646 HM Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

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.

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