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Queen Juliana

Juliana
Prinses Juliana 1981.jpg
Juliana in 1981
Queen of the Netherlands
Reign 6 September 1948 – 30 April 1980
Predecessor Wilhelmina
Successor Beatrix
Prime Ministers See list
Born (1909-04-30)30 April 1909
Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
Died 20 March 2004(2004-03-20) (aged 94)
Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, Netherlands
Burial 30 March 2004
Nieuwe Kerk, Delft, Netherlands
Spouse Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
(m. 1937; her death 2004)
Issue Beatrix of the Netherlands
Princess Irene
Princess Margriet
Princess Christina
Full name
Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina
House Orange-Nassau (official)
Mecklenburg (agnatic)
Father Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mother Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Religion Dutch Reformed Church
Full name
Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina

Juliana (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌjyliˈjaːnaː]; Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980.

Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry. From birth she was heir presumptive to the Dutch throne. She was educated privately. In 1937, she married Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld with whom she had four children: Beatrix, Irene, Margriet, and Christina.

She reigned for nearly 32 years. Her reign saw the decolonization of Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and Suriname and their independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Upon her death at the age of 94, she was the longest-lived former reigning monarch in the world.

Juliana was born in The Hague on 30 April 1909, the only daughter of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Prince Henry, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 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 that the House of Orange-Nassau would die with her. In all likelihood, this would have meant that the Dutch throne would have passed to Prince Heinrich XXXII Reuss of Köstritz, who had very close ties to Germany. 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.


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