3 Queens of The Netherlands: Wilhelmina, Juliana & Beatrix

[@SEGASister]

Imagine if Queen Wilhelmina didn’t abdicate: she’d be the first Queen Regnant to celebrate 70 years on the throne and celebrate her Platinum Jubilee. Seventy-two years and five days (23 November 1890 - 28 November 1962) would be considered the second longest reign of any monarch in history.

[@smollbaguette1084]

That's crazy to think about! She lived such a long life.

[@mikeconnolly6845]

@@smollbaguette1084 Well really she didn’t, I mean don’t get me wrong 82 is still a good age to live to… but the only reason she would have reigned for so long is that she inherited the throne at only 10! Unbelievable today if you think about it, becoming Queen at that age.

[@lsmith9249]

but she did abdicate, she was only Queen for 58 years

[@lochlangibbs1951]

I know right!

[@queenelizabeth2dn564]

Good

[@kokonana4086]

Threatenning your enemy with 10 foot flood from the openning dikes is the most Dutch thing I've ever heard. The Dutch Queen was so BADASS!

[@maaiker2977]

Thats not a threat, thats a promise, ask the spanish when they invaded. 😈

[@theon9575]

"Badass" maybe, but she was simply following in the footsteps of her forefathers! In the time of stadhouder-King Willem III, invasion by the French under Louis XIV was prevented in the same way. Before that, under William the Silent, numerous cities were saved from Spanish attack also by controlled flooding. The Dutch Queen was simply being Dutch 😂. "Oranje boven!" 🍊 👍🏻

[@maaiker2977]

@@theon9575 Exactly. We made this land. If you want it you'll get it how we found it....ocean. Go swim for it. The dutch simply use the forces of nature to assist us in our wars. Thats definitely something they didn't see coming.

[@Drobium77]

Ironic too seeing as the Dutch have the tallest people on Earth

[@romo9122]

​@@Drobium77we are trying to outgrow the water level (I'm 6'7",not quite there yet 😅

[@staceytetzlaff2822]

The bond between Willamina and Emma was pretty cute, not to mention it's a real refresher with how we occasionally get the Royal mothers and their children that are not on good terms. Also can we appreciate the fact that Queen Victoria called Willamina cute?

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Stark contrast to how Vic interacted with most of her own children.

[@juliaboskamp9666]

@@lilymarinovic1644 she liked children but only if they had a personality (so no babies) and if they behaved

[@MsLogjam]

There's a part in Gone With the Wind (book) where Scarlett uses the word 'cute' so I guess it must have entered the English language as a slang term that eventually became accepted as a proper word by the Victorian era since it's hard to imagine Queen Victoria herself using slang.

[@voaniopalm3209]

It's Wilhelmina. Btw I'm from Indonesia once part of the Dutch empire, and my grandma was born during queen wilhelmina reign. She still remember both queen wilhelmina and queen juliana as the queen of the Netherlands

[@romo9122]

I believe Queen Emma saved the monarchy and saved the family. My great grandmother always called her mother Emma for her positive influence on Wilhelmina and the government.

[@areiaaphrodite]

Lindsay: "Sophie was finally able to escape her miserable marriage.." Me: Oh, yay! Lindsay: "By dying..." Me: Oh... damn...

[@elisadickerhoof9463]

I had to do a double take.

[@hpyles30241]

For real! 😃😒🙄😭😭

[@DanasLilMakeup]

That was exactly my reaction. Poor woman, may she RIP

[@clauu58]

Haha same

[@lilymarinovic1644]

And then getting buried in her wedding dress because she felt that her wedding day was the day she died? Oh man, got me right in the feels!

[@joannabaparileszczynska]

With all the extramarital affair’s and illegitimate children royals used to (and still do) have, it’s safe to say that at least half of Europe population is in some way related to a royal house.

[@TaraLyz]

Anyone with European ancestry probably has a good chance of being related to a royal house as well.

[@RoseOfMadina]

Lol you made me crack up

[@Areyousayingidontknowmyname]

Considering the amount of straying the males did i can't imagine that the women wouldn't have dabbled in it also. So probably a percentage of the royals might not even have the different Kings DNA ;)

[@joannabaparileszczynska]

@@Areyousayingidontknowmyname definitely.

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

I hate to say it but the male monarchs fooling around may have had an effect on their ability to have healthy heirs imho

[@ladyrazorsharp]

I remember reading “The Diary of Anne Frank” where Anne recounted Queen Wilhelmina’s broadcast to her people…and how much hope it gave them all. ❤️

[@ROBERT-hu1wj]

Hello 👋 how are you doing today?

[@only1dutchgirl]

Radio Oranje (Orange)

[@Saucyakld]

Yes, but from Canada where they were hiding. The pictures were dropped by airplane and fat well fed people on the photos while the Dutch starved! Much disliked by the folk

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

Wilhelm: look how tall my soldiers are! Wilhelmina: yes and just think how quickly they can be drowned if you bomb our dams. BITCHSLAP.

[@hyperactivehyperbole]

Perhaps the best royal quote ever! I couldn’t stop laughing at her reply to that dbag

[@kristi4113]

She was a REAL one. I think if she had gotten the chance during WWII, she herself would have flooded the country to drown the Nazis. It can’t be a coincidence they bombed her home in England…someone told them where she was.🤔

[@Goldscythe]

@@hyperactivehyperbole Savage! Wonded did his pokerface hold or did he get an eye twitch.

[@evastapaard2462]

not even bomb...we would have done it ourselves! just ask the spanish...

[@audreykennedy8891]

Wilhelm or Willem?

[@thenamazing6530]

Queen Wilhelmina is one of the "lucky" White House visitors who encountered the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. While staying at the White House in 1942, she heard a knocking on her door late at night. She opened it and there stood the Lincoln's ghost. She promptly fainted.

[@ZeoViolet]

Very ladylike. XD

[@sirwelch9991]

How are you supposed to react when you see a ghost?

[@thenamazing6530]

@@sirwelch9991 There's the Winston Churchill approach. When staying at the White House, he took a late night bath, then walked naked into the adjoining bedroom and found Lincoln's ghost at the fireplace. Churchill reportedly said, "Mr. President, you seem to have me at a disadvantage."

[@bonniemagpie9960]

@@sirwelch9991 , Well when I woke up once, during the night, I saw a white misty figure standing at the foot of my bed, holding a staff...I blinked and blinked and blinked, it was just so real.

[@lightningbug276]

Wow

[@brettlarch8050]

Wilhelm: I have guards. Wilhelmina: We have water they’ll drown in.

[@ROBERT-hu1wj]

Hello 👋 how are you doing today?

[@wasifabul2545]

While smiling

[@dutchafrikaner1204]

Back in the eighteen years war, there was the third leader of the rebellion against Spain of House Orange-Nassau, Frederik Willem, whom could be considered the first actual royal if the Netherlands, he built a lot of significant palaces and was a brilliant statesman. He was also a great commander. He earned the nickname "Stedendwinger" for his many successful sieges. The Spanish believed he couldn't take Den Bosch/'S Hertogenbosch because it was marshy land. But Frederik Willem called out a guy called Leeghwater who literally pumped the marshland around the city dry. Frederik Willem might yet be one of the greatest and underestimated leaders we ever had, closely followed by Louis/Lodewijk I Bonaparte.

[@JulianPerez-it9sm]

Wilhelm: Mutti!😢

[@apveening]

@@dutchafrikaner1204 That war took "only" 80 years and is called the eighty year war.

[@aisukururimu7515]

Queen Wilhelmina was an amazing leader, something even an Indonesian like me have to admit. Her dedication for her country mirrors our own founding fathers' for Indonesia, and that's something I can really respect. She really tried her best to protect her country, whether it's politically, militarily or economically, and I can see why the Netherlands loved her so much We may have a dark history with each other, but I hope Indonesia and Netherlands can continue to go hand in hand towards a bright future

[@JosselinVuur]

It still amazes me how badass our queens are! Also it's kind of funny how most foreigners refer to the princess of orange as Catharina Amalia, wheras most dutch people refer to her as just Amalia, I didn't even know that she was actually called that untill I heard it in one of your previous videos

[@theon9575]

? "Amalia" is toch maar haar 'roepnaam', dacht ik.

[@ricardobrands9736]

Its because having multiple names refers to catholocism and wel we are a protestant nation. Prob was some compensation between willem and maxima because she is catholic. But well we only use the main name

[@Replicaate]

The story of Princess Juliana's escape to Canada is legendary here. The tulips in Ottawa remain to this day, not the same ones from the forties granted.

[@RaymondHng]

Queen Wilhelmina gifted a tulip garden to my city. It is next to the Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park.

[@dammar117]

We have a tulip festival in Ottawa every year.

[@racheld8920]

Fun fact about Wilhelmina, she refused to leave the Netherlands originally when they were invaded by the Nazi's. The prime minister of the Netherlands had to practically drag her out of the country. Juliana's husband further refused to leave the country when he was in command of the army at Zeeland, the only standing province by the end of the invasion (they held out at least 5 days after the original surrender so that French and Brittish troops could escape at Dunkirk). The only reason Zeeland stood longer was because they had a French tank devision. Queen Wilhelmina called him to the UK and he refused twice before finally relenting.

[@ingmarvandesande3235]

I am very sorry but it is a well known fact that her flight was prepared for months in advance. Don't believe these propaganda please.

[@theon9575]

Not just a "fun fact" but a very good strategic move on the part of the Dutch PM to insist that the Queen leave for London where he had set up a Government-in-Exile. King Leopold III of the Belgians also refused to leave Belgium when the Germans invaded and so he stayed put. Look at what happened to him! 😱

[@thunderbird1921]

Here's another fun fact: SEVERAL monarchs ran govts in exile from Britain during the war, in addition to Wilhelmina. One was King Peter of Yugoslavia (the young man standing next to British King George VI in this video's photo) and another was Emperor Haile Salassie of Ethiopia. Haile Salassie was the lucky one though, his country was the first of them to be liberated and he returned home in 1941. It's very possible Wilhelmina dined with each of them.

[@ricardobrands9736]

Well I doubt we where at that period of time. We went trough extreme economic crisis during and shortly before the first world war. Many fugitisves due to our neutrality and in between fighting world powers. Health care around then must have been realy bad and our length is a side effect from brilliant healthcare nowadays

[@danielaxivitz6188]

​@@thunderbird1921 Not only, also King Haakon and Prince Olav of Norway were in London with a democratic government during the II WW.

[@areiaaphrodite]

I must say that I love how much all of these Queen's weren't afraid to get down in the literal flood, mud, rain and everything else when their people needed them the most. Juliana and Wilhelmina were model wartime Queens.

[@areiaaphrodite]

@Lucia Get back to me after, it's so refreshing 😌

[@lilymarinovic1644]

And that they abdicated and had/have great lives after Queenship. Kinda hoping that after her Jubilee Liz does the same. Poor girl has earned some R and R.

[@areiaaphrodite]

@@lilymarinovic1644 Yeah but she always made it clear she is never going to abdicate. Queenship is a lifetime service for her.

[@lilymarinovic1644]

@@areiaaphrodite to be fair, if the Dutch royals had kids like Charles and Andrew they might not have abdicated either...

[@areiaaphrodite]

@@lilymarinovic1644 Well, being English, I... must emphatically agree 😑🤦‍♀️ Let's just say that I'm rather pessimistic about Charles and that old tart of his coming to the throne next 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ God bless Queen Liz for holding on as long as she has so far. That's the real service: protecting us from Charles 😤

[@CallieMasters5000]

Some minor points of interest: Queens Juliana and Beatrix both abdicated on the same Queen's Day, April 30, which makes it both easy to remember and, for Beatrix, a reign of exactly 33 years. Also, after retiring the queens downgraded to the title of Princess, so the former queen Beatrix is today known as Princess Beatrix. The famous Maho Beach on St. Marten (where large airplanes land over a nearby beach) is at Princess Juliana Airport, though it was named for her before she became queen.

[@shop-a-holic3194]

Pff... Well the slaves need too remember who their queen was... SO YEAH naming an airport after her... 😬

[@shop-a-holic3194]

@Destiny 😂🤣.. Yes, slaves!!! This video is about the Queens, but the Dutch history is terrible and in the life time of Emma and Wilhelmina it was still strong and going!!!! The Netherlands has a view slave colony's, Suriname, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (South America). Than we have in Indonesia: Java, Bali, Athje, Sumatra, and some Islands. Let we say: Even Robert E. Lee would shiver!!! 🤐... The Dutch where lucky they had colony's, so the slaves where not in the country it self! But the Queens fought hard too keep them! The last well known slave who died was Blaka Lola. 🙄 Google her and look at the dates... 🙃...

[@ericscott5224]

@@shop-a-holic3194 I will also add that Dutch sea captains played a prominent role in the trans Atlantic slave trade

[@shop-a-holic3194]

@@ericscott5224 Yess! And untill 2015 they celebrated it with sinterklaas en zwarte Piet... Big fights and protests it took every December from 1972 untill now. Beatrix never wanted to cancel that celebration! Used the argument: it's for our children.. Forgetting not every child is white in the NL.

[@gregoryjones9546]

@@ericscott5224 Yes. And The Dutch Were The First Europeans To INVADE South Africa(Azania) Their Descendants The Boers Rebelled When The British Took Over,Two Groups Of European INVADERS Fighting Over Africans Land!!! #Colonizers 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🤨🤨🤨🤨😠😡🤬

[@Kerriangel]

One thing that always pops into my mind when I think about Juliana is that in her diary; Anne Frank writes about how much she admires the royals and listened for updates about how they were and pinned pictures of them up in the annexe

[@phelanii4444]

A lady at the nursing home I work at just told me yesterday about how she used to see Queen Juliana at the market in the town near her summer home in Italy, she'd come there with her bike, park it by the church, and go off shopping. I found that very charming.

[@magesalmanac6424]

So many wonderful stories hidden away in nursing homes!

[@georgiafrye2815]

My friend came to the US in the 1950s by boat from the Netherlands leaving Rotterdam at age 11. He said his Mother and Queen Juliana shared the same birth date and she sent his Mother an annual Birthday Card. I thought that was so sweet.

[@lxxlie]

Queen Wilhelmena being the only daughter who gave birth to an only child, Queen Juliana, who gave birth to 4 daughters, with Queen Beatrix who gave birth to 3 sons with King Willem who has 3 daughters- woah 🤯

[@apveening]

As the gender of the child is determined by the father, it is noteworthy that all six of Prince Bernard's known children are daughters.

[@SandraRooke]

She was not the only daughter she had 2 brothers Who died before

[@andromeda331]

I love there were three Queens in a row. That's so cool. Emma did a good job as regent. Wilhelmina and Juliana had crappy husbands. I can't believe Juliana still loved him after all that. I know it's already been mentioned I remember reading in Anne Frank's diary about the Dutch Royal family.

[@maaiker2977]

Yeah I think regent Emma counts making it 4 queens in a row. Yeah I don't understand why the queens put up with their cr@ppy husbands.

[@lady_sir_knight3713]

Right? Juliana seems to have been a lovely woman with a dogshit husband.

[@apveening]

Prince Bernard wasn't that crappy, especially compared to others of his kind, he kept her happy.

[@chimdinmaogbuagu3738]

What an inspiring royal family. Thank God for Queen Wihelminas mother who changed the tide for the Netherlands royalty

[@jbyrd4728]

Queen Beatrix is not like Queen Elizabeth. No ostentatious formalities or bowing or I’m royal and you are not… She dedicated the American School of the Hague in 1991. No guards, no extreme formality. I walked out right next to her. A lovely family with the heart of the people always in the forefront!!

[@BlackStump172]

That will change when William is King , I believe. Charles, I don’t know ?

[@voaniopalm3209]

The Netherlands and UK are two different kingdom tho. UK monarchy has a longer continuous history that can be traced to the middle ages. And they used to rule half of the world and still have a big influence until today

[@Kuribohcoast]

Princess Margrit was actually in Ottawa this past weekend to open our annual Tulip Festival!

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

I went to the tulip festival 11 years ago. It was so beautiful.

[@staceytetzlaff2822]

Cool! that was last weekend?

[@RaymondHng]

Queen Wilhelmina gifted a tulip garden to my city. It is next to the Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park.

[@lienslender1410]

I love this! I'm Dutch myself and it feels so good to see some for my country! Thank you for this, Lindsay

[@noahnl8790]

I went to visit the royal Palace of Loo today. This morning I thought to myself “Imagine if Lindsay Holiday uploads a video about our queens tonight… Nah, that’s not going to happen.” 😝❤️

[@dime3838]

My Great Great Great grandma and her sister were actually good friends with Wilhelmina,they met as children through their mothers being best friends and they also kept friendly interactions,they were named Floris and Ilse. They became Lady in waitings for Wilhemina at a young age,when they were 11 and 9. They were there for Wilhelmina until she died,they went to her wedding,most trips she went on and were amazing friends. Floris got married 1898 to a Dutch Count. However,it was an arranged marriage that they weren't keen on,and they despised each other. And Floris even made it clear as in a party,she yelled,I have a husband who's good at 1 thing(silence),having affairs with fat ugly cows that aren't his wife and left that party a controversial women. He Divorced her for adultery,yet noone believed him,and he was imprisoned for his lies by the Queen herself. This made Wilhemina and Floris have an unbreakable bond that made them closer than ever. Floris remarried in 1908,to a wealthy Marquess of England,where she left Netherlands to presume her royalty in England. She got pregnant at the age 29 and had a baby girl,named Isabelle. People questioned why she had a baby at 29,and not earlier. But she shunned them,if they were fat,she would say go use ur time wisely by exercising,and if they were skinny she'd say,go to a chef,ask for food so u can gain a few'. And then come back to me. She was sassy yet still classy and composed. She had another baby at age 31,to another girl named Johanna. In 1914,World War 1 broke out and her family resigned back in the Netherlands. She reunited with Wilhelmina,and the Queen even bought them a Palace just for the 2 families to stay in. Ilse had a much more boring life,but passed away in 1915 as the Palace she was staying in was bombed by the Germans,and her family later joined her. Johanna and Isabelle were just like their mother and aunt,Johanna was rational and radiant,like Floris,but Isabelle was quite sweet and shy,like Ilse. They were also friends with the Queen,especially Johanna. As a gift,Johanna bought a necklace which was 80,000 for the Queen,and the Queen gave Johanna a royal estate near her Palace. Johanna was to be wed in 1937,but on the wedding day,she tool everyone's jewelry and outfits,sold it and cancelled the wedding,she spent the money on charity and yelled "Who needs expensive dresses when you have all these cheap knock off brands". And never got married

[@colormetakenaback]

I love the painting of Queen Wilhelmina in her white dress and white parasol by the pond. So elegant 🦢💗 I never knew how hard The Netherlands rocks! All those amazing Queens and another one on the way up. I love it.

[@mlfett6307]

Ottawa (where I live) still has a Tulip Festival every year to honour the friendship with the Netherlands.

[@DutchSimmer1]

One of the things I remember well from my WW2 part of history class is that Canadian soldiers stayed for a far longer time than other countries’ soldiers to help rebuild the Netherlands. Of course, other countries had other priorities, but I like how the Netherlands and Canada still hold this friendship between the countries.

[@evastapaard2462]

we're still very fond of canadians. not only did they liberate the netherlands but I;ve never heard a bad word about Canadian soldiers. Americans on the other hand...wow.

[@heatherjones2701]

I'd like to see something on Queen Desideria of Sweden. She had an interesting life. Born a merchants daughter in Marseilles, France, her family surviving the French revolution, was engaged to Napoleon while he was still a General in the French army, (he left her for Josephine), but her sister married his brother, and married another general who was adopted by the swedish King to be his heir, eventually making her Queen of Sweden, and her descendents sit on the Swedish throne today.

[@gregoryjones9546]

Yes,That Is A Fascinating Story About Queen Desideria(Formerly Desiree Clary)Of Sweden,Now I Know Why The Swedish Princesses Have French Names Like Desiree And Madeline,Because The Current Swedish Dynasty The House Of Bernadotte Came From France. The Founder Of The Dynasty And Desideria's Husband Was Born Jean Jules Baptiste Bernadotte,He Regined As Charles(Karl)XIV John(Johan). The Swedish Parliament(Rikstad) Chose An Heir For The Childless Charles XIII That Napoleon The French Emperor Would Approve Of,Karl XIV Was At That Time Marshall Of France. After He Became King,He Later Broke With Napoleon,And After His Defeat The Alliance Rewarded Him With Adding Norway To Sweden,Norway Remained A Separate Kingdom Under The Swedish Monarchy Until 1905,When It Became An Independent Kingdom.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

@@gregoryjones9546 Her background reminds me of Princess Kate! As Crown Princess of Sweden, she got into trouble for doing unroyal things like visiting the local silk shops, and she had to return to France for several years. (She was a bit kooky, doing things like attending the opera but only arriving after the performance was finished...) Jean Simmons played her in the 1954 movie DESIREE, with Marlon Brando as Napoleon. Her son eventually married Josephine's granddaughter, providing a sort of "closure" to their rivalry...

[@pualamnusantara7903]

As an Indonesian, this is such an interesting thing to watch, not only because of the obvious historical connection reason (I mean, the first 2 monarchs' name often appeared in my history textbooks which made me interested in learning more about them when I saw the title) but I was also interested on how the situation and things happened in Indonesia (or back then Dutch East Indies) affected the The Netherlands and its monarchy back home in Europe.

[@nadyezdarifa235]

Well it surely benefited them really well... in the cost of the Indonesian people ofc..

[@ricberretty8224]

You might want to get a copy of Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World by David van Reijbroek- a Belgian historian who meticulously researched the Dutch in Indonesia/Indies

[@aisukururimu7515]

Same here, I'm mostly here to learn about how our fight against the Netherlands in Indonesia affect their monarchy government policies back in the days

[@areiaaphrodite]

Personally, if I were Juliana, after everything Bernhard did and how much embarrassment he caused, I wouldn't want him buried next to me 😒

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Not like she had a choice...

[@areiaaphrodite]

@@lilymarinovic1644 I mean, isn't a will someone's choice for after their death..? In my will, I'd just be like "He was a pain in my ass and reign for too long, do NOT bury him next to me. He can kick rocks on the other side of the church. Amen, thank you, Jesus; praise the Lord 🙏"

[@Liitebulb]

All the Royal husbands have been philandering. Think of the diseases they could potentially bring to others. Not that women don't philander but its a death sentence for them whereas the men get a free ride on women's wealth. Accepting a bribe when you're already rich lol what

[@ashley-anne7043]

@@areiaaphrodite rotfl he can kick rocks on the other side of the church. you're awesome

[@areiaaphrodite]

@@ashley-anne7043 thank you 😅

[@michelkoerts1409]

Let's be honest. We all enjoyed seeing Queen Wilhelmina and Queen Juliana on their bikes! 👸🚲

[@FlatSiren23]

my parents met Juliana and Bernhard when my mom was pregnant with me. My mom loved Juliana loved the princess so much she named me after her 🥰 love learning more about my namesake, such an amazing woman

[@MasterBritannicJess]

Juliana vind ik ook de leukste

[@hecate3062]

I remember a story of a soldier just after the war when the royal family returned. The young princess Beatrix had trouble with the steep aircraft stairs so he helped her down. He put the future Queen back on Dutch soil with his own hands.

[@philliphall1563]

Thank you Lindsay for doing this amazing video as I am 1/4th Dutch on my mother's side and my mother's mum (My omie) always spoke very fondly of the 3 Queens of Holland before her death and I've always wanted to understand and explore my Dutch heritage more so deeply thank you again for posting this.

[@romo9122]

Omie❤ thats so Dutch! The cutified version of oma which is the informal version of grootmoeder (grandmother) Grtz from yr 1/4th homeland😊🇳🇱

[@Theturtleowl]

Willem III wanted to marry his mistress, the opera singer Émilie Ambre, but parlement turned that idea down. Also, his nickname in the press was 'Koning Gorilla' or King Gorilla.

[@yaelhoefs4791]

YES!! As a Dutch person I’m so happy you make a video about our royal family 😍 thank you!

[@Coppertop05]

My Oma survived in the North…she remembers the days when Juliana visited their bakery for my Great Opa’s boterkoek after the war. Oma immigrated to Canada with my Opa in the early 1950s because of the way Canadians helped the Dutch during the war. I love hearing the stories about these remarkable Queens, because it reminds me of my Oma - strong women, all.

[@marijegroeneveld7507]

I’m from the Netherlands and in my hometown we have a lot of descendants from prince Henry. He always hunted in the Veluwe (a area with wild animals and a lot of nature) and had a lot of mistresses there. Most of these women where farmers daughters or wives.

[@MasterBritannicJess]

Koningin Juliana vind ik de leukste

[@marijegroeneveld7507]

@@MasterBritannicJess absoluut met jou eens!!

[@sirwelch9991]

This is why the Dutch Monarchy is one of the most unique!

[@literology1329]

I really like the Princess of Orange who will be queen. She just looks like someone who will do well for her people.

[@pierrefireball2505]

I am sorry, I am Canadian, and I am aware that the Queen of the Netherlands resides in Canada during WWII. I wonder which Queen it was, and to this day, Ottawa, our Canadian capital, is honored by thousands of tulip bulbs. If you ever have the occasion to visit Ottawa in the spring when those tulips bloom, it is a sight to behold, and we always honor the Netherlands.

[@apveening]

The ones residing in Ottawa during the war were heir presumptive princess Juliana and her two eldest daughters, Beatrix and Irene, her third daughter Margriet was born there.

[@lupabatista5646]

I lived in NL for quite a long while and was there on the first King's day parade, saw the sir up close myself as a mere 14yo. And even he had quite the issues with his marriage, since Queen Maxima, is the daughter of a well known international criminal. But just like in the past with prince Claus, she is now very beloved by the dutch people(sometimes even a bit more than her own husband). Amalia is known for being in general very down to earth, my friend's younger sister goes to the same highschool as her and has said she pretty much hangs out with everyone and isn't necessarily stuck up. Neither are her sisters. The dutch monarchy continues to have popularity regardless of all the shit show, exactly because of that, they are down to earth, their children grow up with the people and they are just in general very nice. Thank u so much for making this video about them!! Funny Fact: Queen Elizabeth was coronated just a while after queen Juliana(around 5 years I think) and she saw her abdication, Beatrix coronation, abdication, and the rise of Willem lol. She is also very good friends with Beatrix since their youth!

[@Arcessitor]

Royalty being down to Earth is exactly the opposite of what should make them monarchs. Might as well disband the Royal Family at that point. They should be above the people, that's what Royalty is for.

[@evastapaard2462]

@@Arcessitor not entirely in favor of royalty but thats a pretty stupid argumentation.

[@lupabatista5646]

@@Arcessitor some people have shit takes, then, there is you.

[@ricardobrands9736]

@@Arcessitor It may be for countries but if you know the dutch history you know it doesnt work like that in here. We used to be a republic with a prince of orange as stadsholder. In here he had to get the favour of the commoners to end as king and not the nobles as in most countries

[@apveening]

Maxima already won the hearts of a lot of Dutch during the engagement when she made a remark about Willem-Alexander after he had goofed. 'Hij was een beetje dom' (He was a little bit stupid).

[@juliaboskamp9666]

i'm so glad you finally made a whole video about the dutch greetings from the netherlands

[@ROBERT-hu1wj]

Hello 👋 how are you doing today?

[@cottoncandid3223]

I remember my grandma once told me a story when she was a child, she was once given a candy by Queen Wilhelmina and the other children too when The Queen was in Indonesia (which back than was Dutch East Indies)

[@āuroseGT]

I am honestly saddend by the decrease in popularity of the monarchie. I find it to be something beautiful and bonding. They do so much good work all around the world, serve as face of our country and give me a sense of unification of our nation. I'm proud to have a royal family who do not dictate the country, but serve the country to the best of their ability. They unite us, and strenghten us when the need arises.

[@otaviofrnazario]

It's a very complex subject... here in my country (🇧🇷) if Dom Pedro II wasn't thrown out in a coup, his descendants would suffer the same fate. He was, and somewhat still is, a popular figure despite everything. His descendants however, are a whole other story. This makes the monarchy, our empire, unlikely to ever make a return. They are a target of jokes now when they pronounce themselves as "emperor" or "prince" in the present form. Stuff like "they are the NPC's of the country" or, when a person emphasizes it's surname a lot, "your name is Orleans and Bragança?" (the royal surnames here). More so, there is the scandal of taxes that people of Petropolis (a countryside city in the state of Rio de Janeiro) have to pay until today, straight to the family, when they acquire a parcel of land or real estate in some parts of the city. This was a situation of extreme upset among the people when heavy rains ravaged Petrópolis twice in the last decade, and the family offered nothing except prays. There was one thing worthy of some sympathy regarding them though, the fire at the National Museum. The losses were heavy for the country history and overall researching sciences, and many articles of memorabilia were lost. Among them, the paper in which Princess Isabel signed the law that banned slavery in our country. More so, the National Museum was the imperial palace and acted as the parliament building when our first republican constitution was drafted and discussed. For queens like Wilhelmina, Juliana and Beatrix, I would run through a tank. For emperors like the current generation of the Orleans and Bragança family, defection was certain.

[@blahblahblahblah729]

​@@otaviofrnazario The monarchy was still popular amoung the working class, and amoung the former slaves. We can't forget that our revoluciotion was an elite one. The elite formed of former slave oweners from coffee and sugar cane plantation. Our reforme wasn't a popular one, but an elite one. And Princess Isabel was still popular. If they weren't deposed, she'd probably marry a more important royal, and the current former brazilian household wouldn't be the one we have today.

[@otaviofrnazario]

@@blahblahblahblah729 I agree in parts... But would she keep the standard? I don't know, Pedro II set the bar way too high

[@voaniopalm3209]

I'm from Indonesia once part of the Dutch empire, and my grandma was born during queen wilhelmina reign. She still remember both queen wilhelmina and queen juliana as the queen of the Netherlands. Queen Juliana was the queen who sign away our independence from the Netherlands, not long after she was took the throne. She's also the first Dutch monarch who came to Indonesia, and were very welcome by the people!

[@jocviral2022]

Noongan Hospital, a hospital in the province of North Sulawesi, a province in Indonesia, was built by the Dutch colonial as a tribute to Queen Emma of the kingdom of Netherlands. Was built in 1932, and inaugurated on July 16, 1934 by Governor De Jong under the name "Koningin Emma Sanatorium te Noongan" or "Sanatorium Emma Noongan". I've heard that the original building of the hospital is in the shape of the letter E when viewed from above which is the initials of Queen Emma.

[@tamaliaalisjahbana6849]

Well, Queen Juliana and Beatrice were far better educated than Queen Elizabeth II with their degrees from Leiden. By the way, those trying to ram the gates at Soesdijk palace were not Indonesian revolutionaries. By 1975 there were no Indonesian revolutionaries. Indonesian independence was acknowledged by the Dutch in 1949. The people at Soestdijk were Dutch nationals of Moluccan descent unhappy because the Dutch had not kept their promises to them.

[@kobebellezaibarreta8874]

This video is amazing!!! This 3 dutch Queen Regnants gives me an amazing impact especially Queen Whilhelmina which she became queen at 10, how brave she was that time!! I really enjoy this video, thank you so much Ms. Lindsay

[@butwhatif...7427]

This was wonderful. I've never heard of these amazing women until now. I'm glad I did. And Thankful you made this video. 🙂

[@theon9575]

So there were really FOUR Queens. As described, Queen Emma was Queen Consort but served as Regent from the time of the King's death, and so she carried out all the duties & functions of Queen & Head of State for her daughter for 8 years. That should count as being the first of 4 Queens, I reckon.

[@Arcessitor]

Exactly.

[@keizelharf5393]

No. Regent is regent, not a monarch, although she had full control to government.

[@wasifabul2545]

5 when the princess of orange becomes queen of the Netherlands

[@theon9575]

@@keizelharf5393 Exactly. That's why I wrote that "should" count - because functionally she was as a monarch though she acted as Regent. But it doesn't, as you say. (Personally, Queen Emma is a favourite of mine, and she was loved & admired by the Dutch in her day. Out of duty to her family, this minor German princess aged 20 years agreed to marry the 62 year-old widower, Willem III, "King Gorilla", an aggressive psychopath who abused his first wife, and who was a known "hoerenjager" frequenter of Paris brothels and likely syphilitic. Miraculously, Queen Emma conceived of a child and thus can be regarded the saviour of the Dutch House of Orange. Emma nurtured & taught Wilhelmina who could take over smoothly at 18 years. As Regent from 1890, aged only 32, she was Head of State in an all-male Hague-government unused to female rule, and essentially Queen Emma assertively created role & model that her daughter could step into when she came of age. Imagine!

[@theon9575]

@@keizelharf5393 You should remember that, in any constitutional monarchy, the monarch does NOT have "full control to government". That's the whole point of a constitutional monarchy.

[@GaiaRich]

Fun fact, prins Frisso always said to kids about Alexander when he was young 'please don't beat him to hard because otherwise I have to be king'

[@missfleming5465]

I'm looking forward to seeing you do a video on Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee including her previous jubilees as well as other royals jubilee celebrations in honor of their ascension to their respective thrones.

[@georgiafrye2524]

I had a good friend who was from The Netherlands now deceased, who came to the US in the early 1950s . His Mother had the same Birth Date as Queen Wilhelmina and every year she received a Birthday card from her. I thought that was so lovely.

[@ericbrown8106]

“In 1877, Queen Sophie got out of 38 years of miserable marriage [😀 Yay! Finally! Good for her!] by dying at the age of 58 [😔 awww…].”

[@joansmit5782]

Thank you for your excellent pronunciation of the Queens’ names!

[@lilkirsche]

It's so great that Dutch Kings and Queens can abdicate when they feel like it's enough, enjoy a real retirement and still can give advices if needed to their sons or daughters. And the sons and daughters can enjoy their coronation with having them there as well. That's beautiful. Of course it may cause conflicts in regards of how to rule correctly but I feel like it works really well in the Netherlands. Thanks. Amazing, strong women we have seen here! ❤️💪🏻

[@apveening]

They set a pretty nice example. On January 31 2013 (then) Queen Beatrix announced she was going to abdicate on April 30. A couple of days later Pope Benedict made a similar announcement but with a shorter time frame. Later that year King Albert of the Belgians abdicated. In 2014 King Juan-Carlos of Spain abdicated and in 2019 Emperor Akihito abdicated (contrary to Japanese legislation, which had to be amended to allow it happening).

[@brittanykaufman9394]

Thank you for making this! I named my youngest daughter Wilhelmina after her father William. You'd be surprised at how many song's that were made for Wilhelminas!

[@ROBERT-hu1wj]

Hello 👋 how are you doing today?

[@Liitebulb]

I can't believe how old she is. When I was a kid I met Queen Beatrix. We were living in the Netherlands when her mother died. There is also a picture of prins Willem talking to my sister when she was very small. She didn't know who he was. I definitely thought amalia was university age now, if she's born in 2003.

[@Lidalgirl]

I recall reading she's taken a gap year - She will likely start university this autumn.

[@ry651]

The last exiled German emperor Wilhelm II he lived and died in Doorn the Netherlands. Queen Wilhelmina was the one to let him stay but she never visited him. He is buried in Doorn and his former house is a museum.

[@KL-ki8db]

Well considering that he basically threatened her before, I wouldn’t blame her for not visiting him. Familial royal or not, you don’t get away with threatening me and my country.

[@Laramaria2]

"She came under the influence of faith healer..." Me: NO NO NO NO NO!!! 😱

[@venusxaino]

my mind went: ra ra rasputin

[@staceytetzlaff2822]

I don't think it was him, so you can relax

[@C.V.20]

@@venusxaino lover of the Russia Queen!

[@sweethistortea]

I knew I wasn't the only one who thought of the Romanovs.

[@Laramaria2]

@@staceytetzlaff2822 thank God it wasn't 🤣

[@flamenca99]

Just found your channel, I love it! And this video about our female Dutch royals makes me proud, they are definitely not perfect(who is?!) but very human! I once met Queen Maxima (who everybody calls by her first name) in a business setting, she is very friendly and so down to earth. She helped me carry some heavy boxes while walking on her signature towering heels👠👠. Thanks and Love from the Netherlands ❤️.

[@ynys_mon6928]

I so commend the Dutch people for their fortitude through both WW1 and WW2. The free Dutch Navy were based in my home town (Holyhead) during WW2, and so two of my mothers cousins married Dutch sailors and moved to Holland after the war.

[@hpyles30241]

I love English royalty and history but I'm so thankful for new people and new royalty and new facts. Thankyou so much. Love your videos.

[@ROBERT-hu1wj]

Hello 👋 how are you doing today?

[@hpyles30241]

@@ROBERT-hu1wj I'm good how are you

[@ROBERT-hu1wj]

@@hpyles30241 Good.. nice to meet you here

[@ROBERT-hu1wj]

@@hpyles30241 Well my name is Alex Robert I'm originally from Texas USA..You ?

[@wasifabul2545]

This is about the Dutch queen

[@CetinAmsterdam]

As born raised in the Netherlands well done little history docu especially the images some I never saw before 🙌🏼

[@PerfectlyImperfect93]

Thank You Lindsay! You’ve made my Tuesdays better once again!💕✨

[@hollywoodamanda]

I second this! #tuesdayswithlindsayholiday

[@martijnkeisers5900]

I am from the Netherlands, and I must say you did an excellent job!! My compliments.

[@ramonholandes7183]

The quite well achieved attempt to pronounce Dutch names is very much appreciated. Especially in the case of the royal palace 'Het Loo' not becoming 'The Loo'.

[@JeaniinaDammie]

Me being Dutch makes this so much better 😍😍

[@nitzneymann3977]

Queen Wilhelmina was an extraordinary queen. What a beautiful badass story she writes on the Dutch history. What a woman!

[@Amelia-vk4jt]

Got out of her misery by dying 😭 Omg the wedding dress poor women

[@areiaaphrodite]

That was kind of deep ngl

[@aceofspades8634]

Very interesting video about three remarkable ladies! Since we’re on the topic of Queen-Regnants, would you consider making one about Isabella II of Spain? I’m rather interested in her life story and sometimes think she’s overlooked, especially compared to her only other (European) Queen-Regnant contemporary, Queen Victoria (I’m not counting Queen Wilhelmina since only took power close to the end of their reigns).

[@LotteVen]

Yess! The Dutch royals! Thank you for this video, I really loved it. Love from the Netherlands!

[@joykoski7111]

Thank you for this. As a Canadian I knew well the story of the Canadians participation but didn't know much about what came before and after. Today I have been informed,

[@maja.z.pszczola]

I’m currently studying at Leiden University, and during a break the topic of the Royal family came up ( we’re mostly international students in my course) and how the last few monarchs attended the school, but princesses Amalia decided to go to Amsterdam, so we joked that we were denied having her as a classmate 😅

[@jolanda.c]

Emma had her own Palace in the Hague. You can visit it, as it is nowadays a museum displaying the art of Escher.

[@roygoldstein6216]

Lindsay, I love your videos! I feel like a cool idea for the next series would be on the children of Philip and Juana of Castile, since all of the children have such fascinating stories!

[@ahmadganteng7435]

As Indonesian, this is interesting. We never known Dutch royalty news, because.. well, politic.. Around 1914 the dutch build 3 tunnel named Henrik, Juliana and Wilhelmina in west java area. It is being use for some moment, then abandoned until present day. At 1.127 meters, Wilhelmina Tunnel until this day is still the longest tunnel in our country..

[@deniseeulert2503]

Sounds to me like Emma saved the monarchy of the Netherlands.

[@lasloapollo4312]

She did everything to endear the country to Princess Wilhelmina. Every goverment building had a painting of the young princess. The country was so in love with her that communism never found its footing in the netherlands

[@peterbradshaw8018]

Whilelmina was the richest woman in her day. What she said to her cousin The Kaiser about his soldiers is priceless.

[@r-t9266]

What an incredible story. They sound like a good family.

[@romo9122]

Prince Claus was a living saint. Thnk God he was spared the agony of his son's death. He was a lovely, sweet and kind man.

[@kristi4113]

That picture of Juliana is the epitome of flexin’! It just oozes glamour and coolness.

[@floorwagemakers8706]

You mean the one with the feather stole? That one was only recently( ish) released because it was originally deemed far to sexy. ( i used to work in a museum where this picture was discovered in the legacy of mr Ziegler, the photographer, who's daughter was a very sweet old lady who together with her siblings knew a lot about her father photo's and could tell us their stories)

[@kristi4113]

@@floorwagemakers8706 Yes! I can see why people back then would think it was too racy, but it’s too darn cool. I’m glad it didn’t stay hidden away forever.

[@hyperactivehyperbole]

Prince Heinrich the 32nd?! (Sorry my Roman numeral knowledge doesn’t go up that far) Any idea what the highest numerical number attached to a royal’s name is? Genuinely curious, this prince Heinrich is the highest I’ve heard of.

[@annearchy98]

XXXII I think

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

In fairness I did a double take when I heard that.

[@FishBoneD14]

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[@lilymarinovic1644]

@@annearchy98 Pope John XXIII? Yes Popes are monarchs, so it counts. For non-Popes I know France had Louis XVIII during the post-Napoleon restoration of the French monarchy. He would probably be the highest numbered.

[@jonathangoll2918]

I think it's because the German princely family of Reuss has a very strange naming system. From what I remember, every single male is called Heinrich (Henry), and they are just numbered in sequence, going back to one at the turn of a century. That's why the numbers go so high.

[@johnthompson932]

Loved it bought a pair of hand painted plates made in Holland to celebrate Queen Wilhelmina but couldn't figure the date as she was at least 8 but this was when she was allowed to be nominated as successor to the throne.

[@azisora6008]

I’m pretty sure the next dutch monarch will be another queen, King Willem-Alexander’s oldest child is a girl, she’s 18

[@apveening]

His other children are also daughters, so unless the succession passes to(the line of) his brother Prince Constantijn, we are talking about certainty.

[@Jayvee4635]

Indonesia: Declares independence Queen Wilhelmina: That's it! I'm done!

[@wtm1]

Another great video, always enjoy them, you are very thorough, and detailed.

[@Iflie]

Emma was certainly a blessing, they are still very smart in that line now. They don't give out university degrees by status of birth and the king was quizzing his daughter for fun too. Queen maxima has remarked the oranjes have a memory like an elephant. I really like Beatrix, though not actually much of a political power she would call in the ministers and talked about the issues with them completely informed on everything. They were intimidated. But she was also warmhearted, smarter than her son. We look forward to another queen.

[@danielaxivitz6188]

If I remember well Wilhelmina's mother Emma was sister of the wife of Leopold duke of Albany , Queen Victoria's younger son . So king Carl Gustav of Sweden and Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands are third cousins.

[@dammar117]

Fun fact: upon abdication, these queens were demoted to princesses. I remember being shocked by this when Juliana abdicated

[@charmainelamont2020]

That's how it works in most monarchies. Only in Spain aand Belgium does an abdicating monarch retain the title of King or Queen.

[@dutchman7623]

They voluntary adapt the title of Princess after abdication. Nobody forces them. King Willem I kept the title of King after his abdication, for example. After their death the title is restored, so both Wilhelmina and Juliana are referred to as Queens once again.

[@dammar117]

@@dutchman7623 Interesting.

[@andypham1636]

it's like how Edward VIII was styled the prince Edward on his post abdication speech

[@dutchman7623]

@@dammar117 Queen Emma kept her title as regentes and also after Queen Wilhelmina was installed as monarch. Also did Queen Anna Palowna after her husband King Willem II died, during King Willem III and Queen Sophie. But those queens were never monarch, or 'The King' as mentioned in our constitution. They got their title when their husband became monarch. All ruling queens voluntary gave up their title after their daughter / son succeeded the throne. Countess Henriëtte de Nassau - d'Oultremont de Wégimont never used the title queen, nor princess, after she married King Willem Frederik after his abdication.

[@hildatrellis907]

As the English daughter of a Dutch war bride, I’m equally proud of my Dutch heritage. Thank you for this lovely tribute.

[@christiamark9184]

'Her life ended on her wedding day'......damn.

[@jalleelbansie7565]

This was a amazing video. Hartelijk dank

[@cynthiawick216]

Thanks for this video. I too found it very interesting. I love your thorough & opinionated explanations of history!

[@ROBERT-hu1wj]

Hello 👋 how are you doing today?

[@paulinadeboer3604]

I like this video but the kiss wasn't staged. The truth is, it was in Amsterdam and they weren't expecting her there at all. She was in a another city that day. It was a surprice for everyone. And Amsterdammers well they aren't shy put it mildly.

[@raziqilmi2709]

Slight correction to the abduction attempt of Queen Juliana, the abductors were a group of separatist movement called the South Moluccas Republic, an archipelago on the eastern side of Indonesia that were predominantly pro-dutch during Indonesian War of Independence, and a lot of moluccans were part of the Dutch Indies Army (KNIL) and when the Queen formally transferred the sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the Indonesian Republic, most of the pro-dutch ex KNIL armies were moved to the Netherlands. The movement tried to kidnap the Queen to force the dutch government to recognize their republic. And the movement remained troublesome throughout the 70s and made terror attacks and hostage situations in the Netherlands. Though religious conflict and discriminations in the Moluccas itself wouldn't abate until the late 90s and eventually resolved in the early 2000s. Today the movement is still very alive in the Netherlands even though most of these moluccans seperatists are now third generation dutch citizens, who holds dutch passport, don't speak moluccans and never been to the moluccas themselves.

[@ry1786]

Just like a dog got locked by its onwer for failing him Lol RMS

[@karienastander]

She didn't just send a warship to get President Paul Kreuger, she also funded a school that still stands today - Chisistelik en National Meisieskool Oranje (named for the House of Orange) and as an alumni of that school, we are very thankful to the queen for giving my people a fighting chance.

[@marleybedford8628]

A wonderful documentary. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you

[@sandipdutta7138]

There is a similar example of successive female rulers in India. There were 4 Nawab Begums who ruled the erstwhile princely state of Bhopal (in present day Madhya Pradesh state in central India) for 107 years from 1819 to 1926. The Nawab Begums were Qudsia Begum, Sikander Jahan Begum, Shah Jahan Begum and Sultan Jahan Begum.