| Máxima | |
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| Máxima | |
| Tenure | 30 April 2013 - present |
| Spouse | Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands |
| Issue | |
| Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange Princess Alexia Princess Ariane | |
| Full name | |
| Máxima | |
| House | House of Orange-Nassau (by marriage) |
| Father | Jorge Zorreguieta |
| Mother | María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart |
| Born | 17 May 1971 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Queen Máxima (née Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti; born 17 May 1971) is the wife of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
She became queen consort upon her husband's accession in 2013.
Born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 17 May 1971, Queen Máxima is the daughter of Jorge Zorreguieta (born 1928) and his second wife, María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart (born 1944).
She has two brothers, a sister and three half-sisters by her father's first wife, Marta López Gil.
Massima studied at Northlands School in Argentina and worked as an investment banker before graduating with a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Argentina in 1995.
She subsequently worked for large international finance companies in Argentina, New York and Brussels.
Through her father, she is a descendant of King Afonso III of Portugal and his son King Denis of Portugal and many noble families of the Iberian Peninsula.
Massima is a descendant of Peruvian Pedro Álvarez Holguín and Túpac Huallpa, a puppet Peruvian Inca Emperor.
Máxima met the heir to the Dutch throne in April 1999 in Seville, Spain, during the Seville Spring Fair.
In an interview, they stated that he introduced himself only as "Alexander", so that she did not know he was a prince.
She thought he was joking when he later told her he was a prince.
They agreed to meet again two weeks later in New York, where Massima was working for Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.
Their relationship apparently began in New York, but she did not meet his parents, Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus, for some time.
The news of the couple's relationship and eventual marriage plans caused controversy in the Netherlands, due to the involvement of Massima's father as a cabinet minister during the regime of Argentine President Jorge Rafael Videla.
At the request of the Dutch Parliament, Michiel Baud, a professor in Latin American studies, carried out an inquiry into the involvement of Zorreguieta in the Dirty War.
Although Zorreguieta claimed that, as a civilian, he was unaware of the Dirty War while he was a cabinet minister, Baud concluded that it would have been unlikely for a person in such a powerful position in the government to be unaware of it.
However, Baud's research determined that Massima's father had not been directly involved with the many deaths during that period.
Even so, his possible presence at the royal wedding was debated for several months.
Approval for the marriage was granted by the Dutch parliament (as necessary by law for the Prince of Orange to remain heir to the throne), but Massima's parents were not invited to attend the wedding.
The couple announced their engagement on 30 March 2001.
Princess Massima addressed the nation in fluent Dutch during the directly televised broadcast.
Máxima was granted Dutch citizenship by Royal Decree on 17 May 2001 and now has dual citizenship: Argentine and Dutch.
She remained a Roman Catholic after her marriage.
Princess Máxima and Prince Willem-Alexander were married on 2 February 2002 in a civil ceremony in the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, which was then followed by a religious ceremony at Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk ("New Church").
The couple have three daughters:
Princess Catharina-Amalia (born 7 December 2003)
Princess Alexia (born 26 June 2005)
Queen Massima focuses on the issue of integration of immigrants into Dutch culture.
She was a member of a special parliamentary commission which sought to recommend ways to increase the participation of female immigrants in the workforce.
Queen Máxima stresses the importance for immigrants of learning the Dutch language (as she did) in order to fully participate in Dutch society.
Dutch is actually the Queen's third language.
She is also fluent in Spanish (her native language) and English.
She participates in conferences around the world representing the Netherlands.
The Queen was granted a seat in the Dutch Council of State on 20 October 2004, the highest advisory body and court of administration.
She became a member of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Women’s Participation.
She has a seat on the board of governors of the Chair on the Management of Diversity and Integration at the Free University of Amsterdam.
She (along with her husband) is a patron of the Orange Fund (established to promote social welfare and cohesion in the Netherlands).
She also chairs the Board of Trustees of the Prince Claus Chair of the University of Utrecht.
She is one of the few royals in the world to be an open supporter of gay rights, and was the first royal to attend an LGBT rights conference on 5 March 2008.
The Queen currently serves as the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA).
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon designated her to this role in September 2009 in order to raise awareness on the importance of inclusive financial systems for achieving economic and development goals such as poverty alleviation, food security and education.
In her work as UNSGSA, Queen Máxima focuses on how formal financial services such as savings, insurance, credit can prevent people from falling into poverty due to expenditures on healthcare, and people who are not able to protect themselves against rising food prices and poverty because they do not have access to basic savings accounts.
The role of the UNSGSA is to foster action by governments, private sector, financial system standard setters, and others towards a more inclusive financial system that works for the poor.
Queen Máxima is also the Honorary Patron of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) since June 2011.
In this role she works with governments and partners to advance the G20 Action Plan on Financial Inclusion, and the G20 Financial Inclusion Peer Learning Program.
Previously, Queen Máxima was a member of the Advisors Group for the United Nations' International Year of Microcredit 2005.
Until 2009, she was a member of UN Advisors Group on Inclusive Financial Sectors.
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- 17 May 1971 – 2 February 2002: Miss Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
- 2 February 2002 – 30 April 2013: Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Mrs. Van Amsberg
- 30 April 2013 - Present: Her Majesty The Queen of the Netherlands.
By Royal Decree nr. 41 of 25 January 2002,
upon the solemnization of marriage
Máxima Zorreguieta was taken up into the Dutch nobility and the titles
Princess of the Netherlands and Princess of Orange-Nassau, and the predicate Royal Highness, were formally granted to her.
By Royal Decree nr. 42 of 25 January 2002, the Princess was granted her own personal coat of arms and a personal standard.
On 13 May 2011 the Dutch parliament confirmed that when the Prince of Orange ascends the throne, Princess Máxima will take the style and title of Her Majesty Queen Máxima, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau.
On 28 January 2013, it was announced that Queen Beatrix would abdicate on 30 April in favour of Willem-Alexander.
Máxima is the Kingdom's first queen consort
since Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, the second wife of William III.
She is the first Dutch queen consort to have been born as a commoner.
She is also the first Dutch queen consort to be born outside of Europe.
Honours
See also List of honours of the Dutch Royal Family by country
Netherlands : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
[edit] Foreign honours
Belgium : Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) (2006)[21]
Brazil: Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross
Brunei: The Most Esteemed Family Order of Honour of Brunei[22]
Chile: Grand Cross of the Order of the Merit of Chile
Luxembourg: Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau[23]
Mexico: Sash of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (2009)[24]
Oman: Member First Class of the Order of Sultan Qaboos (10 January 2012)[25]
Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic[26]
Sweden: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (2010)[27]
UAE: Member of the Union Order (9 January 2012)[28]
References
- ^ a b Reitwiesner, William Addams. "Ancestry of Maxima Zorreguieta". WARGS. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Studie en werk vóór 2002". Het Koninklij Huis. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ http://www.genealogia.org.ar/maxima.html
- ^ La Casa de Orange - Nassu y su parentesco político con Doña Máxima Zorroguieta
- ^ Maxima's father, Jorge Zorreguieta, had been the Minister of Agriculture during the regime of former Argentine President Jorge Rafael Videla, a military dictator who ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1981 and who was responsible for many atrocities against civilians. An estimated 10,000–30,000 people disappeared during Videla's and subsequent military regimes before democracy was restored to Argentina in 1983.
- ^ Human rights: Zorreguieta vs.humanrights, March 2001.
- ^ "Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands". Hello!. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ Joyful christening of Catharina-Amalia
- ^ Engagement period, Royal Wedding 2002.
- ^ Ook Beatrix heeft dubbele nationaliteit, (Queen Beatrix also has dual citizenship), Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 6 March 2007.
- ^ We're all princesses now: The rise of the middle-class monarchy
- ^ The wedding, Royal Wedding 2002.
- ^ "Prinses Máxima krijgt zitting in Raad van State" (in Dutch). 19 October 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ FreeForm | Chicago Free Press: Judge Not...
- ^ "Landelijke koploperovereenkomst lesbisch". Rijksoverheid. 14 November 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "International Year of Microcredit 2005". Year of Microcredit. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ Royal Decree nr. 41 of 25 January 2002, regarding the royal titles and predicate for Princess Máxima - Official gazette of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- ^ Royal decree nr. 42 of 25 January 2002, regarding the coat of arms and personal standard for Princess Máxima - Official gazette of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- ^ [1],www.nrc.nl
- ^ www.koninklijkhuis.nl
- ^ State visit of Beatrix in Belgium, 2006, Belga Pictures, group photo
- ^ Noblesse et Royautés (French), State visit of Netherlands in Brunei, Photo
- ^ The royal forums, State visit of Luxembourg to Netherlands, 2006, Photo
- ^ Official decree, 02/11/2009
- ^ His Majesty receives Queen Beatrix - website of the Oman Observer
- ^ Viva Maxima Blog, State visit of Juan Carlos in Netherlands 2001, Group photo
- ^ Mad Hattery, pictures during Princess Victoria of Sweden's wedding
- ^ H.H Sheikh Khalifa welcomes HM Queen Beatrix of Netherlands - website of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs
External links
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- Princess Máxima at the website of the Royal House
- Queen/Reina Máxima non official website; biography, news and fashion
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