Voetbalvereniging De Valk is an association football club from Valkenswaard , Netherlands . De Valk plays in the 2017-18 Sunday Eerste Klasse (5th tier).
66-411: The club was founded on the day princess Juliana was born. The name of the club was Juliana . The name was changed to De Valk in 1912. De Valk played professional football from 1955 until 1961. The club played its first year in the newly established Eerste Klasse, which name was later changed to Eerste Divisie . De Valk finished ninth in their first season of professional football and were relegated to
132-549: A Pastor said in her sermon, was interested in all religions and in reincarnation . Juliana's husband Prince Bernhard died about nine months later aged 93, on 1 December 2004; his remains were placed next to hers. 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. Juliana's full title and style as an unmarried woman was: Her Royal Highness Princess Juliana Louisa Emma Marie Wilhelmina of
198-552: A Protestant prince who suited their standards. Princes from the United Kingdom and Sweden were "vetted" but either declined or were rejected by the princess. 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 . His rank and religion were suitable; so Princess Juliana's royal engagement
264-593: A bicycle for exercise and fresh air. Although the bicycle and the down-to-earth manners suggest a simple life style, the Dutch royal court of the 1950s and 1960s was still an opulent affair with chamberlains in magnificent uniforms, gilded state coaches, visits to towns in open carriages and lavish entertaining in the huge palaces. At the same time the queen began visiting the citizens of the nearby towns and, unannounced, would drop in on social institutions and schools like her mother before her insisting on seeing reality rather than
330-593: A general, and an Inspector General of the Armed Forces . He resigned from his positions on the boards of many businesses, charities, the World Wildlife Fund , and other institutions. The prince also accepted that he would have to give up wearing his beloved uniforms. In return, the States-General accepted that there was to be no criminal prosecution. On her Silver Jubilee in 1973, Queen Juliana donated all of
396-619: A grandson of Frederick Henry's. In 1740, Voltaire stayed in one of the apartments while he negotiated with Dutch publisher Jan van Duren about the Anti-Machiavel . In 1754, King Frederick the Great of Prussia sold his land-holdings in the Netherlands to Stadholder William V . The son of Stadholder William V, who would become King William I , took up residence at the Oude Hof in 1792. But when
462-402: A majority of the Dutch people would soon want Queen Wilhelmina to abdicate in favour of her daughter. In the spring of 1946 Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard visited the countries that had helped the Netherlands during the occupation. During her pregnancy with her last child, Marijke Christina , Princess Juliana contracted rubella . The girl was born in 1947 with cataracts in both eyes and
528-490: A prepared show. On the international stage, Queen Juliana was interested in the problems of developing countries, the refugee problem, and particularly child welfare in developing countries. On the night of 31 January 1953, the Netherlands was hit by the most destructive storm in more than five hundred years . Thirty breaches of dunes and dikes occurred and many towns were swept away by twelve-foot storm surges . More than 1800 people drowned and tens of thousands were trapped by
594-502: A street called Int Nortende (now: Noordeinde, lit .: in the North End ), while the building is located in the city center of modern The Hague. The original farmhouse's cellars can still be seen in the palace basement. From 1566 to 1591, the palace had a different owner. After that it was leased, and in 1595, purchased by the States of Holland for Louise de Coligny , the widow of William
660-630: Is dedicated in thanks to the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Ottawa) for their hospitality during her residence in Ottawa. On 24 June 1945, she sailed on the RMS Queen Elizabeth from Gourock , Scotland , to the United States , listing her last permanent residence as London , England . The following year (1946), Juliana donated another 20,500 bulbs, with the request that a portion of these be planted at
726-559: The 1977 Dutch train hostage crisis , the 1977 Dutch school hostage crisis , and the 1978 Dutch province hall hostage crisis . On 25 November 1975, Suriname seceded from the Dutch Kingdom and became independent. Representing the Queen at the independence ceremony in the Surinamese capital, Paramaribo , were the heir presumptive Princess Beatrix, and her husband Prince Claus. Scandal rocked
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#1733114573169792-574: The French invaded the Netherlands in 1795, during the French Revolutionary Wars , he and his family were forced to flee to Britain. The Oude Hof became the property of the Batavian Republic and hence state property, the status it has today. In 1813, after the fall of Napoleon , Prince William returned to the Netherlands, where he was proclaimed Sovereign Prince . The Constitution of
858-679: The "Raad van State" ("Council of State"). In the same year, the Princess enrolled as a student at the University of Leiden . In her first years at university, she attended lectures in sociology , jurisprudence , economics , history of religion , parliamentary history, and constitutional law . 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 . She graduated from
924-476: The Dutch throne. Her reign saw the decolonization and independence of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia ) and Suriname . Despite a series of controversies involving the royal family, Juliana remained a popular figure among the Dutch. In April 1980, Juliana abdicated in favour of her eldest daughter, Beatrix . Upon her death in 2004 at the age of 94, she was the longest-lived former reigning monarch in
990-672: The German invasion of the Netherlands in the Second World War , the royal family was evacuated to the United Kingdom. Juliana then relocated to Canada with her children, while Wilhelmina and Bernhard remained in Britain. The royal family returned to the Netherlands after its liberation in 1945. Due to Wilhelmina's failing health, Juliana took over royal duties briefly in 1947 and 1948. In September 1948, Wilhelmina abdicated and Juliana ascended to
1056-634: The Netherlands Juliana ( Dutch pronunciation: [jyliˈjaːnaː] ; Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980. Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . She received a private education and studied international law at the University of Leiden . In 1937, she married Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld with whom she had four daughters: Beatrix , Irene , Margriet , and Christina . During
1122-572: The Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, etc. Her mother issued a decree allowing her to adopt her husband's princely title as customary, providing that it be preceded by the title she held as a member of the House of Mecklenburg . The decree became effective upon her marriage, and changed her full title and style to: Her Royal Highness Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, etc. After her accession to
1188-496: The Netherlands. Despite all these difficulties, Queen Juliana's personal popularity suffered only temporarily. The queen was noted for her courtesy and kindness. In May 1959, for example, Polish-American ufologist George Adamski received a letter from the head of the Dutch Unidentified Flying Objects Society, Rey d'Aquilla, informing him that she had been contacted by Queen Juliana's palace and "that
1254-748: The Netherlands. With the certain loss of the prized colony, the queen announced her intention to abdicate, doing so on 4 September 1948. 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. On 27 December 1949 at Dam Palace in Amsterdam, Queen Juliana signed
1320-480: The Princess, clinging to any thread that offered some hope for a cure, came under the strong influence of Greet Hofmans , a faith healer with heterodox beliefs, who was considered by "her many detractors" to be a sham. Wilhelmina's increasingly precarious health made it increasingly difficult for her to perform her duties. Juliana was forced to take over as regent from 14 October to 1 December 1947. Wilhelmina seriously considered abdicating in favour of Juliana at
1386-436: The Queen would like to receive you". 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." After the meeting, Dutch Aeronautical Association president Cornelis Kolff said: "The Queen showed an extraordinary interest in
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#17331145731691452-535: The Silent , and her son Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange . In recognition of William's service to the nation, the States presented the building to his family in 1609. Frederick Henry substantially enlarged the house, which was then known as the Oude Hof . He began by buying the surrounding plots of land. The architects Pieter Post and Jacob van Campen , who built Huis ten Bosch Palace in 1645, were among those involved in
1518-538: The age of 94, at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn from complications of pneumonia , seventy years to the day after her grandmother, Queen Emma . 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 . The memorial service made her ecumenical and often highly personal views on matters of religion public. The late Princess,
1584-530: The alterations of 1640. The alterations included lengthening the main building and adding wings on either side, thus creating the characteristic H-form that is seen today. After Frederik Hendrik died in 1647, his widow, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels , spent much of her time at the Oude Hof. Following her death in 1675, the house was more or less empty for many years. After the death of the Stadholder -king William III in 1702, it passed to King Frederick I of Prussia ,
1650-406: The end of 1947, but Juliana urged her mother to stay on the throne so she could celebrate her golden jubilee in 1948. However, Wilhelmina was forced by further health problems to relinquish her royal duties to Juliana once again on 4 May 1948. The independence of Indonesia , which saw more than 150,000 Dutch troops stationed there as decolonization force, was regarded as an economic disaster for
1716-509: The engagement of Princess Beatrix, heir to the throne, to German diplomat Claus von Amsberg . The future husband of the future queen had been a member of the Nazi Wehrmacht and the Hitler Youth movement. Many angry Dutch citizens demonstrated in the streets, and held rallies and marches against the "traitorous" affair. While this time there were no calls for the queen's abdication—because
1782-414: The floodwaters. Dressed in boots and an old coat, Queen Juliana waded through water and slopped through deep mud all over the devastated areas to bring desperate people food and clothing. Showing compassion and concern, reassuring the people, her tireless efforts would permanently endear her to the citizens of the Netherlands. In 1956, the influence of Hofmans on Juliana's political views almost brought down
1848-508: The following day by Queen Wilhelmina and the Dutch Government, who set up a government in exile . The princess remained there for a month before taking the children to Ottawa , the capital of Canada , where she resided at Stornoway in the suburb of Rockcliffe Park . Her mother and husband remained in Britain with the Dutch government-in-exile . When her third child, Princess Margriet ,
1914-621: The grounds of the Ottawa Civic Hospital where she had given birth to Margriet. 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. Each year Ottawa hosts the Canadian Tulip Festival in celebration of this gift. On 2 May 1945, Princess Juliana was returned with her mother to Dutch soil. Initially they lived in temporary quarters at Anneville just south of Breda . Juliana took part in
1980-400: The grounds. In 1901, Queen Emma moved to Lange Voorhout Palace , today's Escher Museum , while Queen Wilhelmina and her husband Prince Hendrik remained at Noordeinde. Until the German invasion in 1940, Queen Wilhelmina continued to make frequent use of Noordeinde Palace. After the war, the palace was again used as the Queen's winter residence. In 1948, the central section of the palace
2046-649: The mainland. The near-blindness of her daughter Christina and the increasing influence of Hofmans, who had moved into a royal palace, severely affected the queen's marital relationship. Over the next few years, the controversy surrounding the faith healer, at first kept out of the Dutch media, erupted into a national debate over the competency of the queen. However, the debate subsided in part due to Juliana's efforts to connect with her people. She often appeared in public dressed like any ordinary Dutch woman, and preferred to be addressed as " Mevrouw " (Dutch for "Mrs.") rather than her formal title of "majesty". She also began riding
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2112-528: The mid-1990s, Juliana's health declined as she suffered the progressive onset of dementia . Juliana did not appear in public after this time. At the order of the Royal Family's doctors, Juliana was placed under 24-hour care. 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. Juliana died in her sleep on 20 March 2004 at
2178-468: The minds of the Dutch people, the events leading to the marriage were played out in all the newspapers and a storm of hostility erupted against the monarchy for allowing it to happen—a matter so serious that the queen's abdication became a real possibility. She survived, however, thanks to the underlying devotion she had earned over the years. Another crisis developed as a result of the announcement in July 1965 of
2244-580: The monarchy in a constitutional crisis ; this caused the court and the royal family to split into a "Bernhard faction", set on removing a queen considered a religious fanatic and a threat to NATO , and the queen's pious and pacifist courtiers. Prime Minister Willem Drees resolved the crisis. However, Juliana lost out to her powerful husband and his friends. Hofmans was banished from the court and Juliana's supporters were sacked or pensioned. Prince Bernhard planned to divorce his wife but decided against it when he, as he told an American journalist, "found out that
2310-633: The money that had been raised by the National Silver Jubilee Committee to organizations for children in need throughout the world. She donated the gift from the nation which she received on her seventieth birthday, in 1979, to the " International Year of the Child ". As a reigning European monarch, she was given supernumerary membership of the British Order of the Garter as the 922nd inductee, with
2376-588: The newly established Tweede Divisie . De Valk finished in last place in the 1960–61 Tweede Divisie and returned to amateur football. In 1963, De Valk became Dutch champion in Sunday amateur football. In the 2012–13 season it won a championship of the Eerste Klasse and promoted to the Hoofdklasse . This article about a Dutch football club is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Juliana of
2442-504: The news of Princess Margriet's birth. Prince Bernhard, who had remained in London to assist his mother in law Queen Wilhelmina and the government with operating in exile, was able to visit his family in Canada and be there for Margriet's birth. Princess Juliana's genuine warmth and the gestures of her Canadian hosts created a lasting bond, which was reinforced when Canadian soldiers fought and died by
2508-535: The official workplace of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima since 2013. The Noordeinde Palace and its surrounding palace grounds are property of the Dutch State. The Noordeinde Palace building is located at the palace grounds in the city center of The Hague, which also contains the Royal Stables (Dutch: Koninklijke Stallen ), Palace Gardens, Royal Archives, and Dome of Fagel. The Palace Gardens are open to
2574-593: The papers that recognised Indonesian sovereignty over the former Dutch colony . She became Hoofd der Unie (Head of the Union) of the Netherlands-Indonesian Union (1949–1956). On 15 December 1954, the Queen announced that the nation's Caribbean possessions of the Netherlands Antilles and Suriname were to be reconstituted as constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, making them equal partners with
2640-581: 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. She was very active as the president of the Dutch Red Cross and worked closely with the National Reconstruction organization. Her down-to-earth manner endeared her to her people so much that
2706-454: The public daily between sunrise and sunset, while the buildings on the palace grounds are only open to the public during specific days of the year. The palace originated as a medieval farmhouse, which was converted into a spacious residence by the steward of the States of Holland and West Friesland , Willem van de Goudt . The farmhouse was built at the borders of the city of The Hague in 1533, in
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2772-421: The queen to abdicate, the Dutch people were this time fearful that their beloved Juliana might abdicate out of shame or because of a criminal prosecution conducted in her name against her consort. On 26 August 1976, a censored and toned-down yet devastating report on Prince Bernhard's activities was released to a shocked Dutch public. The prince resigned his various high-profile positions as a lieutenant admiral ,
2838-457: The rank of Stranger Lady Companion, in 1958. On 30 April 1980, her 71st birthday, Queen Juliana abdicated and her eldest daughter succeeded her. Juliana remained active in numerous charitable causes until well into her eighties. Queen Juliana was very attached to Monte Argentario , in Tuscany , a favorite place for the Dutch royal family for their summer holidays for more than 40 years. From
2904-563: The royal estate. The couple's engagement was announced on 8 September 1936. The wedding announcement divided a country that mistrusted Germany under Adolf Hitler . 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. 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 civil ceremony
2970-527: The royal family again in 1976, when it was revealed that Prince Bernhard had accepted a US$ 1.1 million bribe from U.S. aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Corporation to influence the Dutch government's purchase of fighter aircraft in what became known as the Lockheed Scandal . Prime Minister Joop den Uyl ordered an inquiry into the affair, while Prince Bernhard refused to answer reporters' questions, stating: "I am above such things." Rather than calling on
3036-450: The royal family: the first male heir to the Dutch throne in 116 years, Willem-Alexander , was born to Princess Beatrix. This time, the demonstrations in the street were of love and enthusiasm. In the spring of 1975, a group of South Moluccans were caught conspiring to steal a heavy truck and ram the gates of Soestdijk Palace to kidnap the queen. Ten members of the group in a vehicle full of firearms were arrested. The group's alleged aim
3102-575: The royal stables built in the gardens behind Noordeinde Palace. Even after King William III married Queen Emma , the royal family continued to use Noordeinde as their winter home. Their daughter, Princess Wilhelmina , was born there in 1880, and Queen Emma and her daughter spent their winters at Noordeinde after the King's death in 1890. In 1895, the Queen Regent had premises for the Royal Archives built in
3168-424: The sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. also Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld Noordeinde Palace Noordeinde Palace ( Dutch : Paleis Noordeinde , Dutch pronunciation: [paːˌlɛis noːrtˈɛində] ) is one of three official palaces of the Dutch royal family . Located in the city center of The Hague in the province of South Holland , it has been used as
3234-459: The thousands in 1944 and 1945 to liberate the Netherlands from the Nazis . She returned with Queen Wilhelmina by a military transport plane to the liberated part of the Netherlands on 2 May 1945, rushing to Breda to set up a temporary Dutch government. Once home, she expressed her gratitude to Canada by sending the city of Ottawa 100,000 tulip bulbs. Juliana erected a wooden lectern and brass plaque which
3300-470: The throne by the age of eighteen, her education proceeded at a faster pace than that of most children. After five years of primary education, the Princess received her secondary education (to pre-university level) from private tutors. On 30 April 1927, Princess Juliana celebrated her eighteenth birthday. Under the constitution, she had officially come of age and was entitled to assume the royal prerogative, if necessary. Two days later her mother installed her in
3366-409: The throne, Juliana's official title was: "Her Majesty, Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands , Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, etc, etc, etc". Upon her abdication, she resumed her pre-regnal marital title and style. 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
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#17331145731693432-799: The time decreed that the State must provide a summer and a winter home for the sovereign. Initially there were plans to build a new winter residence, but in the end it was decided to make extensive alterations to the Oude Hof. The palace was extended in 1814 to the back, including the addition of the Ballroom . King William I moved into Noordeinde Palace in 1817, living there until his abdication in 1840. His successor, King William II , never resided there. Like his grandfather, King William III used Noordeinde as his winter home, though he preferred to live at his summer residence, Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn . In 1876, he had
3498-415: The true object of the people's wrath, Princess Beatrix, would then be queen—they did start to question the value of having a monarchy at all. After attempting to have the marriage cancelled, Queen Juliana acquiesced and the marriage took place under a continued storm of protest; an almost certain attitude pervaded the country that Princess Beatrix might be the last member of the House of Orange to ever reign in
3564-402: The university in 1930 with a bachelor's degree in international law. She was taught Greek literature by Sophia Antoniadis , the university's first female professor. In the 1930s, Queen Wilhelmina began a search for a suitable husband for her daughter. At the time, the House of Orange-Nassau was one of the most strictly religious royal families in the world, and it was very difficult to find
3630-600: The whole subject." The Dutch press put it more straightforwardly. According to Time magazine, newspaper de Volkskrant said: "The Dutch press could hardly be accused of concealing the facts last week. 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." An event in April 1967, helped by an improving Dutch economy, brought an overnight revitalization of
3696-602: The woman still loved him" . 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. Given the history of the Dutch struggle for independence from Roman Catholic Spain, and with fascist German oppression still fresh in
3762-420: The world. Juliana was born on 30 April 1909 at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague , the only child of the reigning Dutch monarch, Queen Wilhelmina . Her father was Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . She was the first Dutch royal baby since Wilhelmina herself was born in 1880. Wilhelmina had suffered two miscarriages and one stillbirth, raising the prospect of a succession crisis. The Queen's nearest relative
3828-621: Was Prince Heinrich XXXII Reuss of Köstritz , whose close ties to Germany made him unpopular in the Netherlands. Juliana's birth thus assured the royal family's survival. Her mother suffered two further miscarriages after her birth, leaving Juliana as the royal couple's only child. According to several sources Juliana was happy to be an only child because that meant she did not have to fight for attention. Juliana spent her childhood at Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn , and at Noordeinde Palace and Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague. A small school class
3894-532: Was arranged by her mother. 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. Queen Wilhelmina, by then the richest woman in the world, left nothing to chance. 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
3960-566: Was born on 19 January 1943, Governor General Lord Athlone granted royal assent to a special law declaring Princess Juliana's rooms at the Ottawa Civic Hospital to be extraterritorial in order that the infant would have exclusively Dutch, not dual nationality . Had these arrangements not been made, Princess Margriet would not be in the line of succession . The Canadian government flew the Dutch tricolour flag on parliament's Peace Tower while its carillon rang out with Dutch music at
4026-664: Was destroyed by fire. That same year Juliana acceded to the throne. She preferred Soestdijk Palace as her official residence, though some members of the Royal Household continued to use offices in Noordeinde. Between 1952 and 1976 the International Institute of Social Studies was based in the north wing of the palace. Following a thorough restoration in 1984, the palace became the Dutch monarch's workplace and office for all political and state affairs. The palace has been
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#17331145731694092-400: 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. These children were Baroness Elise Bentinck , Baroness Elisabeth van Hardenbroek and Jonkvrouwe Miek (Mary) de Jonge . As the Dutch constitution specified that Princess Juliana should be ready to succeed to
4158-714: Was held in the Town Hall of The Hague and the marriage was blessed in the Great Church (St. Jacobskerk), also located in The Hague. Juliana's chosen bridesmaids were either relatives or family friends. 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 . A wedding gift
4224-419: Was soon diagnosed as almost totally blind in one eye and severely limited in the other. Despite her blindness, Christina, as she was called, was a happy and gifted child with a talent for languages and an ear for music. Over time, and with advances in medical technology, her eyesight did improve such that with thick glasses, she could attend school and even ride a bicycle. However, before that happened, her mother,
4290-460: Was the royal yacht, Piet Hein . The young couple moved into Soestdijk Palace in Baarn . The first of their four daughters, Princess Beatrix , was born on 31 January 1938, followed by Princess Irene on 5 August 1939. 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
4356-555: 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. Seventeen South-Moluccan youngsters were tried and convicted and sentenced to up to six years imprisonment. 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 ,
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