List of monarchs of the Netherlands
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King of the Netherlands | |
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Koning der Nederlanden | |
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Incumbent | |
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Willem-Alexander since 30 April 2013 | |
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Style | His Majesty |
Heir apparent | Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange |
First monarch | William I |
Formation | 16 March 1815 |
Residence | Royal Palace of Amsterdam Noordeinde Palace Huis ten Bosch |
Website | The Royal Website |
Stadtholderate under the House of Orange-Nassau
changeName | Lifespan | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | Family | Image |
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William I
| 24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584 (aged 51) | 26 July 1581 | 10 July 1584 | Stadtholder[1] | Orange-Nassau | |
Maurice
| 14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625 (aged 57) | 1585 | 23 April 1625 | Stadtholder,[2] son of William I | Orange-Nassau | |
Frederick Henry
| 29 January 1584 – 14 March 1647 (aged 63) | 23 April 1625 | 14 March 1647 | Stadtholder,[3] son of William I | Orange-Nassau | |
William II
| 27 May 1626 – 6 November 1650 (aged 24) | 14 March 1647 | 6 November 1650 | Stadtholder,[4] son of Frederick Henry | Orange-Nassau | |
William III
| 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702 (aged 51) | 4 July 1672 | 8 March 1702 | Stadtholder,[5] son of William II also King of England, Scotland and Ireland | Orange-Nassau | |
William IV
| 1 September 1711 – 22 October 1751 (aged 40) | 1 September 1711 | 22 October 1751 | First formally hereditary Stadtholder of the United Netherlands,[6] son of John William Friso | Orange-Nassau | |
William V
| 8 March 1748 – 9 April 1806 (aged 58) | 22 October 1751 | 19 January 1795 | Hereditary Stadtholder of the United Netherlands, son of William IV, deposed by the Batavian Revolution | Orange-Nassau |
When William III died childless, the patrilineal ancestry of Orange-Nassau became extinct. In contrast to other provinces of the Dutch Republic, Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe had mostly drawn its stadtholders from the House of Nassau, that starting with John VI, the brother of William of Orange, and comprises in addition a matrilineal ancestry with the house of Orange-Nassau.
Stadtholderate under the House of Nassau
changeName | Lifespan | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | Family | Image |
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John VI
| 22 November 1536 – 8 October 1606 (aged 69) | 1578 | 1581 | Stadtholder,[7] brother of William I | Nassau | |
William Louis
| 13 March 1560 – 31 May 1620 (aged 60) | 1584 | 1620 | Stadtholder,[8] son of John VI | Nassau | |
Ernest Casimir I
| 22 December 1573 – 2 June 1632 (aged 58) | 1620 | 1632 | Stadtholder,[9] son of John VI | Nassau | |
Henry Casimir I
| 21 January 1612 – 13 July 1640 (aged 28) | 1632 | 1640 | Stadtholder,[10] son of Ernest Casimir I | Nassau | |
William Frederick
| 7 August 1613 – 31 October 1664 (aged 51) | 1640 | 1664 | Stadtholder,[11] son of Ernest Casimir I | Nassau | |
Henry Casimir II
| 18 January 1657 – 25 March 1696 (aged 39) | 18 January 1664 | 25 March 1696 | Hereditary Stadtholder,[12] son of William Frederick and maternal grandson of Frederick Henry | Nassau | |
John William Friso
| 4 August 1687 – 14 July 1711 (aged 23) | 25 March 1696 | 14 July 1711 | Hereditary Stadtholder,[13] son of Henry Casimir II, succeeded by his son William IV of Orange-Nassau, Hereditary Stadtholder of the United Netherlands | Nassau |
Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)
changeName | Lifespan | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | Family | Image |
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Louis I
| 2 September 1778 – 25 July 1846 (aged 67) | 5 June 1806 | 1 July 1810 | Brother of Napoleon | Bonaparte | |
Louis II
| 11 October 1804 – 17 March 1831 (aged 26) | 1 July 1810 | 9 July 1810 | Son of Louis I | Bonaparte |
Principality of the Netherlands (1813–1815)
changeName | Lifespan | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | Family | Image |
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William Frederick
| 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843 (aged 71) | 6 December 1813 | 16 March 1815 | Son of the last Stadtholder William V, raised the Netherlands to a Kingdom status in 1815 | Orange-Nassau |
Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–present)
changeName | Lifespan | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | Family | Image |
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William I
| 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843 (aged 71) | 16 March 1815 | 7 October 1840 | Son of the last Stadtholder William V Abdicated | Orange-Nassau | |
William II
| 6 December 1792 – 17 March 1849 (aged 56) | 7 October 1840 | 17 March 1849 | Son of William I | Orange-Nassau | |
William III
| 19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890 (aged 73) | 17 March 1849 | 23 November 1890 | Son of William II | Orange-Nassau | |
Wilhelmina | 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962 (aged 82) | 23 November 1890 | 4 September 1948 | Daughter of William III Abdicated | Orange-Nassau | |
Juliana | 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004 (aged 94) | 4 September 1948 | 30 April 1980 | Daughter of Wilhelmina Abdicated | Orange-Nassau (Mecklenburg) | |
Beatrix | 31 January 1938 | 30 April 1980 | 30 April 2013 | Daughter of Juliana Abdicated | Orange-Nassau (Lippe) | |
William-Alexander
| 27 April 1967 | 30 April 2013 | Incumbent | Son of Beatrix | Orange-Nassau (Amsberg) |
References
change- ↑ Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht (1559–1584), Stadtholder of Friesland and Overijssel (1580–1584)
- ↑ Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland (1585–1625), Utrecht, Guelders and Overijssel (1590–1625), Groningen (1620–1625)
- ↑ Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel (1620–1625), Groningen and Drenthe (1640–1647)
- ↑ Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel
- ↑ Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht and Overijssel (1672–1702), Guelders (1675–1702), Drenthe (1696–1702)
- ↑ Hereditary Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1747), Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht and Overijssel (April/May 1747 – November 1747), Stadtholder of Groningen (1718–1747), Guelders and Drenthe (1722–1747), was formally voted the first Hereditary Stadtholder of the United Provinces (1747–1751)
- ↑ Stadtholder of Guelders (under Philip II), architect of the Union of Utrecht
- ↑ Stadtholder of Friesland (1584–1620), Groningen (1594–1620) and Drenthe (1596–1620)
- ↑ Stadtholder of Friesland (1620–1632), Groningen and Drenthe (1625–1632)
- ↑ Stadtholder of Friesland (1632–1640), Groningen and Drenthe (1632–1640)
- ↑ Stadtholder of Friesland (1640–1664), Groningen and Drenthe (1650–1664)
- ↑ In 1675 the State of Friesland voted to make the Stadtholdership hereditary in the house of Nassau-Dietz
- ↑ Hereditary Stadtholder of Friesland (1707–1711) and Groningen (1708–1711)