List of Dutch royal consorts

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In the Netherlands, a royal consort is a person married to the Dutch monarch during his or her reign. All female spouses of the monarchs of the Netherlands have been titled "Queen of the Netherlands" with the style Majesty . The male spouses of the three queens regnant of the Netherlands were titled "Prince of the Netherlands" with the style Royal Highness . The spouse of the Bonaparte King of Holland was "Queen of Holland" with the style Majesty . The following spouses of the monarchs of Holland between 1806 and 1810; and the Netherlands since 1813:

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Queens consort of Holland

No.PictureNameCoat of ArmsFatherMotherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
1 Hortense de beauharnais.jpg Hortense Eugénie Cécile de Beauharnais Blason d'Hortense de Beauharnais, reine de Hollande.svg Alexandre de Beauharnais
(Beauharnais)
Empress Joséphine
(Beauharnais)
10 April 17834 January 18025 June 1806
husband's ascension
1 July 1810
husband's abdication
5 October 1837 Louis I

Royal consorts of the Netherlands

No.PictureNameCoat of ArmsFatherMotherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
1 Wilhelmina van Pruisen.jpg Friederike Luise Wilhelmine of Prussia Frederick William II of Prussia
(Hohenzollern)
Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
(Hesse-Darmstadt)
18 November 17741 October 179116 March 1815
husband's ascension
12 October 1837 William I
2 Anna Pavlovna - Queen of the Netherlands.jpg Anna Pavlovna of Russia Coat of Arms of Anna of Russian, Queen of the Netherlands.svg Paul I of Russia
(Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov)
Maria Feodorovna
(Württemberg)
18 January 179521 February 18167 October 1840
husband's ascension
17 March 1849
husband's death
1 March 1865 William II
3 Koningin Sophie Wurttemberg.jpg Sophie Friederike Matilda of Württemberg Coat of Arms of Sophie of Wurttemberg, Queen of the Netherlands.svg William I of Württemberg
(Württemberg)
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
(Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov)
17 June 181818 June 183917 March 1849
husband's ascension
3 June 1877 William III
4 Dowager Queen of Holland.jpg Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia of Waldeck and Pyrmont Coat of Arms of Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen of the Netherlands.svg George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(Waldeck)
Princess Helena of Nassau
(Nassau-Weilburg)
2 August 18587 January 187923 November 1890
husband's death
20 March 1934
5 Prince Henry of Holland.jpg Heinrich (Henry) Wladimir Albrecht Ernst of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(Mecklenburg)
Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
(Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt)
19 April 18767 February 19013 July 1934 Wilhelmina
6 Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld 1976.jpg Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter of Lippe-Biesterfeld Coat of Arms of Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.svg Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
(Lippe)
Armgard von Cramm
(Cramm)
29 June 19118 September 19366 September 1948
wife's ascension
30 April 1980
wife's abdication
1 December 2004 Juliana
7 Prince Claus of the Netherlands 1986.jpg Klaus-Georg (Claus) Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg Coat of Arms of Prince Claus of the Netherlands.svg Claus Felix von Amsberg
(Amsberg)
Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
(Bussche-Haddenhausen)
6 September 192610 March 196630 April 1980
wife's ascension
6 October 2002 Beatrix
8 Koningin-maxima-okt-15-s.jpg Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti Coat of Arms of Maxima, Queen of the Netherlands.svg Jorge Zorreguieta María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart17 May 19712 February 200230 April 2013
husband's ascension
Incumbent Willem-Alexander

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