The Monarchy of the Netherlands is constitutional and as such, the role and position of the monarch are defined and limited by the constitution of the Netherlands.
The constitution refers to the monarch of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as "The King". This is an indication of the role and refers equally to a man or a woman.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands has been an independent monarchy since 16 March 1815 and has been governed by members of the House of Orange-Nassau since.
Our kingdom is a young one, before that time the members of the House of Orange ruled the country as Stadtholders to begin with William the Silent.
In office 1544–1584 He was assassinated in Delft in 1584.
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29 comments:
What a wonderful and interesting post for the O Day, Wil! And what a handsome couple the royals are and lovely children! Hope you have a wonderful week! Enjoy!
Orange you clever with this topic!
What an outstanding king he will be! And what a beautiful wife and children he has!
I wish your new King and his family much health and happiness Wil - I always think they seem such a happy family and they seem to have such lovely ties with our Royal Family too.
Great carch up on the Monarchy!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
What a lovely family. I wish all the best to your new King! Great post, thanks for sharing. Have a happy week!
How interesting. No doubt there will be a lot of celebrating when he is declared KIng. A new chapter in the history of the Netherlands.
How interesting! This is all new information to me. Your Royal Family is picture perfect.
This post is a perfect example of what "Our World"is meant to be ...teaching so beautifully and painlessly about a part of the world we know nothing about!
Thank you for this piece of information. I did not know that Netherlands had a crown so heavy that one can't wear it?? Do u have a picture of it?
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So wonderfully interesting.
And remember, one of the Oranges also became king of England. Married to a Stuart, William and Mary's taking of the throne led to the Glorious Revolution and the first Bill of Rights.
Congratulations on your new King. He has such a lovely family.
Thanks Wil for sharing this exciting information with us.
Toepasselijke keuze voor de O voor deze week. Fijne dagen!
Near my home is a State Park named after Queen Wilhelmina. A hotel was built on the site in 1898 and named Wilhelmina Inn in honor of Queen Wilhelmina
An Arkies Musings
Lovely portrait. They all look so healthy and happy in the photos, and I hope that life treats them well. Must be an terrific burden at times, but the perks probably compensate. Hope so! Kate, ABC Team
When your young cricket team came here for matches they wore the bright orange outfits and were endearingly called the Orangies!!
My O - Open School
Thank you for the pics we never get to see here and get the feel of a modern young royal family! I wish them the best with taking over the reign:)
What a handsome family! good luck to you and your soon-to-be-new monarchs!
interesting learning about other royals! quite a handsome family
Lovely looking royal family.
Ann
Wonderful post for O ~ fascinating to learn of your country's traditions ~ ^_^
A lovely Royal family -I wish them a happy and peaceful reign.
Thank you for your kind words on my post, Wil...
How fascinating for O! I hope this new chapter will be a good one. (There is a Princeton myth here, that the university colors include orange because our main 1700s building - Nassau Hall - is named for William III of the House of Nassau...or Prince of Orange!:)
I shall be reading all about the inauguration, then :)
O is for...
A beautiful young family Here all the dutch come together to watch the inauguration of the King
I have to work so don't know if I can make it as it is on the other site of the city. Everything is probably already orange in Holland
Interesting post! I love Amsterdam, your post brings me fond memories of our last trip there:)
I'm glad we still have monarchies. We need the past to make sense of the present and form wisdom for the future.
Thank you for creating this informative post. My family moved into a community of people of Norwegian descent in 1960. I also had a friend, while we were in elementary school, by the last name of Stadtlander. I am going to assume the family was originally from Norway.
I always like orange color!
OUTSTANDING
Over and over again, I am always late commenting, but, trying to catch up.
Rose, ABC Wednesday Team.
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