HM Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
✶ 31 August 1880 in Hague
✟ 28 November 1962 at the Palace of Het Loo at Apeldoorn
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 9 September 1922
motto
Je maintiendrai (I will maintain)
shield
Painted 1924 by David Friefeldt. Date of death added 1962 by the same artist.
other awards
None
Biography
Daughter of King Willem III of the Netherlands. Succeeded him as Queen during a regency 1890. Came of age 1898. Abdicated 1948 and adopted the title Princess.
Received the order at a state visit to Sweden.