Bernhard met then-Princess Juliana at the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Prince Bernhard, who had remained in London with Queen Wilhelmina and members of the exiled Dutch government, was able to visit his family in Canada and be there for Margriet's birth. These children were Baroness Elise Bentinck, Baroness Elisabeth van Hardenbroek and Jonkvrouwe Miek (Mary) de Jonge. Her mother and husband remained in Britain with the Dutch government-in-exile.[5]. Prince Bernhard planned to divorce his wife but decided against it when he, as he told an American journalist, "found out that the woman still loved him"[citation needed]. In the same year, the Princess enrolled as a student at the University of Leiden. Lydia Starbuck is Associate Editor at Royal Central and the main producer and presenter of the Royal Central Podcast and Royal Central Extra. Dr. Worter, who had baptised Juliana and would now oversee her marriage. Juliana did not appear in public after this time. He died in 2004. Dezember 2004 in Utrecht), Prinz der Niederlande war Prinzgemahl der Juliana von Oranien-Nassau, Königin der Niederlande. [7] Adamski informed a London newspaper about the invitation, which prompted the court and cabinet to request that the queen cancel her meeting with Adamski, but the queen went ahead with the meeting, saying that "A hostess cannot slam the door in the face of her guests. She survived, however, thanks to the underlying devotion she had earned over the years. The prince also accepted that he would have to give up wearing his beloved uniforms. During the German invasion of the Netherlands in the Second World War, the royal family was evacuated to the United Kingdom. Princess Juliana, the heir to the Dutch throne, wore an elaborate harem costume; other guests dressed up as pashas and houris. The royal family returned to the Netherlands after its liberation in 1945. More than 1800 people drowned and tens of thousands were trapped by the floodwaters. In 2009, an exhibition of portraits of Juliana, and objects from her life, was held at the Het Loo Palace to mark the centenary of her birth. On a cold, January day in 1937, a happy young couple stepped out into the chilly air to make royal history. They married in The Hague on 7 January 1937, the date on which Princess Juliana's grandparents, King William III and Queen Emma, had married fifty-eight years earlier. The girl was born in 1947 with cataracts in both eyes and was soon diagnosed as almost totally blind in one eye and severely limited in the other. An event in April 1967, helped by an improving Dutch economy, brought an overnight revitalization of the royal family: the first male heir to the Dutch throne in 116 years, Willem-Alexander, was born to Princess Beatrix. Nazi Germany Many of Prince Bernhard 's family members and friends were supporters of Nazi Germany. Only Colnect automatically matches collectibles you want with collectables collectors offer for sale or swap. These included Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (her first cousin), Duchess Thyra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (her second cousin), Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia (her first cousin once removed), Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (her second cousin), and two of Bernhard’s first cousins, Princess Sieglinde of Lippe and Princess Elisabeth of Lippe.[4]. Her reign saw the decolonization and independence of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and Suriname. She died on March 20th 2004 and her husband passed away just nine months later. Juni 1911 in Jena; † 1. The first of their four daughters, Princess Beatrix, was born on 31 January 1938, followed by Princess Irene on 5 August 1939. Princes from the United Kingdom and Sweden were "vetted" but either declined or were rejected by the princess. Note the white carnation in the Prince’s lapel. The groom was made a Prince of the Netherlands on his wedding day and changed the spellings of his name to the Dutch versions. For example, one of his mistresses would have received more than former queen Juliana. Juliana was forced to take over as regent from 14 October to 1 December 1947. The late Princess, a Pastor said in her sermon, was interested in all religions and in reincarnation. This time, the demonstrations in the street were of love and enthusiasm. June has been a reporter, producer and editor, picking up several awards over the years. On 30 April 1927, Princess Juliana celebrated her eighteenth birthday. Royalty The Dutch Prince Bernhard may have passed away in 2004, but his personal will is currently causing quite a stir among our northern neighbors. A female heir to a queen regnant was virtually unheard of at the time and Juliana’s wedding proved to be ground breaking in more ways than one. On the night of 31 January 1953, the Netherlands was hit by the most destructive storm in more than five hundred years. LS. One newspaper put the crowds in The Hague for the wedding day at over a million while cafes had stayed open the night before the marriage to accommodate all the people descending on The Hague. Prince Bernhard and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands during the wedding of their daughter Princess Beatrix to Claus van Amsberg in Amsterdam on 10th March 1966. She is the author of two novels, published as e-books. Later that day her father Prince Bernhard told in a radio progarmme that Princess Juliana was doing fine. Showing compassion and concern, reassuring the people, her tireless efforts would permanently endear her to the citizens of the Netherlands. All the princesses were born at Soestdijk Palace, with the exception of Princess Margriet, who was born in Ottawa, Canada, during the war. Thirty breaches of dunes and dikes occurred and many towns were swept away by twelve-foot storm surges. The bridesmaids wore different pastel shades to represent the colours of the rainbow as Juliana felt this would represent happiness. A small school class was formed at Noordeinde Palace on the advice of the educator Jan Ligthart so that, from the age of six, the Princess could receive her primary education with children of her own age. The tulle veil was embroidered with silver roses and held in place by diamonds shape to represent the five petalled rose of the House of Lippe-Biesterfeld. In her first years at university, she attended lectures in sociology, jurisprudence, economics, history of religion, parliamentary history, and constitutional law. Juliana was then heir to the throne of the Netherlands, waiting in line behind her popular mother, Queen Wilhelmina. In the 1930s, Queen Wilhelmina began a search for a suitable husband for her daughter. [Celebrations - Marriage; Royal weddings] Description [Note: the tape date given for this shotlist is … [3] She was embalmed, unlike her mother Wilhelmina, who chose not to be, and on 30 March 2004 interred beside her mother in the royal vaults under the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft. At the same time, she promised Ottawa an annual gift of tulips during her lifetime to show her lasting appreciation for Canada's war-time hospitality. Bernhard met then-Princess Juliana at the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen.Juliana's mother, Queen Wilhelmina, had spent most of the 1930s looking for a suitable husband for Juliana.As a Protestant of royal rank (the Lippes were a sovereign house in the German Empire), Bernhard was deemed acceptable for the devoutly religious Wilhelmina. Her down-to-earth manner endeared her to her people so much that a majority of the Dutch people would soon want Queen Wilhelmina to abdicate in favour of her daughter. Initially they lived in temporary quarters at Anneville just south of Breda. On 2 May 1945, Princess Juliana was returned with her mother to Dutch soil. June is also an accomplished writer with a wide range of material published online and in print. Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry. Exactly 58 years later, Juliana and Bernhard appeared before cheering crowds in The Hague for their own wedding. and had a very special interest in child welfare, particularly in the developing countries. At the order of the Royal Family's doctors, Juliana was placed under 24-hour care. Prior to the wedding, on 24 November 1936, Prince Bernhard was granted Dutch citizenship and changed the spelling of his names from German to Dutch. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. During her pregnancy with her last child, Marijke Christina, Princess Juliana contracted rubella. Princess Mathilde of Schonburg-Waldenburg, Shortly after her birth, the inhabitants of a small village near, She is commemorated in space, in the name of the, This page was last edited on 11 February 2021, at 10:34. Her mother suffered two further miscarriages after her birth, leaving Juliana as the royal couple's only child. ... With Prince Bernhard and 2 Princesses at Studio. [16][17], Her mother issued a decree allowing her to adopt her husband's princely title as customary, providing that it is preceded by the title she held as a member of the House of Mecklenburg. Despite a series of controversies involving the royal family, Juliana remained a popular figure among the Dutch. The independence of Indonesia, which saw more than 150,000 Dutch troops stationed there as decolonization force, was regarded as an economic disaster for the Netherlands. She was very active as the president of the Dutch Red Cross and worked closely with the National Reconstruction organization. An opportunity for the Dutch citizens to protest the German occupation arrived on June 29. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard celebrate 12 1/2 years of marriage. Two days later, with the eyes of the world upon her, Juliana was sworn-in and inaugurated as monarch during a joint session of the States General at a ceremony held in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, becoming the 12th member of the House of Orange to rule the Netherlands. The following year (1946), Juliana donated another 20,500 bulbs, with the request that a portion of these be planted at the grounds of the Ottawa Civic Hospital where she had given birth to Margriet. Prince Bernhard said in a television interview in 2001 that the former Queen was no longer able to recognise her family and that she had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for several years.[14]. On 25 November 1975, Suriname seceded from the Dutch Kingdom and became independent. Prince Bernhard had already become worried about the growing influence of the Nazis, and was contemplating going to live abroad, when in 1936 he met Crown Princess Juliana … On Tuesday 18 February 1947 at 2.24am a little princess was born at the Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, The Netherlands. In the spring of 1946 Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard visited the countries that had helped the Netherlands during the occupation. They chose a special date for their marriage – January 7th, the date that Juliana’s maternal grandparents, King Willem III and Queen Emma, had married in 1879. The queen was noted for her courtesy and kindness. Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Juliana took part in the post-war relief operation for the people in the northern part of the country who had suffered through starvation during the Hunger Winter of 1944–1945, which had taken the lives of many of her countrymen. They As a Protestant of royal rank (the Lippes were a sovereign house in the German Empire), Bernhard was acceptable for the devoutly religious Wilhelmina. They were distantly related, 7th cousins in particular, both descending from Prince Lebrecht of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. Prince Bernhard also had 2 natural children, which he recognized as his own. [15], Juliana's full title and style as an unmarried woman was: Her Royal Highness Princess Juliana Louisa Emma Marie Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, etc. Many angry Dutch citizens demonstrated in the streets, and held rallies and marches against the "traitorous" affair. There were also nods to her new husband’s family in her bridal outfit. In April 1980, Juliana abdicated in favour of her eldest daughter Beatrix. The Canadian government flew the Dutch tricolour flag on parliament's Peace Tower while its carillon rang out with Dutch music at the news of Princess Margriet's birth. Princess Juliana fell deeply in love with her fiancé, a love that was to last a lifetime and that withstood separation during the war and Bernhard's extramarital affairs and illegitimate children. Despite all these difficulties, Queen Juliana's personal popularity suffered only temporarily. [11] Juliana remained active in numerous charitable causes until well into her eighties. [9] The group's alleged aim was to force the Dutch government to recognize the Republik Maluku Selatan (RMS) as an independent state and try to make the Indonesian government do the same. Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (* 29. Exterior view of the Palace. Juliana was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980. Queen Juliana faced another crisis among her Protestant citizens in 1963, when her second daughter Irene secretly converted to Roman Catholicism and, without government approval, on 29 April 1964 married Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon, Duke of Parma, a claimant to the Spanish throne and also a leader in Spain's Carlist party. ", "Queen Beatrix to address the nation tonight; is she abdicating? Once again, Queen Juliana's weakness for the preternatural had landed her back in the headlines: she had invited to the palace a crackpot from California who numbered among his friends men from Mars, Venus and other solar-system suburbs."[8]. Yahoo - login. On their arrival at the Great Church, also known as St. Jacob’s Church, they walked into the ceremony together to be greeted by the Court Chaplain, the Rev. [citation needed] This was one of a series of actions for this cause during the 1970s, including the 1975 Dutch train hostage crisis, the 1975 Indonesian consulate hostage crisis, the 1977 Dutch train hostage crisis, the 1977 Dutch school hostage crisis, and the 1978 Dutch province hall hostage crisis. Juliana's husband Prince Bernhard died about nine months later aged 93, on 1 December 2004; his remains were placed next to hers. They are buried together in Delft. Juliana's chosen bridesmaids were either her relatives or family friends. Buy, sell, trade and exchange collectibles easily with Colnect collectors community. But the hundreds gathered inside the historic building heard a different version of the marriage service as the bride, a queen in waiting, didn’t promise to obey her husband. Each year Ottawa hosts the Canadian Tulip Festival in celebration of this gift. This was a very modern royal wedding and there was another unusual touch. Two days later her mother installed her in the "Raad van State" ("Council of State"). The wedding announcement divided a country that mistrusted Germany under Adolf Hitler. It was the birthday of Prince Bernhard, the Queen’s son-in-law. However, Juliana lost out to her powerful husband and his friends. She became Hoofd der Unie (Head of the Union) of the Netherlands-Indonesian Union (1949-1956). She donated the gift from the nation which she received on her seventieth birthday to the "International Year of the Child". Bernhard, two years her junior and a rather minor royal in the grand scheme of things, caught here eye when they met at the Winter Olympics in Bavaria in 1936. In the course of her studies she also attended lectures on the cultures of Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, international affairs, international law, history, and European law. ", "Nationaal Museum Paleis Het Loo - Juliana in beeld", H.M. 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Despite her blindness, Christina, as she was called, was a happy and gifted child with a talent for languages and an ear for music. At the same time the queen began visiting the citizens of the nearby towns and, unannounced, would drop in on social institutions and schools. Feb 5, 2016 - Prince Bernhard and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. In September 1948 Wilhelmina abdicated and Juliana ascended to the Dutch throne. On her Silver Jubilee in 1973, Queen Juliana donated all of the money that had been raised by the National Silver Jubilee Committee to organizations for children in need throughout the world. However, the debate subsided in part due to Juliana's efforts to connect with her people. Upon her abdication, she resumed her pre-regnal marital title and style.[16][19]. Her father was Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She also began riding a bicycle for exercise and fresh air. Wilhelmina had her lawyers draw up a prenuptial agreement that specified exactly what the German-born prince could and could not do, and what money he would receive from the royal estate. [6] Had these arrangements not been made, Princess Margriet would not be in the line of succession. On 12 May 1940, during the invasion of the Netherlands by Germany in the Second World War, Prince Bernhard and Princess Juliana were evacuated to the United Kingdom to be followed the following day by Queen Wilhelmina and the Dutch Government, who set up a government in exile. With the certain loss of the prized colony, the queen announced her intention to abdicate, doing so on 4 September 1948. Saved by Andrea L. Gibson. Due to Wilhelmina's failing health, Juliana took over royal duties briefly in 1947 and 1948. Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard had 4 children together: Princess Beatrix (later Queen Beatrix) Princess Irene Princess Margriet Princess Christina. Prince Bernhard, husband of the late princess Juliana, had a third illegitimate child, according to royalty reporter Marc van de Linden. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images On 26 August 1976, a censored and toned-down yet devastating report on Prince Bernhard's activities was released to a shocked Dutch public. Wilhelmina seriously considered abdicating in favour of Juliana at the end of 1947, but Juliana urged her mother to stay on the throne so she could celebrate her diamond jubilee in 1950. Juliana spent her childhood at Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, and at Noordeinde Palace and Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Bavaria, she met Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, a young German Prince who was her 7th cousin, as both descended from Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym. 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