List of Dutch royal consorts

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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[edit]

No. Picture Name 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 1806
husband's ascension
1 July 1810
husband's abdication
5 October 1837 Louis I

Royal consorts of the Netherlands[edit]

No. Picture Name 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 1815
husband's ascension
12 October 1837 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 1840
husband's ascension
17 March 1849
husband's death
1 March 1865 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 1849
husband's ascension
3 June 1877 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 1879 23 November 1890
husband's death
20 March 1934
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 1901 3 July 1934 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 1948
wife's ascension
30 April 1980
wife's abdication
1 December 2004 Juliana
7 Klaus-Georg (Claus) Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg of Amsberg Claus Felix von Amsberg
(Amsberg)
Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
(Bussche-Haddenhausen)
6 September 1926 10 March 1966 30 April 1980
wife's ascension
6 October 2002 Beatrix
8 Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti Jorge Zorreguieta María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart 17 May 1971 2 February 2002 30 April 2013
husband's ascension
Incumbent Willem-Alexander

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