Máxima of the Netherlands Archives - History of Royal Women

Queen Wilhelmina’s Wedding Gift Tiara

Friday, 20 March 2026, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Queen Wilhelmina’s wedding gift tiara was part of a parure presented to her on the occasion of her wedding to Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The diamond and sapphire tiara was made around 1900 by Vita Israel and Hoeting, a Dutch company. The parure consisted of the tiara, a necklace and two bracelets. In total, it [read more]

The Dutch Star Tiara

Friday, 6 September 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Dutch Star Tiara was worn by Máxima Zorreguieta as she married the future King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands in 2002. Embed from Getty Images She put together two separate pieces to create a new tiara. The base of the tiara came from the Pearl Button Tiara, and five diamond stars, which belonged to Queen [read more]

The Dutch Sapphire Parure Tiara

Friday, 16 August 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Dutch Sapphire Parure Tiara consists of 655 brilliants and 32 sapphires and made perhaps its most famous outing on the head of Queen Maxima during the inauguration of her husband, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. Embed from Getty Images The largest sapphire has an intersection of 2 centimetres and consists of 44 carats, and [read more]

New series about Queen Máxima to premiere in the spring of 2024

Monday, 16 October 2023, 10:15 Moniek Bloks 0

A new Dutch series called “Máxima” will premiere in the spring of 2024. Its producer, Videoland, has shared the first images of the show, where Máxima Zorreguieta meets the then Prince of Orange. Although there is some foreign interest in the show, no international release date is known.

Royal Wedding Recollections – The Prince of Orange & Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti

Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 2 February 2002, Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti married the heir to the Dutch throne, Willem-Alexander, the Prince of Orange. They had met in Spain in 1999, and he proposed to her in late 2000 while skating on a frozen pond behind Huis ten Bosch. He proposed to her in English to make sure she would [read more]

Review: MAISON AMSTERDAM City, fashion, freedom – Queen Máxima’s wedding dress

Friday, 29 October 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

I’ll be the first to admit that I know absolutely nothing about fashion and so going to a fashion exhibition is quite outside my comfort zone. However, the end of the MAISON AMSTERDAM exhibition at the New Church in Amsterdam had a very special surprise – Queen Máxima wedding’s dress. They had kept the whole [read more]