Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Queen of the Netherlands 1898 - 1948

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1880

Place of Birth: Noordeinde Palace, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1962

Profession: monarch, head of state

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Wilhelmina (Dutch pronunciation: [??l??l'mina?] (listen); Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948.
She reigned for nearly 58 years, longer than any other Dutch monarch.
Her reign saw the First and the Second world wars, the Dutch economic crisis of 1933, and the decline of the Netherlands as a major colonial power. Wilhelmina was the only child of King William III and his second wife, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
On William's death in 1890, she ascended to the throne at the age of ten under the regency of her mother.
In 1901, she married Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, with whom she had a daughter, Juliana.
Wilhelmina was generally credited with maintaining Dutch neutrality during the First World War.Following the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, Wilhelmina fled to Britain and took charge of the Dutch government-in-exile.
She frequently spoke to the Dutch people over radio and came to be regarded as a symbol of the Dutch resistance.
She returned to the Netherlands following its liberation in 1945. Increasingly beset by poor health after the war, Wilhelmina abdicated in September 1948 in favour of Juliana.
She retired to Het Loo Palace, where she died in 1962.



Alternative names	Pieter De Josselin De Jong; De Josselin de Jong; De Jong
Description	Dutch painter, aquarellist, printmaker, draughtsman, illustrator and sculptor
Date of birth/death	2 August 1861	2 June 1906
Location of birth/death	Sint-Oedenrode	Amsterdam
Work location	Sint-Oedenrode (....-1879), 's-Hertogenbosch, Antwerp, Paris, The Hague (1883-1897), Rheden (after 1897 date QS:P,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ), Wassenaar (....-1903), 's-Hertogenbosch (1903-1906), Rome
Authority control	: Q2570339 VIAF: 95868289 ISNI: 0000 0000 7034 810X ULAN: 500030270 DBNL: joss005 GND: 113127847X