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Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

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Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, born 30 April, 1909, daughter of Queen Wilhelmina (born 31 Aug., 1880) and Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (born 19 April, 1876, died 3 July, 1934); succeeded to the throne on the abdication of her mother (who assumed the title of Princess of the Netherlands), 4 Sept., 1948, and was enthroned on 6 Sept.; married to Prince Bernhard Leopold Frederik Eberhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter of Lippe-Biesterfeld (born 29 June, 1911), on 7 Jan., 1937. Offspring: Princess Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, born 31 Jan., 1938; Princess Irene Emma Elisabeth, born 5 Aug., 1939; Princess Margriet Francisca, born in Ottawa, 19 Jan., 1943; Princess Maria Christina, born 18 Feb., 1947.

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  1. S. H. Steinberg Ph.D.
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S. H. Steinberg Ph.D. (Fellow of the Royal Historical Society)

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© 1952 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Steinberg, S.H. (1952). The Netherlands. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270817_54

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