Juliana of the Netherlands
Juliana (Juliana Luise Emma Marie Wilhelmina van Oranje-Nassau; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, from her mother's abdication in 1948, to her own in 1980. She died of pneumonia caused by dementia on 20 March 2004, aged 94.
Juliana | |
---|---|
Queen of the Netherlands
| |
Reign | 6 September 1948 – 30 April 1980 (31 years) |
Predecessor | Wilhelmina |
Successor | Beatrix |
Spouse | Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (m. 1937)
|
Issue | |
Full name | |
Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina | |
House | Orange-Nassau |
Father | Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Mother | Wilhelmina of the Netherlands |
Ancestry
Ancestors of Juliana of the Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Juliana Of The Netherlands Media
Princess Juliana in an Axel costume in 1922
Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard giving an interview for Radio Oranje in 1941
Juliana meets RAF pilot Kees van Eendenburg at Deanland in 1944
Queen Juliana with Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek at Soestdijk Palace, 1956
Video of her funeral procession, 2004
Other websites
- 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
Juliana of the Netherlands Born: 30 April 1909 Died: 20 March 2004
| ||
Regnal titles | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by Wilhelmina |
Queen of the Netherlands 4 September 1948 – 30 April 1980 |
Succeeded by Beatrix |