The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – Her first speech from the throne
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands’ first official act after all the inauguration celebrations was her speech from the throne on Prinsjesdag (Literal translation: Little Prince’s […]
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The Inauguration of Wilhelmina
Just six days after her 18th birthday, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands walked from the Royal Palace in Amsterdam to the adjacent New Church to […]
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The birth of Wilhelmina
In early 1880 the new Queen Emma of the Netherlands realised she was expecting. By March, rumours were circulating around the country. In the evening […]
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – Happy Princess’s day!
These days the Netherlands celebrates King’s Day but the traditional birthday celebrations for the monarch actually began (again) with Queen Wilhelmina, when she was just […]
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The life of Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Part two)
Read part one here. On 6 September 1898, Wilhelmina was inaugurated in the New Church in Amsterdam. She later wrote, “While my mother was already […]
The Year of Queen Wilhelmina – The life of Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Part one)
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont was born on 2 August 1858 as the daughter of Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Princess Helena […]