Editing House of Orange-Nassau (section)

=== Monarchy in modern times ===
[[File:Het Frederiksplein te Amsterdam tijdens de intocht van koningin Wilhelmina, 5 september 1898 Rijksmuseum SK-A-1849.jpeg|thumb|right|Frederiksplein in Amsterdam during the entry of Queen Wilhelmina, 5 September 1898]]
Wilhelmina was queen of the [[Netherlands]] for 58 years, from 1890 to 1948. Because she was only 10 years old in 1890, her mother, [[Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont]], was the regent until Wilhelmina's 18th birthday in 1898. Since females were not allowed to hold power in Luxembourg, due to [[Salic law]], Luxembourg passed to the House of [[Nassau-Weilburg]], a collateral line to the House of Orange-Nassau. For a time, it appeared that the Dutch royal family would die with Wilhelmina. Her half-brother, [[Alexander, Prince of Orange|Prince Alexander]], had died in 1884, and no royal babies were born from then until Wilhelmina gave birth to her only child, [[Juliana of the Netherlands|Juliana]], in 1909. The Dutch royal house remained quite small until the later 1930s and the early 1940s, during which time Juliana gave birth to four daughters. Although the House of Orange died out in its male line with the death of Queen Wilhelmina, it continued in the female line as can be seen in other modern European monarchies, the name "Orange" continues to be used by the Dutch royalty<ref name=Blok/>{{rp|vol5,507–508}} and as evidenced in many patriotic songs, such as "[[Oranje boven]]".{{cn|date=October 2022}}

The Netherlands remained neutral in [[World War I]], during her reign, and the country was not invaded by [[German Empire|Germany]], as neighbouring [[Belgium]] was.<ref name=koninklijkhuis/>

Nevertheless, Queen Wilhelmina became a symbol of the Dutch resistance during [[World War II]]. The [[moral authority]] of the Monarchy was restored because of her rule. After 58 years on the throne as the Queen, Wilhelmina decided to abdicate in favour of her daughter, Juliana. Juliana had the reputation of making the monarchy less "aloof", and under her reign the Monarchy became known as the "cycling monarchy". Members of the royal family were often seen riding [[bicycle]]s through the cities and the countryside under Juliana.<ref name=koninklijkhuis/>

A [[Republicanism in the Netherlands#Beatrix–Claus marriage controversy|royal marriage controversy]] occurred in 1966 when Juliana's eldest daughter, the future [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Queen Beatrix]], decided to marry [[Prince Claus of the Netherlands|Claus von Amsberg]], a German diplomat. The marriage of a member of the royal family to a German was quite controversial in the Netherlands, which had suffered under Nazi German occupation in 1940–45. This reluctance to accept a German consort probably was exacerbated by von Amsberg's former membership in the [[Hitler Youth]] under the Nazi regime in his native country, and also his following service in the German [[Wehrmacht]]. Beatrix needed permission from the government to marry anyone if she wanted to remain heiress to the throne, but after some argument, it was granted. As the years went by, Prince Claus was fully accepted by the Dutch people. In time, he became one of the most popular members of the Dutch monarchy, and his death in 2002 was widely mourned.<ref name=koninklijkhuis/>

On April 30, 1980, Queen Juliana abdicated in favour of her daughter, Beatrix. In the early years of the twenty-first century, the Dutch monarchy remained popular with a large part of the population. Beatrix's eldest son, [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|Willem-Alexander]], was born on April 27, 1967; the first immediate male heir to the Dutch throne since the death of his great-granduncle, Prince Alexander, in 1884. Willem-Alexander married [[Queen Máxima of the Netherlands|Máxima Zorreguieta]], an [[Argentina|Argentine]] banker, in 2002; the first commoner ever to marry an heir apparent to the Dutch throne. They are parents of three daughters: [[Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands|Catharina-Amalia]], [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands|Alexia]], and [[Princess Ariane of the Netherlands|Ariane]]. After a long struggle with neurological illness, Queen Juliana died on March 20, 2004, and her husband, [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld|Prince Bernhard]], died on December 1 of that same year.<ref name=koninklijkhuis/>

Upon Beatrix's abdication on April 30, 2013, the Prince of Orange was inaugurated as King Willem-Alexander, becoming the Netherlands' first male ruler since 1890. His eldest daughter, Catharina-Amalia, as heiress apparent to the throne, became [[Princess of Orange]] in her own right.<ref name=koninklijkhuis/>