Editing Beatrix of the Netherlands (section)

==Marriage and children==
===Engagement to Claus===
On 28 June 1965, the engagement of Princess Beatrix to the German diplomat Claus von Amsberg was announced. Claus and Beatrix had met at the wedding-eve party of Princess Tatjana of [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]] and [[Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse]], in summer 1964. After Parliament consented to the marriage, Claus von Amsberg became a Dutch citizen, and upon his marriage became Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg.

===Wedding, 1966===
{{see also|Wedding of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus van Amsberg}}[[File:Huwelijk van prinses Beatrix en prins Claus (1966).jpg|thumb|Wedding day, 1966|left]]

Beatrix married Claus von Amsberg on 10 March 1966 in civil and religious ceremonies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Video: Wedding of Princess Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg | date=30 November 2008 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaD90D416Wg | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211031/vaD90D416Wg| archive-date=31 October 2021 | url-status=live|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The bride wore a traditional gown with train in [[duchesse]] silk satin, designed by Caroline Bergé-Farwick of Maison Linette, in Den Bosch, and the Württemberg Ornate Pearl Tiara. The senior bridesmaids were the bride's youngest sister, [[Princess Christina of the Netherlands]]; [[Princess Christina of Sweden]]; [[Lady Elizabeth Anson]]; Joanna Roëll; Eugénie Loudon; and the bridegroom's sister, Christina von Amsberg. The junior bridesmaids were [[Jack Stewart-Clark|Daphne Stewart-Clark]] and Carolijn Alting von Geusau, with page boys Joachim Jencquel and Markus von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff.<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal wedding Beatrix and Claus |url=https://www.angelfire.com/realm/beatrix1966/}}</ref>

The royal couple travelled to the ceremony together in the [[Golden Coach (Netherlands)|gold state carriage]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wedding of Princess Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg |url=http://www.paleisamsterdam.nl/en/the-palace/history/palace-house-of-orange/wedding-princess-beatrix-and-claus-von-amsberg |publisher=Amsterdam Palace |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417042839/https://www.paleisamsterdam.nl/en/the-palace/history/palace-house-of-orange/wedding-princess-beatrix-and-claus-von-amsberg |archive-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> The civil ceremony was conducted by the Mayor of Amsterdam, [[Gijsbert van Hall]], at Amsterdam City Hall. The marriage blessing took place in the Westerkerk, conducted by the Rev. Hendrik Jan Kater, with a sermon by the Rev. Johannes Hendrik Sillevis Smitt.<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Beatrix: marriage and family |url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/members-of-the-royal-house/her-majesty-the-queen/marriage-and-family/ |publisher=Dutch Royal House |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626210522/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/members-of-the-royal-house/her-majesty-the-queen/marriage-and-family |archive-date=26 June 2012}}</ref>

===Children===

[[File:Foto uurtje Koninklijke Familie op Huis ten Bosch (iets achterbelicht), Bestanddeelnr 253-8804.jpg|thumb|Beatrix and Claus with their children, 1983]]
The royal couple had three sons. They lived at [[Drakensteyn Castle]] in [[Lage Vuursche]] with their children until Beatrix ascended the throne. In 1981, they moved into [[Huis ten Bosch]] Palace in The Hague.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Name
! rowspan="2" | Birth
! rowspan="2" | Death
! colspan="3" | Marriage
|-
! Date !! Spouse !! Issue
|-
| [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands]]
| {{dts|1967|4|27|format=dmy}}
| 
| [[Wedding of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti|{{dts|2002|2|2|format=dmy}}]]
| [[Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti]]
| {{plainlist|
* [[Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange]]
* [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands]]
* [[Princess Ariane of the Netherlands]]
}}
|-
| [[Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau]]
| {{dts|1968|9|25|format=dmy}}
| {{dts|2013|8|12|format=dmy}}
| {{dts|2004|4|24|format=dmy}}
| [[Mabel Wisse Smit]]
| {{plainlist|
* Countess Luana of Orange-Nassau
* Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau
}}
|-
| [[Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands]]
| {{dts|1969|10|11|format=dmy}}
| 
| {{dts|2001|5|19|format=dmy}}
| [[Laurentien Brinkhorst]]
| {{plainlist|
* [[Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau]]
* [[Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau]]
* [[Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau]]
}}
|}