Ruler · 1938 – present

Beatrix of the Netherlands

Born 1938, living; monarch, sculptor. King of the Netherlands of Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1980 – 2013.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: since 1938; living
In office: 33 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of the Netherlands
Left it: abdicated; the ruler's own article

King of the Netherlands

Kingdom of the Netherlands · the 7th of 8 dated reigns · 1815 – 2013

3 before

Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont1890 – 1898

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands1890 – 1948

Juliana of the Netherlands1948 – 1980

Beatrix of the Netherlands1980 – 2013

Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands2013 – …

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officea second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1980 – 2013 · 33 years · came to it aged 42

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: abdicatedread from the ruler's own article

On Koninginnedag (Queensday), 30 April 2013, Beatrix abdicated in favour of her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, who became the first male monarch of the Netherlands since the death of William III in 1890.

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