4.2.09

100 YEARS QUEEN JULIANA

IN MEMORIAM:
HER LATE MAJESTY JULIANA EMMA LOUISE MARIE WILHELMINA
BY THE GRACE OF GOD, QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS, PRINCESS OF ORANGE-NASSAU,
DUCHESS OF MECKLENBURG, PRINCESS OF LIPPE-BIESTERFELD ETC. ETC. ETC
(30 April 1909 - 20 March 2004)

Hare Majesteit Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina,
Bij de Gratie Gods, Koningin der Nederlanden, Prinses van Oranje-Nassau,
Hertogin van Mecklenburg, Princess van Lippe-Biesterfeld, Enz, Enz, Enz.

Born on 30 April 1909 at Palace Noordeinde, The Hague, Princess Juliana is the only child of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau and Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands, Duke of Mecklenburg; and the sole heir to the Throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The second Queen Regnant of the Netherlands. The third female head of state of the Netherlands. The fifth Dutch monarch of the House of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Oranje-Nassau).

The Princess with her parents

The Crown Princess of the Netherlands
Three Generations, Three Queens, Three Heads of State of the Netherlands
Queen Regent Emma, Queen Regnant Wilhelmina, Queen Regnant Juliana


The wedding of the Crown Princess with Prince Bernhard zu Lippe-Biesterfeld
(7 January 1937)
Above: a Postage Stamp showing the Princess and the Prince
on their Engagement Day

Below: A video regarding the first issue of the above postage stamp



Investiture of Juliana as Queen of the Netherlands
(6 September 1948)
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard and their four daughters:
(LTR: The Princesses Irene, Margriet, Marijke (Christina) and Beatrix)


The Queen and The Prince Consort
Postal Stamp issued in 1973 (silver jubilee of the reign of Queen Juliana)
The Queen
Abdication (Troonsafstand) 30 April 1981
LTR: the new Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, the Prince Consort Claus von Amsberg, Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard

The former Queen, Princess Juliana, in her old days

The funeral of the late Queen Juliana




All Postal Stamps and Coin are Private Collection von Oranienbaum

Video: Inauguration of the Queen