestures of her Canadian hosts created a lasting bond, which was reinforced when Canadian soldiers fought and died by the thousands in 1944 and 1945 to liberate the Netherlands from the Nazis. She returned with Queen Wilhelmina by a military transport plane to the liberated part of the Netherlands on 2 May 1945, rushing to Breda to set up a temporary Dutch government. Once home, she expressed her gratitude to Canada by sending the city of Ottawa 100,000 tulip bulbs. Juliana erected a wooden lectern and brass plaque which is dedicated in thanks to the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Ottawa) for their hospitality during her residence in Ottawa.
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On 24 June 1945, she sailed on the RMS Queen Elizabeth from Gourock, Scotland, to the United States, listing her last permanent residence as London, England. The following year (1946), Juliana donated another 20,500 bulbs, with the request that a portion of these be planted at the grounds of the Ottawa Civic Hospital where she had given birth to Margriet. At the same time, she promised Ottawa an annual gift of tulips during her lifetime to show her lasting appreciation for Canada's war-time hospitality. Each year Ottawa hosts the Canadian Tulip Festival in celebration of this gift.
On 2 May 1945, Princess Juliana was returned with her mother to Dutch soil. Initially they lived in temporary quarters at Anneville just south of Breda. Juliana took part in the post-war relief operation for the people in the northern part of the country who had suffered through starvation during the Hunger Winter of 1944–1945, which had taken the lives of many of her countrymen. She was very active as the president of the Dutch Red Cross and worked closely with the National Reconstruction organization. Her down-to-earth manner endeared her to her people so much that a majority of the Dutch people would soon want Queen Wilhelmina to abdicate in favour of her daughter. In the spring of 1946 Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard visited the countries that had helped the Netherlands during the occupation.
During her pregnancy with her last child, Marijke Christina, Princess Juliana contracted rubella. The girl was born in 1947 with cataracts in both eyes and was soon diagnosed as almost totally blind in one eye and severely limited in the other. Despite her blindness, Christina, as she was called, was a happy and gifted child with a talent for languages and an ear for music. Over time, and with advances in medical technology, her eyesight did improve such that with thick glasses, she could attend school and even ride a bicycle. However, before that happened, her mother, the Princess, clinging to any thread that offered some hope for a cure, came under the strong influence of Greet Hofmans, a faith healer with heterodox beliefs, who was considered by "her many detractors" to be a sham.[4]
Reign
Regency and early reign
Wilhelmina's increasingly precarious health made it increasingly difficult for her to perform her duties. Juliana was forced to take over as regent from 14 October to 1 December 1947. Wilhelmina seriously considered abdicating in favour of Juliana at the end of 1947, but Juliana urged her mother to stay on the throne so she could celebrate her diamond jubilee in 1950. However, Wilhelmina was forced by further health problems to relinquish her royal duties to Juliana once again on 4 May 1948.
The independence of Indonesia, which saw more than 150,000 Dutch troops stationed there as decolonization force, was regarded as an economic disaster for the Netherlands. With the certain loss of the prized colony, the queen announced her intention to abdicate, doing so on 4 September 1948. Two days later, with the eyes of the world upon her, Juliana was sworn-in and inaugurated as monarch during a joint session of the States General at a ceremony held in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, becoming the 12th member of the House of Orange to rule the Netherlands.
On 27 December 1949 at Dam Palace in Amsterdam, Queen Juliana signed the papers that recognised Indonesian sovereignty over the former Dutch colony. She became Hoofd der Unie (Head of the Union) of the Netherlands-Indonesian Union (1949-1956). On 15 December 1954, the Queen announced that the nation's Caribbean possessions of the Netherlands Antilles and Suriname were to be reconstituted as constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, making them equal partners with the mainland.
The near-blindness of her daughter Christina and the increasing influence of Hofmans, who had moved into a royal palace, severely affected the queen's marital relationship. Over the next few years, the controversy surrounding the faith healer, at first kept out of the Dutch media, erupted into a national debate over the competency of the queen. However, the debate subsided in part due to Juliana's efforts to connect with her people. She often appeared in public dressed like any ordinary Dutch woman, and preferred to be addressed as "Mevrouw" (Dutch for "Mrs.") rather than her formal title of "majesty". She also began riding a bicycle for exercise and fresh air.
Although the bicycle and the down-to-earth manners suggest a simple life style, the Dutch royal court of the 1950s and 1960s was still a splendid affair with chamberlains in magnificent uniforms, gilded state coaches, visits to towns in open carriages and lavish entertaining in the huge palaces. At the same time the queen began visiting the citizens of the nearby towns and, unannounced, would drop in on social institutions and schools. Her refreshingly straightforward manner and talk made her a powerful public speaker. On the international stage, Queen Juliana was particularly interested in the problems of developing countries, the refugee problem,[which?] and had a very special interest in child welfare, particularly in the developing countries.
Crises and recovery
On the night of 31 January 1953, the Netherlands was hit by the most destructive storm in more than five hundred years. Thirty breaches of dunes and dikes occurred and many towns were swept away by twelve-foot storm surges. More than 1800 people drowned and tens of thousands were trapped by the floodwaters. Dressed in boots and an old coat, Queen Juliana waded through water and slopped through deep mud all over the devastated areas to bring desperate people food and clothing. Showing compassion and concern, reassuring the people, her tireless efforts would permanently endear her to the citizens of the Netherlands.
In 1956, the influence of Hofmans on Juliana's political views almost brought down the monarchy in a constitutional crisis; this caused the court and the royal family to split into a "Bernhard faction", set on removing a queen considered a religious fanatic and a threat to NATO, and the queen's pious and pacifist courtiers. Prime Minister Willem Drees resolved the crisis. However, Juliana lost out to her powerful husband and his friends. Hofmans was banished from the court and Juliana's supporters were sacked or pensioned. Prince Bernhard planned to divorce his wife but decided against it when he, as he told an American journalist, "found out that the woman still loved him" [citation needed].
Queen Juliana faced another crisis among her Protestant citizens in 1963, when her second daughter Irene secretly converted to Roman Catholicism and, without government approval, on 29 April 1964 married Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon, Duke of Parma, a claimant to the Spanish throne and also a leader in Spain's Carlist party. Given the history of the Dutch struggle for independence from Roman Catholic Spain, and with fascist German oppression still fresh in the minds of the Dutch people, the events leading to the marriage were played out in all the newspapers and a storm of hostility erupted against the monarchy for allowing it to happen—a matter so serious that the queen's abdication became a real possibility. She survived, however, thanks to the underlying devotion she had earned over the years.
Another crisis developed as a result of the announcement in July 1965 of the engagement of Princess Beatrix, heir to the throne, to German diplomat Claus von Amsberg. The future husband of the future queen had been a member of the Nazi Wehrmacht and the Hitler Youth movement. Many angry Dutch citizens demonstrated in the streets, and held rallies and marches against the "traitorous" affair. While this time there were no calls for the queen's abdication—because the true object of the people's wrath, Princess Beatrix, would then be queen—they did start to question the value of having a monarchy at all. After attempting to have the marriage cancelled, Queen Juliana acquiesced and the marriage took place under a continued storm of protest; an almost certain attitude pervaded the country that Princess Beatrix might be the last member of the House of Orange to ever reign in the Netherlands. Despite all these difficulties, Queen Juliana's personal popularity suffered only temporarily.
The queen was noted for her courtesy and kindness. In May 1959, for example, Polish-American ufologist George Adamski received a letter from the head of the Dutch Unidentified Flying Objects Society, Rey d'Aquilla, informing him that she had been contacted by Queen Juliana's palace and "that the Queen would like to receive you".[6] Adamski informed a London newspaper about the invitation, which prompted the court and cabinet to request that the queen cancel her meeting with Adamski, but the queen went ahead with the meeting, saying that "A hostess cannot slam the door in the face of her guests."[6] After the meeting, Dutch Aeronautical Association president Cornelis Kolff said: "The Queen showed an extraordinary interest in the whole subject."[6] The Dutch press put it more straightforwardly. According to Time magazine, Amsterdam newspaper de Volkskrant said: "The Dutch press could hardly be accused of concealing the facts last week. Once again, Queen Juliana's weakness for the preternatural had landed her back in the headlines: she had invited to the palace a crackpot from California who numbered among his friends men from Mars, Venus and other solar-system suburbs."[7]
An event in April 1967, helped by an improving Dutch economy, brought an overnight revitalization of the royal family; the first male heir to the Dutch throne in 116 years, Willem-Alexander, was born to Princess Beatrix. This time, the demonstrations in the street were of love and enthusiasm.
Later reign
In the spring of 1975, a group of South Moluccans were caught conspiring to steal a heavy truck and ram the gates of Soestdijk Palace to kidnap the queen. Ten members of the group in a vehicle full of firearms were arrested.[8] The group's alleged aim was to force the Dutch government to recognize the Republik Maluku Selatan (RMS) as an independent state and try to make the Indonesian government do the same.[9] Seventeen South-Moluccan youngsters were tried and convicted and sentenced to up to six years imprisonment.[citation needed] This was one of a series of actions for this cause during the 1970s, including the 1975 Dutch train hostage crisis, the 1975 Indonesian consulate hostage crisis, the 1977 Dutch train hostage crisis, the 1977 Dutch school hostage crisis, and the 1978 Dutch province hall hostage crisis.
On 25 November 1975, Suriname seceded from the Dutch Kingdom and became independent. Representing the Queen at the independence ceremony in the Surinamese capital, Paramaribo, were the heir presumptive Princess Beatrix, and her husband Prince Claus.
Scandal rocked the royal family again in 1976, when it was revealed that Prince Bernhard had accepted a US$1.1 million bribe from U.S. aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Corporation to influence the Dutch government's purchase of fighter aircraft in what became known as the Lockheed Scandal.
Prime Minister Joop den Uyl ordered an inquiry into the affair, while Prince Bernhard refused to answer reporters' questions, stating: "I am above such things." Rather than calling on the queen to abdicate, the Dutch people were this time fearful that their beloved Juliana might abdicate out of shame or because of a criminal prosecution conducted in her name against her consort.
On 26 August 1976, a censored and toned-down yet devastating report on Prince Bernhard's activities was released to a shocked Dutch public. The prince resigned his various high-profile positions as a lieutenant admiral, a general, and an Inspector General of the Armed Forces. He resigned from his positions on the boards of many businesses, charities, the World Wildlife Fund, and other institutions. The prince also accepted that he would have to give up wearing his beloved uniforms. In return, the States-General accepted that there was to be no criminal prosecution.
On her Silver Jubilee in 1973, Queen Juliana donated all of the money that had been raised by the National Silver Jubilee Committee to organizations for children in need throughout the world. She donated the gift from the nation which she received on her seventieth birthday to the "International Year of the Child". As a reigning European monarch, she was given supernumerary membership of the Order of the Garter as the 922nd inductee, with the rank of Stranger Lady, in 1958.
On 30 April 1980, her 71st birthday, Queen Juliana abdicated and her eldest daughter succeeded her.[10] Juliana remained active in numerous charitable causes until well into her eighties.
Illness and death
From the mid-1990s, Juliana's health declined and she also suffered the progressive onset of dementia. Juliana did not appear in public after this time. At the order of the Royal Family's doctors, Juliana was placed under 24-hour care. Prince Bernhard said in a television interview in 2001 that the former Queen was no longer able to recognise her family and that she had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for several years.[11]
Juliana died in her sleep on 20 March 2004 at the age of 94, at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn from complications of pneumonia, seventy years to the day after her grandmother, Queen Emma.[3] She was embalmed, unlike her mother Wilhelmina, who chose not to be, and on 30 March 2004 interred beside her mother in the royal vaults under the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft. The memorial service made her ecumenical and often highly personal views on matters of religion public. The late Princess, a vicar said in her sermon, was interested in all religions and in reincarnation. Juliana's husband Prince Bernhard died about nine months later aged 93, on 1 December 2004; his remains were placed next to hers.
In 2009, an exhibition of portraits of Juliana, and objects from her life, was held at the Het Loo Palace to mark the centenary of her birth.[12]
Titles, styles, honours, and arms
Juliana's full title and style as an unmarried woman was: Her Royal Highness Princess Juliana Louisa Emma Marie Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, etc.[13][14]
Her mother issued a decree allowing her to adopt her husband's princely title as customary, providing that it is preceded by the title she held as a member of the House of Mecklenburg.[15] The decree became effective upon her marriage, and changed her full title and style to: Her Royal Highness Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, etc.[13]
After her accession to the throne, Juliana's official title was: "Her Majesty, Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, etc, etc, etc". Upon her abdication, she resumed her pre-regnal marital title and style.[13][16]
Honours
National
Netherlands: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William- Netherlands: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands
- Netherlands: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- Netherlands: Co-Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
- Netherlands: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Orange
- Netherlands: Recipient of the Red Cross Medal
- Netherlands: Recipient of the Honor Guard Commemorative Badge Medal
- Netherlands: Recipient of the Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry Silver Anniversary Badge Medal
- Netherlands: Recipient of the Queen Beatrix Inauguration Medal
Foreign
Argentina: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín
Austria: Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria[17]
Belgium: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold I- Belgium: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
Brazil: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross
Cameroon: Grand Cross of the Order of Valour
Colombia: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Boyaca- Colombia: Grand Cross of the Order of San Carlos
Chile: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit
Republic of China: Grand Cross of the Order of Propitious Clouds
Czech Republic: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Lion
Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant
Dominican Republic: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella
Ecuador: Grand Cross with Collar of the National Order of San Lorenzo
Ethiopian Imperial Family: Knight of the Order of Solomon- Ethiopian Imperial Family: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the Seal of Solomon
Finland: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
France: Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour- Germany
German Imperial and Royal Family: Dame of the Imperial and Royal Order of Louise
House of Mecklenburg: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Wendish Crown
Germany: Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Greek Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Redeemer- Greek Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saints Olga and Sophia, Special Class
Honduras: Grand Cross of the Order of Santa Rosa and of Civilisation- Honduras: Grand Cross of the Order of Francisco Morazán
Indonesia: Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of the Republic of Indonesia
Iranian Imperial Family: Member Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of Pahlavi
Italy: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Ivory Coast: Collar of the National Order of the Ivory Coast
Japan: Grand Cordon (Paulownia) of the Order of the Precious Crown
Liberia: Grand Cross of the Order of the Pioneers of Liberia- Liberia: Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Africa
Luxembourg: Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau- Luxembourg: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau
Mexico: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
Nepal: Member of the Order of Mahendra- Nepal: Member of the Order of Honour
Nicaragua: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Rubén Darío
Norway: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of St. Olav
Panama: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero
Paraguay: Grand Cross with Collar of the National Order of Merit
Peru: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun
Poland: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle
Senegal: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion
Spain: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Charles III
Suriname: Grand Cross of the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star
Sweden: Member Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Seraphim
Tanzania: Grand Cross of the Order of the Uhuru Torch
Thailand: Knight of the Order of the Rajamitrabhorn- Thailand: Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri
Tunisia: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Independence
United Kingdom: Stranger Knight of the Order of the Garter (6th Lady since 1901)- United Kingdom: Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain
- United Kingdom: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- United Kingdom: Recipient of the King George VI Coronation Medal
United States: Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit- United States: Recipient of the World War II Victory Medal
Venezuela: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Liberator
Yugoslavia: Great Star of the Order of the Yugoslav Star
Awards
United Nations: Nansen Refugee Award- United States: Recipient of the Freedom Medal
Arms
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Issue
| Name | Birth-death | Marriage | ||
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| Beatrix of the Netherlands | 31 January 1938 | 10 March 1966 (widowed in 2002) |
Jonkheer Claus van Amsberg | Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands Prince Friso Prince Constantijn |
| Princess Irene | 5 August 1939 | 29 April 1964 (divorced in 1981) |
Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma | Carlos, Duke of Parma Princess Margarita, Countess of Colorno Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala |
| Princess Margriet | 19 January 1943 | 10 January 1967 | Pieter van Vollenhoven | Prince Maurits Prince Bernhard Prince Pieter-Christiaan Prince Floris |
| Princess Christina | 18 February 1947 – 16 August 2019 (aged 72) |
28 June 1975 (divorced in 1996) |
Jorge Pérez y Guillermo | Bernardo Guillermo Nicolás Guillermo Juliana Guillermo |
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Legacy
- Shortly after her birth, the inhabitants of a small village near Den Helder asked permission from Queen Wilhelmina to name their village after the young princess. They received permission and they named their village Julianadorp.[citation needed]
- Princess Juliana Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is named after her.
- Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten is named after her.
- Queen Juliana Bridge in Willemstad, Curaçao is named after her.
- She is commemorated in space, in the name of the asteroid 816 Juliana.
References
- ^ Simons, Marlise (21 March 2004). "Princess Juliana, Former Dutch Monarch, Is Dead at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
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- ^ a b c van der Vat, Dan (22 August 2004). "Queen Juliana of the Netherlands". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ a b van der Vat, Dan (22 March 2004). "Queen Juliana of the Netherlands". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ^ "CBC Digital Archives: "Netherlands' Princess Margriet born in Ottawa"". Archives.cbc.ca. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ a b c "The Queen & the Saucers". Time. 1 June 1959. Retrieved 27 April 2007.
- ^ "The Netherlands: The Queen & the Saucers". Time. 1 June 1959.
- ^ Witzand, Jopie (23 June 2017). "40 years on, questions remain: the extraordinary story of the 1977 Dutch train siege". SBS.
- ^ Rule, Sheila (9 June 1989). "Vught Journal; Remember the Moluccans? Is This a Last Stand?". The New York Times.
- ^ "Queen Beatrix to address the nation tonight; is she abdicating?". Dutch News. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ (in Dutch) [1], Lof na uitspraken prins over Juliana, 2 July 2001
- ^ "Nationaal Museum Paleis Het Loo - Juliana in beeld". Paleishetloo. 12 June 1981. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ^ a b c H.M. (koningin Juliana) Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina (Parlement.nl)
- ^ Decree about the titles and names of the descendants of HM Queen Wilhelmina – Website with Legislation concerning the Royal House of the Netherlands (Dutch)
- ^ Decree of granting the title "Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld" to HRH Prince Juliana – Website with Legislation concerning the Royal House of the Netherlands (Dutch)
- ^ Wet op het Kroondomein (BWBR0002752)
- ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 111. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
External links
- Queen Juliana (1909-2004) at the Dutch Royal House website
- Netherlands Coronation (1948), newsreel on the British Pathé YouTube Channel
- Newspaper clippings about Juliana of the Netherlands in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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| Kingdom of the Netherlands1 (1815–present) | ||
1. See also the Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813-1815) and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839). | ||
- Use dmy dates from January 2013
- 1909 births
- 2004 deaths
- Deaths from pneumonia
- Decolonisation
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- People with Alzheimer's disease
- Burials in the Royal Crypt at Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
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- History of Suriname
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- Recipients of the Four Freedoms Award
- 20th-century women rulers
- Female heirs apparent