Who married Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands?

  • Queen Máxima of the Netherlands married Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands on . William Alexander of the Netherlands was 34 years old on the wedding day (34 years, 9 months and 6 days). Queen Máxima of the Netherlands was 30 years old on the wedding day (30 years, 8 months and 16 days). The age gap was 4 years, 0 months and 20 days.

Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands: Marriage Status Timeline

Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

Willem-Alexander (Dutch: [ˈʋɪləm aːlɛkˈsɑndər]; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands, reigning since 2013.

Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht during the reign of his maternal grandmother, Queen Juliana, as the eldest child of Princess Beatrix (later Queen) and Prince Claus. He became Prince of Orange as heir apparent upon his mother's accession on 30 April 1980. He went to public primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands, and an international sixth-form college in Wales. He served in the Royal Netherlands Navy, and studied history at Leiden University. He married Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti in 2002, and they have three daughters: Catharina-Amalia, Alexia, and Ariane. Willem-Alexander succeeded his mother as monarch upon her abdication on 30 April 2013. He is the first man to hold this position since the death of his great-great-grandfather William III in 1890, as the intervening three monarchs—his great-grandmother Wilhelmina, his grandmother Juliana and his mother Beatrix—had all been women.

Willem-Alexander is interested in sports and international water management issues. Until his accession to the throne, he was a member of the International Olympic Committee (1998–2013), chairman of the Advisory Committee on Water to the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment (2004–2013), and chairman of the Secretary-General of the United Nations' Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (2006–2013).

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Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

Máxima de los Países Bajos (nacida Máxima Zorreguieta; Buenos Aires, 17 de mayo de 1971) es la reina consorte de los Países Bajos por su matrimonio con el rey Guillermo Alejandro, con quien tiene tres hijas: las princesas Catalina Amalia, Alexia y Ariane, que son primera, segunda y tercera, respectivamente, en la línea de sucesión.

Argentina de nacimiento, trabajaba en el sector financiero cuando conoció a Guillermo Alejandro, hijo mayor y heredero de la reina Beatriz, en 1999. Se casaron en 2002 y se convirtieron en reyes tras la abdicación de su suegra el 30 de abril de 2013. Máxima ha promovido la integración social de los inmigrantes, los derechos LGBT y la inclusión financiera.

Es la quinta mujer nacida en América perteneciente a la realeza europea (cuarta consorte), tras Josefina de Beauharnais, emperatriz consorte de los franceses (en Martinica), María II, soberana de Portugal (en Brasil), María Teresa Mestre, gran duquesa consorte de Luxemburgo (en Cuba) y Grace Kelly, princesa consorte de Mónaco (en Estados Unidos).

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Wedding Location

Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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