Editing Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

{{Short description|King of the Netherlands since 2013}}
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| name         = Willem-Alexander
| image        = Zijne_Majesteit_Koning_Willem-Alexander_met_koningsmantel_april_2013_(cropped).jpeg<!-- DO NOT CHANGE the picture without prior consensus -->
| caption      = Formal portrait, 2013
| succession   = [[King of the Netherlands]]
| reign        = {{start date text|30 April 2013}}{{thinsp|–}}present
| coronation   = 30 April 2013
| cor-type     = [[Inauguration of Willem-Alexander|Inauguration]]
| predecessor  = [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]]
| successor    = [[Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange]]
| suc-type     = [[Heiress apparent]]
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1967|04|27|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Utrecht]], Netherlands
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Queen Máxima of the Netherlands|Máxima Zorreguieta]]|2 February 2002}}
| issue        = {{ubl | [[Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange]] | [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands|Princess Alexia]] | [[Princess Ariane]]}}
| issue-link   = 
| full name    = Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand
| house        = {{ubl|[[House of Orange-Nassau|Orange-Nassau]] (official)|[[Amsberg]] ([[Patrilineality|agnatic]])}}
| father       = [[Claus von Amsberg]]
| mother       = [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]]
| religion     = [[Protestant Church in the Netherlands|Protestant]]
| signature    = Handtekening             Willem-Alexander.svg
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| alma_mater  = {{plainlist|
* [[Leiden University]] (drs.)
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  | branch       = {{plainlist|
* [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] 
* [[Royal Netherlands Army]] 
* [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]] 
* [[Royal Marechaussee]]}}
  | serviceyears      = 1985–2013
  | rank      = {{plainlist|
* [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] (Navy)
* [[Brigadier general]] (Army and Marechaussee)
* [[Air commodore]] (Air Force)}}
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{{Dutch Royal Family}}
'''Willem-Alexander''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈʋɪləm aːlɛkˈsɑndər|lang}}; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) has been [[King of the Netherlands]] since 30 April 2013.

Willem-Alexander was born in [[Utrecht]] during the reign of his maternal grandmother, [[Queen Juliana]], as the eldest child of [[Princess Beatrix]] and [[Prince Claus]]. He became [[Prince of Orange]] as [[heir apparent]] upon his mother's accession on 30 April 1980. He went to public primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands, and an international sixth-form college in [[Wales]]. He served in the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]], and studied history at [[Leiden University]]. He married [[Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti]] in 2002, and they have three daughters: [[Catharina-Amalia]], [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands|Alexia]], and [[Princess Ariane of the Netherlands|Ariane]]. Willem-Alexander succeeded his mother as monarch upon her [[abdication]] on 30 April 2013. He is the first man to hold this position since the death of his great-great-grandfather [[William III of the Netherlands|William III]] in 1890, as the intervening three monarchs&mdash;his great-grandmother [[Queen Wilhelmina|Wilhelmina]], his grandmother Juliana and his mother Beatrix&mdash;had all been women.

Willem-Alexander is interested in sports and international [[water management]] issues. Until his accession to the throne, he was a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (1998–2013),{{refn|{{Cite magazine |date=2013-01-29 |title=Dutch Crown Prince quits IOC in preparation to become king |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-olympics/news/20130129/dutch-crown-prince-willem-alexander-ioc.ap/ |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213032548/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-olympics/news/20130129/dutch-crown-prince-willem-alexander-ioc.ap/ |archive-date=2013-12-13 |access-date=2013-04-19}}}} chairman of the Advisory Committee on Water to the Dutch [[Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment]] (2004–2013),{{refn|{{Cite news |date=2013-04-16 |title=Prins Willem-Alexander neemt afscheid van Adviescommissie Water |language=nl |trans-title=Prince Willem-Alexander says goodbye to the Water Advisory Committee |work=[[de Volkskrant]] |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/5751/Koninginnedag/article/detail/3426860/2013/04/16/Prins-Willem-Alexander-neemt-afscheid-van-Adviescommissie-Water.dhtml |url-status=dead |access-date=2013-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506222523/http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/5751/Koninginnedag/article/detail/3426860/2013/04/16/Prins-Willem-Alexander-neemt-afscheid-van-Adviescommissie-Water.dhtml |archive-date=2013-05-06}}}} and chairman of the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]]' [[UN-Water#Members and partners of UN-Water|Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation]] (2006–2013).{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |url=http://www.unsgab.org/index.php?menu=219 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519214529/http://www.unsgab.org/index.php?menu=219 |archive-date=2013-05-19 |access-date=2013-04-19 |website=[[United Nations]] Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation}}}}{{refn|{{Cite news |date=2013-03-21 |title=Willem-Alexander neemt afscheid als 'waterprins' |language=nl |trans-title=Willem-Alexander says goodbye as 'water prince' |work=[[Trouw]] |url=http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4492/Nederland/article/detail/3413108/2013/03/21/Willem-Alexander-neemt-afscheid-als-waterprins.dhtml |url-access=subscription |access-date=2013-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517213904/http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4492/Nederland/article/detail/3413108/2013/03/21/Willem-Alexander-neemt-afscheid-als-waterprins.dhtml |archive-date=2013-05-17}}}}

==Early life and education==
[[File:Prinsen Willem Alexander en Johan Friso op de tribune bij de WK Sprint.jpg|thumb|left|Prince Willem-Alexander (left) at age 14 and his brother [[Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau|Friso]] in 1982]]
Willem-Alexander was born on 27 April 1967 at Academic Hospital Utrecht (now known as the [[University Medical Center Utrecht]]) in [[Utrecht]]. He is the first child of [[Princess Beatrix]] (later Queen) and [[Prince Claus]],{{refn|name="biography"|{{Cite web |date=May 2009 |title=The Prince of Orange |url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/dsc?c=getobject&s=obj&objectid=18194&ext=document.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509221432/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/dsc?c=getobject&s=obj&objectid=18194&ext=document.pdf |archive-date=2009-05-09 |access-date=2009-07-19 |website=[[Dutch Royal House]] |language=en-GB}}}} and the first grandchild of [[Queen Juliana]] and [[Prince Bernhard]]. He was the first male Dutch royal baby since the birth of [[Alexander, Prince of Orange|Prince Alexander]] in 1851, and the first immediate male heir since Alexander's death in 1884.

From birth, Willem-Alexander has held the titles Prince of the Netherlands ({{langx|nl|Prins der Nederlanden}}), Prince of [[House of Orange-Nassau|Orange-Nassau]], and [[Jonkheer]] of [[Amsberg]].{{r|biography}} He was baptised as a member of the [[Dutch Reformed Church]]{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Doop Willem-Alexander |trans-title=Baptism of Willem-Alexander |url=http://koningshuis.nos.nl/video/bekijk/id/tcm:5-437878/title/doop-willem-alexander |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331081933/http://koningshuis.nos.nl/video/bekijk/id/tcm:5-437878/title/doop-willem-alexander |archive-date=2009-03-31 |access-date=2009-12-13 |website=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]] |language=nl}}}} on 2 September 1967{{refn|name="40questions"|{{Cite web |title=40 meest gestelde vragen |trans-title=40 most frequently asked questions |url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/Speciale_webpagina_s/40ste_verjaardag_Prins_van_Oranje_27_april_2007/40_veelgestelde_vragen |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110604040729/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/Speciale_webpagina_s/40ste_verjaardag_Prins_van_Oranje_27_april_2007/40_veelgestelde_vragen |archive-date=2011-06-04 |access-date=2009-12-13 |website=[[Dutch Royal House]] |language=nl}}}} in Saint Jacob's Church in [[The Hague]].{{refn|{{Cite web |date=2009-04-27 |title=Doopplechtigheid Prins Willem-Alexander in Sint Jacobskerk |trans-title=Baptism ceremony of Prince Willem-Alexander in St. Jacob Church: 3 parts |url=http://blogs.rnw.nl/haa/b232960-doopplechtigheid-prins-willem-alexander-in-sint-jacobskerk-3-delen-1967-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727112342/http://blogs.rnw.nl/haa/b232960-doopplechtigheid-prins-willem-alexander-in-sint-jacobskerk-3-delen-1967-09-02 |archive-date=2011-07-27 |access-date=2009-12-13 |website=[[Radio Netherlands Worldwide]] |language=nl}}}} His godparents are his maternal grandfather [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld]], his paternal grandmother [[Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen|Gösta Freiin von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen]], [[Ferdinand von Bismarck|Prince Ferdinand von Bismarck]], former Prime Minister [[Jelle Zijlstra]], [[Jonkvrouw]] Renée [[:nl:Röell|Röell]], and [[Queen Margrethe II]].{{r|40questions}}

He had two younger brothers: [[Prince Friso]] (1968–2013) and [[Prince Constantijn]] (b. 1969). He lived with his family at the castle [[Drakensteyn]] in the hamlet [[Lage Vuursche]] near [[Baarn]] from his birth until 1981, when they moved to the larger palace [[Huis ten Bosch]] in The Hague. His mother, Beatrix, became Queen of the Netherlands in 1980, after his grandmother Juliana abdicated. He then received the title of [[Prince of Orange]] as [[heir apparent]] to the throne of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] at the age of 13.{{r|biography}}

Willem-Alexander attended local state primary school Nieuwe Baarnse Elementary School in [[Baarn]] from 1973 to 1979. He went to two different state secondary schools (the Baarns Lyceum in Baarn from 1979 to 1981 and the Eerste Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum in [[The Hague]] from 1981 to 1983) and the private sixth-form college [[United World College of the Atlantic]] in [[Wales]] (1983 to 1985), where he received his [[International Baccalaureate]].{{r|biography}}{{refn|name="parlement"|{{Cite web |title=Z.M. koning Willem-Alexander, koning der Nederlanden, prins van Oranje-Nassau |trans-title=H.M. King Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau |url=http://www.parlement.com/id/vg09llxsqztx/willem_alexander_alexander_willem |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506005704/https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09llxsqztx/willem_alexander_alexander_willem |archive-date=2021-05-06 |access-date=2013-04-05 |website=Parlement |language=nl}}}}

After his military service from 1985 to 1987, Willem-Alexander studied history at [[Leiden University]] from 1987 onwards and received his [[Master of Arts]] degree ({{lang|la|[[doctorandus]]}}) in 1993.{{refn|{{Cite web |last=Hoff |first=Ruud |title=Leiden, 2 juli 1993 |trans-title=Leiden, 2 July 1993 |url=http://www.anp-archief.nl/page/50475/nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212101152/http://www.anp-archief.nl/page/50475/nl |archive-date=2013-12-12 |access-date=2017-06-15 |website=ANP Historisch Archief Community}}}}{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Dutch royals in Leiden |url=https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2016/04/dutch-royal-family-in-leiden |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517161231/https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2016/04/dutch-royal-family-in-leiden |archive-date=2021-05-17 |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=[[Leiden University]]|date=26 April 2019 }}}} His final thesis was on the Dutch response to France's [[French withdrawal from NATO command|decision]] under President [[Charles de Gaulle]] to leave [[NATO]]'s integrated command structure.{{r|biography}}

Willem-Alexander speaks English, Spanish, French, and German (his father's native language) in addition to his native Dutch.{{refn|{{Cite web |date=2009-11-05 |title=Prins Willem-Alexander blundert tijdens staatsbezoek Mexico |trans-title=Prince Willem-Alexander blunders during state visit to Mexico |url=http://925.nl/archief/2009/11/05/prins-willem-alexander-blundert-tijdens-staatsbezoek-mexico |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210222404/http://925.nl/archief/2009/11/05/prins-willem-alexander-blundert-tijdens-staatsbezoek-mexico |archive-date=2013-12-10 |access-date=2013-05-03 |website=925}}}}

==Military training and career==
[[File:Prins Willem-Alexander als LTZ3.jpg|thumb|upright|Willem-Alexander in the navy uniform of [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] in 1986]]
Between secondary school and his university education, Willem-Alexander performed military service in the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] from August 1985 until January 1987. He received his training at the [[Royal Netherlands Naval College]] and in the frigates [[HNLMS Tromp (F801)|HNLMS ''Tromp'']] and [[HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen (F816)|HNLMS ''Abraham Crijnssen'']], where he was an [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]]. In 1988 he received additional training in the ship [[HNLMS Van Kinsbergen (F809)|HNLMS ''Van Kinsbergen'']] and became a [[lieutenant (junior grade)]] ({{lang|nl|wachtofficier}}).{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Military career |url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/Who_s_who/The_Prince_of_Orange/Military_career |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124230522/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/Who_s_who/The_Prince_of_Orange/Military_career |archive-date=2009-11-24 |access-date=2009-12-17 |website=[[Dutch Royal House]] |date=4 May 2005 |language=en-GB}}}}

As a [[reservist]] for the Royal Netherlands Navy, Willem-Alexander was promoted to [[lieutenant commander]] in 1995, [[commander]] in 1997, [[Captain at Sea]] in 2001, and [[Commodore (rank)|commodore]] in 2005. As a reservist for the [[Royal Netherlands Army]], he was made a [[Major (rank)|major]] ([[Grenadiers' and Rifles Guard Regiment]]) in 1995, and was promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] in 1997, [[colonel]] in 2001, and [[brigadier general]] in 2005. As a reservist for the [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]], he was made [[squadron leader]] in 1995 and promoted to [[air commodore]] in 2005. As a reservist for the [[Royal Marechaussee]], he was made [[brigadier general]] in 2005.{{r|parlement}}

Before his investiture as king in 2013, Willem-Alexander was honourably discharged from the armed forces. The government declared that the [[head of state]] cannot be a serving member of the armed forces, since the government itself holds supreme command over the armed forces. As king, Willem-Alexander may choose to wear a military uniform with [[royal insignia]], but not with his former rank insignia.{{refn|{{Cite press release |title=King will retain close relationship with armed forces |date=2013-04-11 |url=http://www.defensie.nl/english/latest/news/2013/04/11/royal-insignia-struck |language=en-GB |access-date=2013-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217191208/http://www.defensie.nl/english/latest/news/2013/04/11/royal-insignia-struck |archive-date=2015-02-17 |website=[[Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)|Ministry of Defence]]}}}}

==Activities and social interests==
[[File:Willem-Alexander and Máxima at the White House.jpg|thumb|left|Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima meet [[Michelle Obama]], [[Barack Obama]] and [[Fay Hartog-Levin]] at the [[White House]] in 2009.]]

Since 1985, when he became 18 years old, Willem-Alexander has been a member of the [[Council of State of the Netherlands]]. This is the highest council of the [[Dutch government|Dutch political system]] and is chaired by the head of state (then Queen Beatrix).{{refn|{{Cite web |title=The Dutch Council of State |url=https://www.raadvanstate.nl/talen/artikel/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314042740/https://www.raadvanstate.nl/talen/artikel/ |archive-date=2022-03-14 |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=Raad van State |language=en-GB}}}}

Willem-Alexander is interested in [[water management]] and sports issues. He was an honorary member of the World Commission on Water for the 21st century and patron of the Global Water Partnership, a body established by the [[World Bank]], the UN, and the Swedish Ministry of Development. He was appointed as the Chairperson of the United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation on 12 December 2006.{{refn|{{Cite web |title=About UNSGAB |url=http://www.unsgab.org/chair.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730084012/http://www.unsgab.org/chair.htm |archive-date=2012-07-30 |access-date=2013-01-28 |website=[[United Nations]] Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation |language=en-US}}}}

On 10 October 2010, Willem-Alexander and Máxima went to the [[Netherlands Antilles]]' capital, [[Willemstad]], to attend and represent [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|his mother, the Queen]], at the [[Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles|Antillean Dissolution ceremony]].

He was a patron of the Dutch Olympic Games Committee until 1998 when he was made a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC). After becoming King, he relinquished his membership and received the Gold [[Olympic Order]] at the [[125th IOC Session]].{{refn|name="OlympicOrder"|{{Cite web |date=2013-09-08 |title=Dutch King given Olympic gold order |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/9650368/dutch-king-willem-alexander-awarded-ioc-highest-honor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127111528/https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/9650368/dutch-king-willem-alexander-awarded-ioc-highest-honor |archive-date=2020-11-27 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=[[ESPN]] |language=en-US}}}} To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the [[1928 Summer Olympics]] held in Amsterdam, he had expressed support to bid for the [[2028 Summer Olympics]].{{refn|{{Cite web |date=2008-08-14 |title=Netherlands May Bid For 2028 Games |url=https://gamesbids.com/eng/summer-olympic-bids/future-summer-bids/netherlands-may-bid-for-2028-games/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804142021/https://gamesbids.com/eng/summer-olympic-bids/future-summer-bids/netherlands-may-bid-for-2028-games/ |archive-date=2020-08-04 |website=Gamesbids.com |language=en-US}}}}

He was a member of the supervisory board of {{lang|nl|[[De Nederlandsche Bank]]|italic=no}} (the Dutch central bank), a member of the Advisory Council of ECP (the information society forum for government, business and civil society), patron of Veterans' Day and held several other patronages and posts.{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Preparing for the role of monarch |url=https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander/preparing-for-the-role-of-monarch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231221333/https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander/preparing-for-the-role-of-monarch |archive-date=2021-12-31 |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=[[Dutch Royal House]] |date=15 January 2015 |language=en-GB}}}}

== Reign ==
{{See also|List of overseas trips made by Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands}}
[[File:Isaac Herzog visit to the Netherlands, March 2024 (GPOABG48751).jpeg|thumb|Willem-Alexander with Dutch Prime Minister [[Mark Rutte]], Austrian President [[Alexander Van der Bellen]] and Israeli President [[Isaac Herzog]] on 10 March 2024]]
On 28 January 2013, Beatrix announced her intention to abdicate. On the morning of 30 April 2013 ({{lang|nl|[[Koninginnedag]]}}), Beatrix signed the instrument of abdication at the {{lang|nl|Moseszaal}} (Moses Hall) at the [[Royal Palace of Amsterdam]]. Later that afternoon, Willem-Alexander was [[Inauguration of Willem-Alexander|inaugurated]] as king before a joint session of the [[States General of the Netherlands|States General]] in a ceremony held at the [[Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam)|Nieuwe Kerk]].

As king, Willem-Alexander has weekly meetings with the prime minister and speaks regularly with ministers and state secretaries. He also signs all new Acts of Parliament and royal decrees. He represents the kingdom at home and abroad. At the State Opening of Parliament, he delivers the Speech from the Throne, which announces the plans of the government for the parliamentary year. The Constitution requires that the king appoint, dismiss and swear in all government ministers and state secretaries. As king, he is also the President of the [[Council of State of the Netherlands|Council of State]], an advisory body that reviews proposed legislation. In modern practice, the monarch seldom chairs council meetings.{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Position and role as head of state |url=https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander/position-and-role-as-head-of-state |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203050223/https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander/position-and-role-as-head-of-state |archive-date=2022-02-03 |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=[[Dutch Royal House]] |date=15 January 2015 |language=en-GB}}}}

At his accession at age 46, he was Europe's youngest monarch. He is currently third-youngest after [[Frederik X]] of Denmark and [[Felipe VI]] of Spain. He is also the first male monarch of the Netherlands since the death of his great-great-grandfather [[William III of the Netherlands|William III]] in 1890. Willem-Alexander was one of four new sovereign monarchs in 2013 along with [[Pope Francis]], Emir [[Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani]] of Qatar, and King [[Philippe of Belgium|Philippe]] of Belgium.

==Other activities==
[[File:Ellen van Dijk, Time Trial Olympic Summer Games 2012.jpg|thumb|left|Willem-Alexander with his family at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], here supporting [[Ellen van Dijk]]]]

Willem-Alexander is an avid pilot and has said that if he had not been a royal, he would have liked to be an airline pilot so he could fly internationally on large-sized aircraft such as the [[Boeing 747]].{{refn|name=":0"|{{Cite news |date=2017-05-17 |title=Dutch King Willem-Alexander reveals secret flights as first officer |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39946532 |url-status=live |access-date=2017-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517192222/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39946532 |archive-date=2017-05-17}}}} During the reign of his mother, he regularly flew the Dutch royal aircraft on trips.{{refn|{{Cite news |date=2011 |title=FAQ – Dutch royalty |language=en-GB |work=[[Radio Netherlands Worldwide]] |url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/faq-dutch-royalty |url-status=dead |access-date=2013-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127104421/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/faq-dutch-royalty |archive-date=2013-01-27}}}} However, in May 2017, Willem-Alexander revealed that he had served as a first officer on [[KLM]] flights for 21 years, flying [[KLM Cityhopper]]'s [[Fokker 70]]s twice a month, even after his accession to the throne. Following KLM's phased retirement of the Fokker 70, he began training to fly [[Boeing 737]]s. Willem-Alexander was rarely recognized while in the KLM uniform and wearing the KLM cap, though a few passengers recognized his voice, even though he never gave his name and only welcomed passengers on behalf of the captain and crew.{{r|:0}}{{refn|{{Cite web |last=Sephton |first=Connor |date=2017-05-17 |title=Dutch king reveals double life as an airline pilot for KLM |url=http://news.sky.com/story/dutch-king-reveals-double-life-as-an-airline-pilot-for-klm-10881947 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518003140/http://news.sky.com/story/dutch-king-reveals-double-life-as-an-airline-pilot-for-klm-10881947 |archive-date=2017-05-18 |access-date=2017-05-17 |website=[[Sky News]]}}}}

Using the name "W. A. [[Van Buren (surname)|van Buren]]", one of the least-known titles of the [[House of Orange-Nassau]], he participated in the 1986 Frisian [[Elfstedentocht]], a {{convert|200|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} distance [[ice skating]] tour.{{refn|{{Cite web |last=Teunissen |first=Bas |date=2012-10-04 |title=FAQ: eleven facts about the Eleven Cities Race |url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/faq-eleven-facts-about-eleven-cities-race |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317033119/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/faq-eleven-facts-about-eleven-cities-race |archive-date=2013-03-17 |access-date=2013-01-28 |website=[[Radio Netherlands Worldwide]] |language=en-GB}}}} He ran the [[New York City Marathon]] under the same pseudonym in 1992.{{refn|{{Cite news |last=Brooks |first=James |date=2013-04-19 |title=Dutch abdication: Ten things you never knew about the royal family of the Netherlands |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=[[London]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/10025620/Dutch-abdication-Ten-things-you-never-knew-about-the-royal-family-of-the-Netherlands.html |url-status=live |access-date=2013-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502094751/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/10025620/Dutch-abdication-Ten-things-you-never-knew-about-the-royal-family-of-the-Netherlands.html |archive-date=2013-05-02}}}} Willem-Alexander completed both events.

==Marriage and children==
{{Main|Wedding of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti}}

[[File:Willemmaxima trouwen.jpg|thumb|right|Prince Willem-Alexander and [[Queen Máxima of the Netherlands|Princess Máxima]] kiss at the balcony of the [[Royal Palace of Amsterdam]] on their wedding day in 2002.]]

On 2 February 2002, he married [[Máxima Zorreguieta]]<ref name="holland">{{cite web|url=https://www.holland.com/global/tourism/getting-around/information/the-royal-family/queen-maxima.htm|title=Queen Máxima|website=Holland.com|date=6 June 2012 |quote=Máxima Zorreguieta was born in Argentina on 17 May 1971.|access-date=25 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825013611/https://www.holland.com/global/tourism/getting-around/information/the-royal-family/queen-maxima.htm|archive-date=25 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="koninklijkhuis">{{cite web|url=https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/queen-maxima/youth|title=Queen Máxima — Youth|website=Het Koninklijk Huis|date=15 January 2015 |quote=Queen Máxima was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 17 May 1971 as Máxima Zorreguieta.|access-date=25 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825014124/https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/queen-maxima/youth|archive-date=25 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="hetloo">{{cite web|url=https://paleishetloo.nl/en/maxima-zorreguieta|title=Máxima Zorreguieta|website=Paleis Het Loo|access-date=25 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825014541/https://paleishetloo.nl/en/maxima-zorreguieta|archive-date=25 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> at the [[Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam)|Nieuwe Kerk]] in Amsterdam. The marriage triggered significant controversy due to the role the bride's father, [[Jorge Zorreguieta]], had in the [[National Reorganization Process|Argentinian military dictatorship]]. The couple have three daughters: [[The Princess of Orange]], [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands|Princess Alexia]], and [[Princess Ariane]].

[[File:King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and their daughters 2013.jpg|thumb|King Willem-Alexander and [[Queen Máxima of the Netherlands|Queen Máxima]] with their daughters [[Princess Catharina-Amalia]] (left), [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands|Princess Alexia]] (right) and [[Princess Ariane]] (center)]]

{| Class="wikitable"
|-
! Name || Date of birth || Place of birth || Age
|-
| [[Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange]] || {{birth date|2003|12|7|df=yes}}|| [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]] || {{age in years|2003|12|7|df=yes}}
|-
| [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands]] || {{birth date|2005|6|26|df=yes}}|| [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]] || {{age in years|2005|6|26|df=yes}}
|-
| [[Princess Ariane of the Netherlands]] || {{birth date|2007|4|10|df=yes}}|| [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]] || {{age in years|2007|4|10|df=yes}}
|}

== Privacy and the press ==
In an attempt to strike a balance between privacy for the royal family and availability to the press, the [[Netherlands Government Information Service]] (RVD) instituted a media code on 21 June 2005 which essentially states that:{{refn|{{Cite web |date=2005-06-21 |title=Media Code |url=https://www.royal-house.nl/topics/media-information/privacy-protection/media-code |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127191905/https://www.royal-house.nl/topics/media-information/privacy-protection/media-code |archive-date=2020-11-27 |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=[[Dutch Royal House]] |language=en-GB}}}}
* Photographs of the members of the royal house while performing their duties are always permitted.
* For other occasions (like holidays or vacations), the RVD will arrange a photo-op on condition that the press leave the family alone for the rest of the activity.

During a ski vacation in [[Argentina]], several photographs were taken of the prince and his family during the private part of their holiday, including one by [[Associated Press]] staff photographer Natacha Pisarenko, in spite of the media code, and after a photo opportunity had been provided earlier.{{refn|name="NRC_AP"|{{Cite news |date=2005-08-05 |title=Royals sue Associated Press over holiday photos |language=en-GB |work=[[NRC Handelsblad|NRC]] |url=http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2320268.ece/Royals_sue_Associated_Press_over_holiday_photos |url-status=dead |access-date=2010-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909134213/http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2320268.ece/Royals_sue_Associated_Press_over_holiday_photos |archive-date=2009-09-09}}}} The Associated Press decided to publish some of the photos, which were subsequently republished by several Dutch media. Willem-Alexander and the RVD jointly filed [[lawsuit|suit]] against the Associated Press on 5 August 2009, and the trial started on 14 August 2009 at the [[district court]] in Amsterdam. On 28 August 2009, the district court ruled in favour of the prince and RVD, citing that the couple has a right to privacy, that the pictures in question add nothing to any public debate, and that they are not of any particular value to society since they are not photographs of his family "at work". Associated Press was sentenced to stop further publication of the photographs, on pain of a {{Currency|1000|EUR}} fine per violation with a {{Currency|50000|EUR}} maximum.{{refn|{{Cite web |date=2009-08-28 |title=Willem-Alexander wint rechtszaak tegen AP |trans-title=Willem-Alexander wins lawsuit against AP |url=http://vorstenvroegerennu.nl/?p=273 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308034434/http://vorstenvroegerennu.nl/?p=273 |archive-date=2012-03-08 |language=nl}}}}

In October 2020, Willem-Alexander apologised for a family holiday trip to Greece which had taken place while his country was under partial lockdown during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="Covid-Greece">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54634517|title=Covid: Dutch king expresses regret over Greek holiday scandal|work=BBC News|date=21 October 2020|access-date=15 March 2024}}</ref> He and his family cut their trip short, and in a two-minute video he stated that it "hurts to have betrayed" people's trust.<ref name="Covid-Greece"/> Earlier in August, he and his wife were photographed with a restaurant owner during another trip to Greece, which was a violation of social distancing rules at the time.<ref name="Covid-Greece"/>

==Properties==
From 2003 until 2019, Willem-Alexander and his family lived in Villa Eikenhorst on the De Horsten Estate in [[Wassenaar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Villa Eikenhorst {{!}} De Horsten Royal Estates |url=https://www.royal-house.nl/topics/de-horsten-royal-estates/villa-eikenhorst |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=Royal House of the Netherlands}}</ref> After his mother abdicated and became Princess Beatrix once again, she moved to the castle of [[Drakensteyn]], after which the King and his family moved to the newly renovated monarch's palace of [[Huis ten Bosch]] in The Hague in 2019.{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Drakensteyn Castle |url=https://www.royal-house.nl/topics/drakensteyn-castle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417230237/https://www.royal-house.nl/topics/drakensteyn-castle |archive-date=2021-04-17 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=[[Dutch Royal House]] |language=en-GB}}}}

Willem-Alexander has a villa near [[Kranidi]], Greece.{{refn|{{Cite news |date=16 April 2012 |title=Dutch prince buys villa next to James Bond actor |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17725256 |url-status=live |access-date=2013-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417034144/http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17725256 |archive-date=2012-04-17}}}}

===Villa in Machangulo===
On 10 July 2008, the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima announced that they had invested in a development project on the [[Mozambique|Mozambican]] peninsula of [[Machangulo]].{{refn|{{Cite web |date=2008-07-10 |title=Willem-Alexander wil huis voor kust Mozambique |trans-title=Willem-Alexander wants a house off the coast of Mozambique |url=http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/Nieuws/article/detail/1280749/2008/07/10/Willem-Alexander-wil-huis-voor-kust-Mozambique.dhtml |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123105806/http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/Nieuws/article/detail/1280749/2008/07/10/Willem-Alexander-wil-huis-voor-kust-Mozambique.dhtml |archive-date=2015-01-23 |access-date=2015-01-23 |website=[[Trouw]] |language=nl}}}} The development project was aimed at building an ecologically responsible vacation resort, including a hotel and several luxury holiday homes for investors. The project was to invest heavily in the local economy of the peninsula (building schools and a local clinic) with an eye both towards responsible sustainability and maintaining a local staff.{{refn|{{Cite news |last=Waterfield |first=Bruno |date=2009-10-10 |title=Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander accused over Mozambique villa |language=en-GB |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=[[Brussels]] |publication-place=[[London]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/6284941/Dutch-Crown-Prince-Willem-Alexander-accused-over-Mozambique-villa.html |url-status=live |access-date=2010-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601084951/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/6284941/Dutch-Crown-Prince-Willem-Alexander-accused-over-Mozambique-villa.html |archive-date=2010-06-01}}}} After contacting Mozambican President [[Armando Guebuza]] to verify that the Mozambican government had no objections, the couple decided to invest in two villas.{{refn|name="ADPres"|{{Cite news |date=2009-11-19 |title=Prins had contact met president Mozambique |language=nl |work=[[Algemeen Dagblad]] |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Nederland/article/detail/2062030/2009/11/19/Prins-had-contact-met-president-Mozambique.dhtml |url-status=dead |access-date=2022-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123120912/http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Nederland/article/detail/2062030/2009/11/19/Prins-had-contact-met-president-Mozambique.dhtml |archive-date=2015-01-23}}}} In 2009, controversy erupted in parliament and the press about the project and the prince's involvement.{{r|ADPres}} Politician [[Alexander Pechtold]] questioned the morality of building such a resort in a poor country like Mozambique. After public and parliamentary controversy, the royal couple announced that they had decided to sell the property in Machangulo once their house was completed.{{refn|name="NRC"|{{Cite news |date=2009-11-23 |title=Crown prince bows to public pressure over Mozambique villa |language=en-GB |work=[[NRC Handelsblad|NRC]] |url=http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2421003.ece/Crown_prince_bows_to_public_pressure_over_Mozambique_villa |url-status=dead |access-date=2010-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302083042/http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2421003.ece/Crown_prince_bows_to_public_pressure_over_Mozambique_villa |archive-date=2010-03-02}}}} In January 2012, it was confirmed that the villa had been sold.{{refn|name="NOS_sold"|{{Cite web |date=2012-01-18 |title=Prins verkoopt villa in Mozambique |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/331249-prins-verkoopt-villa-in-mozambique.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123125934/http://nos.nl/artikel/331249-prins-verkoopt-villa-in-mozambique.html |archive-date=2015-01-23 |access-date=2015-01-23 |website=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]] |language=nl}}}}

==Titles, styles, honours and arms==
===Titles and styles===
{{See also|Style of the Dutch sovereign}}
* 27 April 1967{{thinsp|–}}30 April 1980: ''His Royal Highness'' Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg
* 30 April 1980{{thinsp|–}}30 April 2013: ''His Royal Highness'' The Prince of Orange
* 30 April 2013{{thinsp|–}}present: ''His Majesty'' The King<ref name=abdication>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/onderwerpen/titels-aanspreektitels-en-beschermheerschappen/aanspreektitels|title = Aanspreektitels - Titels, aanspreektitels en beschermheerschappen - Het Koninklijk Huis|date = 14 January 2015}}</ref>

Willem-Alexander's full title is: His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, etc., etc., etc.<ref name=abdication/>

Willem-Alexander is the first Dutch king since [[William III of the Netherlands|Willem III]] ({{abbr|d.|died}} 1890). Willem-Alexander had earlier indicated that when he became king, he would take the name ''Willem IV'',{{refn|name="witteman97"|{{Cite web |title=Interview met Willem-Alexander |url=http://www.racchvs.com/alex/biointerview.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307005304/http://www.racchvs.com/alex/biointerview.htm |archive-date=2007-03-07 |access-date=2006-05-06 |language=nl}}}} but it was announced in January 2013 that his regnal name would be ''Willem-Alexander''.{{refn|name="koninklijkhuis1"|{{Cite web |title=Prince of Orange to become King Willem-Alexander |url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/news// |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007203226/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/news/ |archive-date=2015-10-07 |access-date=2017-06-15 |language=en-GB}}}}

===Military ranks===
[[File:Royal guest Wedding Victoria.jpg|thumb|Willem-Alexander in the navy uniform of [[Commodore (rank)|commodore]] at the [[Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling|wedding of the Crown Princess of Sweden and Daniel Westling]] in June 2010]]

[[File:Koning Willem-Alexander uniform close-up.jpg|thumb|right|King Willem-Alexander in uniform with the Royal insignia]]

'''Royal Netherlands Navy – conscripted'''
*[[File:Nl-marine-vloot-luitenant ter zee der 3e klasse.svg|25px]] Lieutenant at sea, third class ([[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]]) (August 1985{{thinsp|–}}January 1987)
*[[File:Nl-marine-vloot-luitenant ter zee der 2e klasse.svg|25px]] Lieutenant at sea, second class ([[Sub-lieutenant]]) (watch officer, 1988)

'''Royal Netherlands Navy – reserve'''
*[[File:Nl-marine-vloot-luitenant ter zee der 2e klasse oudste categorie.svg|25px]] Lieutenant at sea, second class (senior grade) ([[Lieutenant#Naval rank|Lieutenant]]) (1988–1995)
*[[File:Nl-marine-vloot-luitenant ter zee der 1e klasse.svg|25px]] Lieutenant at sea, first class ([[Lieutenant Commander]]) (1995–1997)
*[[File:Nl-marine-vloot-kapitein luitenant ter zee.svg|25px]] Captain-lieutenant at sea ([[Commander]]) (1997–2001)
*[[File:Nl-marine-vloot-kapitein ter zee.svg|25px]] [[Captain at Sea]] (2001–2005)
*[[File:Nl-marine-vloot-commandeur.svg|25px]] [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] (2005–2013)

'''Royal Netherlands Air Force – reserve'''
*[[File:Nl-luchtmacht-majoor.svg|25px]] [[Squadron Leader]] (1995–2005)
*[[File:Nl-luchtmacht-commodore.svg|25px]] [[Air Commodore]] (2005–2013)

'''Royal Netherlands Army – reserve'''
*[[File:Nl-landmacht-majoor.svg|25px]] [[Major (rank)|Major]], [[Grenadiers' and Rifles Guard Regiment]] (1995–1997)
*[[File:Nl-landmacht-luitenant kolonel.svg|25px]] [[Lieutenant colonel]] (1997–2001)
*[[File:Nl-landmacht-kolonel.svg|25px]] [[Colonel]] (2001–2005)
*[[File:Nl-landmacht-brigade generaal.svg|25px]] [[Brigadier general]] (2005–2013)

'''[[Royal Marechaussee]] – reserve'''
*[[File:Nl-marechausee-brigade generaal.svg|25px]] [[Brigadier general]] (2005–2013)

'''King's Insignia, all services'''
*[[File:Koninklijk distinctief.jpg|40px]] [[Royal insignia|Royal insignia as King]] (2013–present)

===Qualifications===
*[[File:Pilot Wings Royal Netherlands Airforce.png|50px]] [[Fighter pilot|Military Pilot]]

===Honours===
{{see also|List of honours of the Dutch royal family by country}}

====National====
* [[File:NLD Military Order of William - Grand Cross BAR.png|70px]] Grand Master of the [[Military William Order]]
* [[File:Order of the Netherlands Lion ribbon - Knight Grand Cross.svg|70px]] Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]]
* [[File:Order of Orange-Nassau ribbon - Knight Grand Cross.svg|70px]] Grand Master of the [[Order of Orange-Nassau]]
* [[File:Ordre du Lion d'Or de la Maison de Nassau ribbon.svg|70px]] Co-Grand Master and Knight of the [[Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau]]
* [[File:NLD Order of the House of Orange - Grand Cross BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Master and Grand Cross of the [[Order of the House of Orange]]
* [[File:NED Kroonorde A1 BAR.png|70px]] Grand Master of the [[Order of the Crown (Netherlands)|Order of the Crown]]
* [[File:Order of the House of Orange - Ribbon bar.svg|70px]] Grand Master of the [[Order for Loyalty and Merit]]
* [[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|70px]] Honorary Commander of the [[Order of Saint John in the Netherlands]]{{refn|{{Cite news |date=2014-12-01 |title=Koning Willem-Alexander erecommendeur van Johanniter Orde |language=nl |work=[[Reformatorisch Dagblad]] |url=http://www.refdag.nl/kerkplein/kerknieuws/koning_willem_alexander_erecommendeur_van_johanniter_orde_1_873842 |url-status=dead |access-date=2016-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531071212/http://www.refdag.nl/kerkplein/kerknieuws/koning_willem_alexander_erecommendeur_van_johanniter_orde_1_873842 |archive-date=31 May 2016}}}}
* [[File:Order of the Golden Ark.png|70px]] Grand Master of the [[Order of the Golden Ark]]
* [[File:Elfsteden Medal Bar.svg|70px]] Recipient of the [[Elfstedentocht|Eleven Cities Cross]]
* [[File:Officer's cross for long service.png|70px]] Recipient of the {{Interlanguage link|Officer Long Service Cross|nl|3=Onderscheidingsteken voor Langdurige Dienst als officier}}
* [[File:Queen Beatrix Investiture Medal 1980.gif|70px]] Recipient of the [[Decorations and medals of the Netherlands#Royal Commemorative Medals|Queen Beatrix Inauguration Medal]]
* [[File:Royal Wedding Medal 2002.gif|70px]] Recipient of the [[Decorations and medals of the Netherlands#Royal Commemorative Medals|Wedding Medal of Prince Willem-Alexander to Máxima Zorreguieta]]

====Foreign====
*{{flag|Argentina}}: Collar of the [[Order of the Liberator General San Martín]]{{refn|{{Cite web |date=2017-03-27 |title=Máxima de Holanda, anfitriona de Juliana Awada en su visita de Estado a Holanda |trans-title=Máxima of the Netherlands, hostess of Juliana Awada on her state visit to the Netherlands |url=http://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/multimedia/album/casas-reales/2017-03-27/maxima-holanda-juliana-awada-macri-rey-visita-argentina_1355855#0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518104128/http://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/multimedia/album/casas-reales/2017-03-27/maxima-holanda-juliana-awada-macri-rey-visita-argentina_1355855/ |archive-date=2017-05-18 |access-date=2017-06-15 |website=[[El Confidencial]] |language=es}}}}
*{{flag|Austria}}: Grand Star of the [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria]] 
*{{flag|Belgium}}:
** Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]] (2016)
** Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown (Belgium)|Order of the Crown]] (1993)
*{{flag|Brazil}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Southern Cross|National Order of the Southern Cross]]
*{{flag|Brunei}}: Member of the [[Family Order of Laila Utama]]
*{{flag|Cape Verde}}: Member 1st Class of the Order of Amílcar Cabral (7 December 2018){{refn|{{Cite magazine |date=2018-12-07 |title=Boletim Oficial |trans-title=Official Bulletin |url=https://kiosk.incv.cv/V/2018/12/7/1.1.80.2618/p1 |url-status=live |language=pt |volume=1 |issue=80 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327085157/https://kiosk.incv.cv/V/2018/12/7/1.1.80.2618/p1 |archive-date=2022-03-27 |access-date=2019-11-11 |magazine=Imprensa Nacional de Cabo Verde}}}}
*{{flag|Chile}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit (Chile)|Order of the Merit]]
* {{flag|Cyprus}}: Grand Collar of the [[Order of Makarios III]] (4 March 2025)
*{{flag|Denmark}}: Knight of the [[Order of the Elephant]] (RE, 31 January 1998){{refn|{{Cite web |title=Ordensdetaljer |trans-title=Order details |url=https://bdkv2.borger.dk/foa/Sider/default.aspx?fk=24&foaid=213&page=1&pageSize=500 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207033319/https://bdkv2.borger.dk/foa/Sider/default.aspx?fk=24&foaid=213&page=1&pageSize=500 |archive-date=2013-12-07 |access-date=2019-11-11 |website=borger.dk |language=da}}}}
*{{flag|Estonia}}: Collar of the [[Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana]] (5 June 2018){{refn|{{Cite web |title=Kuningas Willem-Alexander |trans-title=King Willem-Alexander |url=https://www.president.ee/en/state-decorations/bearers-of-decorations/30777-kuningas-willem-alexander |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220427050754/https://www.president.ee/en/state-decorations/bearers-of-decorations/30777-kuningas-willem-alexander |archive-date=2022-04-27 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Office of the President of the Republic |language=et}}}}<ref>[https://news.err.ee/837775/king-of-netherlands-to-visit-estonia-next-week King of Netherlands to visit Estonia next week] - website of the Estionian public radio and television organisation [[Eesti Rahvusringhääling]]</ref><ref>[https://president.ee/et/ametitegevus/otsused/2896-265-riiklike-autasude-andmine 265. Riiklike autasude andmine] - website of the [[President of Estonia]]</ref>
*{{flag|France}}:
** Grand Cross of the [[Legion of Honour|Order of the Legion of Honour]] (20 January 2014){{refn|{{Cite web |date=2014-01-20 |title=Koning krijgt grootkruis van Legioen van Eer |trans-title=King receives Grand Cross of Legion of Honour |url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/22226644/__Koning_krijgt_onderscheiding__.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123060401/http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/22226644/__Koning_krijgt_onderscheiding__.html |archive-date=2014-01-23 |website=[[De Telegraaf]] |language=nl}}}}
** Grand Cross of the [[National Order of Merit (France)|National Order of Merit]]
*{{flag|Germany}}: 
** Grand Cross 1st class of the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]]{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Prince Willem-Alexander attends a state banquet offered by president |url=http://c7.alamy.com/comp/DAJHN6/prince-willem-alexander-attends-a-state-banquet-offered-by-president-DAJHN6.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403014851/http://c7.alamy.com/comp/DAJHN6/prince-willem-alexander-attends-a-state-banquet-offered-by-president-DAJHN6.jpg |archive-date=2017-04-03 |access-date=2017-06-15 |website=[[Alamy]] |format=JPG}}}}{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Queen Beatrix Netherlands Through the Years |url=http://static.socialitelife.com/uploads/2013/01/29/Queen-Beatrix-Netherlands-Through-The-Years-01292013-14-682x517.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227060057/http://static.socialitelife.com/uploads/2013/01/29/Queen-Beatrix-Netherlands-Through-The-Years-01292013-14-682x517.jpg |archive-date=2016-12-27 |access-date=2017-06-15 |website=Socialite Life |format=JPG}}}}{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Crown Prince Willem-Alexander |url=http://c7.alamy.com/comp/DB0YK3/queen-beatrix-of-the-netherlands-bottom-and-crown-prince-willem-alexander-DB0YK3.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403110817/http://c7.alamy.com/comp/DB0YK3/queen-beatrix-of-the-netherlands-bottom-and-crown-prince-willem-alexander-DB0YK3.jpg |archive-date=2017-04-03 |access-date=2017-06-15 |website=[[Alamy]] |format=JPG}}}}
** Grand Cross special class of the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (5 July 2021)
* {{flag|Greece}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Redeemer]] (31 October 2022)
*{{flag|Indonesia}}: [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Indonesia#Stars of the Republic of Indonesia|Star of Mahaputera]] 1st Class
*{{flag|Italy}}: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] (19 June 2017){{refn|{{Cite web |title=van Oranje-Nassau S.M. Willem Alexander Claus George Decorato di Gran Cordone |trans-title=van Orange-Nassau H.M. Willem-Alexander Claus George Decorated with Grand Cordon |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/346764 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907212830/http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=346764 |archive-date=2017-09-07 |website=Presidenza della Repubblica |language=it}}}}
*{{flag|Japan}}: Collar of the [[Order of the Chrysanthemum|Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum]] (24 October 2014){{refn|{{Cite web |title=Gaikoku hito jokun jushō-sha meibo Heisei 26-nen |script-title=ja:外国人叙勲受章者名簿 平成26年 |trans-title=List of recipients of foreign awards 2014 |url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/ms/po/page22_001017.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213355/http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/ms/po/page22_001017.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2017-06-15 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |language=ja}}}}
*{{flag|Jordan}}: Collar of the [[Order of al-Hussein bin Ali]] (20 March 2018)
*{{flag|Latvia}}: Commander Grand Cross with Chain of the [[Order of the Three Stars]] (6 June 2018){{refn|{{Cite web |title=Par Triju Zvaigžņu ordeņa piešķiršanu |trans-title=On the awarding of the Order of the Three Stars |url=https://www.vestnesis.lv/op/2018/115.1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413124450/https://www.vestnesis.lv/op/2018/115.1 |archive-date=2021-04-13 |access-date=2018-06-11 |website=Latvijas Vēstnesis |language=lv}}}}
*{{flag|Lithuania}}: [[Order of Vytautas the Great|Order of Vytautas the Great with the Golden Chain]] (13 June 2018){{refn|{{Cite press release |title=Royal visit crowns Lithuanian-Dutch friendship |date=2018-06-13 |location=[[Vilnius]] |url=https://www.lrp.lt/en/press-centre/press-releases/royal-visit-crowns-lithuanian-dutch-friendship/30211 |language=en-GB |access-date=2022-04-27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327085156/https://www.lrp.lt/en/press-centre/press-releases/royal-visit-crowns-lithuanian-dutch-friendship/30211 |archive-date=2022-03-27 |website=President of the Republic of Lithuania}}}}
*{{flag|Luxembourg}}:
** Grand Cross of the [[Order of Adolphe of Nassau]]
** Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Oak Crown]]
*{{flag|Mexico}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Aztec Eagle|Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle]] (2009)
*{{flag|Norway}}: Grand Cross with Collar of the [[Order of St. Olav|Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav]] (GC, 1996; w/ collar, 2021)
*{{flag|Oman}}: 
** Collar of the [[Order of Al-Said]] (15 April 2025)
** Member Special Class of the [[Order of the Renaissance (Oman)|Order of the Renaissance]] (10 January 2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.omanobserver.om/files/pdf/2012/1/11/OmanObserver_11-01-12.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401231830/http://www.omanobserver.om/files/pdf/2012/1/11/OmanObserver_11-01-12.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Oman Observer|archive-date=1 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ppe-agency.com/preview.php?start=0&id=73487&zoektype=1&search=10-01-2012+Gala|title=[DNF] Fotoarchief Denieuwsfoto|website=www.ppe-agency.com}}</ref>
*{{flag|Poland}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)|Order of the White Eagle]] (2014)
*{{flag|Portugal}}: 
** Grand Collar of the [[Order of Prince Henry]] (GCollH, 10 October 2017){{refn|{{Cite web |title=Entidades Estrangeiras Agraciadas com Ordens Portuguesas |trans-title=Foreign Entities Awarded with Portuguese Orders |url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154&list=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409103248/https://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154&list=1 |archive-date=2022-04-09 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas |language=pt}} }}
** Grand Collar of the [[Military Order of Christ|Order of Christ]] (GCol, 10 December 2024)
*{{flag|Slovakia}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the White Double Cross]] (7 March 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prezident.sk/article/holandsky-kralovsky-par-pricestoval-na-navstevu-slovenska/|title=Holandský kráľovský pár pricestoval na návštevu Slovenska|date=7 March 2023|website=Prezidentka Slovenskej republiky}}</ref>
* {{flag|South Korea}}: Recipient of the [[Grand Order of Mugunghwa]] (12 December 2023)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/foto-en-video/inkomende-staatsbezoeken/president-van-republiek-korea-december-2023/ | title=President van de Republiek Korea, December 2023 - Foto en video - Het Koninklijk Huis | date=12 December 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/koninklijkhuis/status/1734673826934378597/photo/2/|title=x.com}}</ref>
*{{flag|Spain}}: 
**Knight of the Collar of the [[Order of Charles III|Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III]] (26 March 2024){{refn|{{Cite web |title=Real Decreto 349/2024|trans-title=Royal Decree 349/2024|url=https://boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2024-6171 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102819/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2001/10/20/pdfs/A38632-38632.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es}}}}
** Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic|Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic]] (GYC, 19 October 2001){{Refn|{{Cite web |title=Real Decreto 1141 |trans-title=Royal Decree 1141 |url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2001/10/20/pdfs/A38632-38632.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102819/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2001/10/20/pdfs/A38632-38632.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2017-06-15 |website=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es}}}}
*{{flag|Sweden}}: Knight with Collar of the [[Royal Order of the Seraphim]] (RSerafO, 1993;  w/ collar, 2022)
*{{flag|Thailand}}: Knight Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Chula Chom Klao]]{{refn|{{Cite press release |title=Prakāṣ̄ s̄ảnạk nāykrạṭ̄hmntrī |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/00137671.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231082034/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/00137671.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 December 2014 |language=th |access-date=2022-04-27 |trans-title=Announcement of the Prime Minister's Office |volume=121 |issue=6B |script-title=th:ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี |website=ราชกิจจานุเบกษา}} }}
*{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Union
*{{flag|United Kingdom}}: Stranger Knight Companion of the [[Order of the Garter|Most Noble Order of the Garter]] (KG, 23 October 2018)<ref>[https://www.nu.nl/achterklap/5530955/willem-alexander-benoemd-ridder-in-orde-van-kousenband.html Willem-Alexander benoemd tot ridder in Orde van de Kousenband] -  Dutch online newspaper [[NU.nl]]</ref><ref>[https://www.royal-house.nl/latest/news/2019/06/07/king-and-queen-to-visit-windsor King and Queen to visit Windsor: investuture in the Order of the Garter] - official website of the Dutch royal house</ref>
*{{flag|Venezuela}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Liberator]]

===Awards===
* [[International Olympic Committee]]: Recipient of the [[Olympic Order|Gold Olympic Order]]{{r|OlympicOrder}} (8 September 2013)

===Honorary appointment===
*[[Aide-de-camp]] to Her Majesty The Queen (until 2013)

===Arms===
{{Main|Coat of arms of the Netherlands}}

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| image             = Royal coat of arms of the Netherlands.svg
| imagesize         = 215px
| bannerimage       = Royal Standard of the Netherlands.svg
| badgeimage        = 
| notes             = As Monarch, Willem-Alexander uses the '''[[Greater Coat of Arms of the Realm]]''' ({{lang|nl|Grote Rijkswapen}}). The components of the coats of arms were updated and further regulated by [[Queen Wilhelmina]] in a royal decree of 10 July 1907 and were affirmed by [[Queen Juliana]] in a royal decree of 23 April 1980.
| adopted           = 10 July 1907 (a slightly adapted version of the original from 24 August 1815)
| crest             = Issuing from a coronet Or, a pair of wings joined Sable each with an arched bend Argent charged with three leaves of the lime-tree stems upward Vert.
| torse             = [[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]] and [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]
| helm              = Barred helmet
| escutcheon        = [[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], billetty [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] a [[lion (heraldry)|lion]] with a [[coronet]] Or armed and langued [[Gules]] holding in his dexter paw a [[sword]] [[Argent]] hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven [[arrow]]s Argent pointed and bound together Or.
| supporters        = Two lions rampant Or armed and langued Gules
| compartment       =
| motto             = {{ubl|{{lang|fr|italic=no|'''[[Je Maintiendrai|JE MAINTIENDRAI]]'''}}|''French: I will maintain (in Dutch: {{lang|nl|Ik zal handhaven}})''}}
| orders            =
| other_elements    = The monarch places this coat of arms on a [[purple]] mantle, with golden borders and tassels, lined with [[Ermine (heraldry)|Ermine]]. Above the mantle is a purple pavilion again topped with the royal crown.{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Coats of arms |date=14 April 2015 |url=https://www.royal-house.nl/topics/coats-of-arms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129081114/https://www.royal-house.nl/topics/coats-of-arms |archive-date=2021-11-29 |access-date=2022-04-27}}}} (Note: Although the official blazon states the mantle as purple it often looks like (dark) red. French and German purple contains more red and less blue than American or British purple.)
| banner            = Upon his succession to the throne, Willem-Alexander adopted the (partly modified) [[Royal Standard of the Netherlands]], which is a square orange flag, divided in four-quarters by a nassau-blue cross. All quarters show a white and blue bugle-horn, taken from the coat of arms of the [[Principality of Orange]]. In the centre of the flag is the (small) coat of arms of the Kingdom, which originates from the arms of the [[House of Nassau]], surmounted by a royal crown and surrounded by the insignia of the Grand Cross of the [[Military William Order]].
| badge             =
| symbolism         = The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the [[Union of Utrecht]].
| previous_versions = [[File:Arms of the children of Beatrix of the Netherlands.svg|right|70px]] Quarterly, 1 and 3, Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or ([[Coat of arms of the Netherlands|royal arms of the Netherlands]], i.e. that of his mother, Queen Beatrix), 2 and 4, Or, and a bugle-horn Azure, langued Gules (arms of the former [[Principality of Orange]]), on an inescutcheon Vert, a castle proper, on a mount of the last (arms of the [[House of Amsberg]], i.e. that of his late father, [[Prince Claus]]).
}}

==Ancestry==
Through his father, a member of the [[House of Amsberg]], he is descended from families of the lower [[German nobility]], and through his mother, from several royal German–Dutch families such as the [[House of Lippe]], [[Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], the [[House of Orange-Nassau]], [[Waldeck and Pyrmont]], and the [[House of Hohenzollern]]. He is descended from the first king of the Netherlands, [[William I of the Netherlands]], who was also a ruler in Luxembourg and several German states, and all subsequent Dutch monarchs.

Through his mother, Willem-Alexander also descends from [[Paul I of Russia]] and thus from German princess [[Catherine the Great]] and Swedish King [[Gustav I]]. Through his father, he is also descended from several Dutch–Flemish families who left the [[Low Countries]] during Spanish rule, such as the [[Berenberg family|Berenbergs]]. His paternal great-great-grandfather Gabriel von Amsberg, a major-general of Mecklenburg, was recognized as noble as late as 1891, the family having adopted the "[[von]]" in 1795.{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Ancestors of Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands |url=http://heinbruins.nl/Alex.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227065158/http://heinbruins.nl/Alex.html |archive-date=2021-12-27 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Hein's Royal Genealogy Page |language=en-GB}}}}{{refn|{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopedievanh0000unse |title=Encyclopedie van het Koninklijk Huis |date=2005 |publisher=[[Winkler Prins]] |isbn=978-90-274-9745-1 |editor-last=Tebbe |editor-first=F. J. J. |location=[[Utrecht]] |page=17 |language=nl |trans-title=Encyclopædia of the Royal House |oclc=66011838 |ol=33221156M |editor-last2=Aerts |editor-first2=W. D. E. |editor-last3=Cruyningen |editor-first3=Arnout van |editor-last4=Klare |editor-first4=Jean |url-access=registration |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}}}

Willem-Alexander is a descendant of King [[George II of Great Britain|George II]] and, more relevant for his succession rights, of his granddaughter [[Princess Augusta of Great Britain]]. Under the [[Act of Settlement 1701|British Act of Settlement]], King Willem-Alexander temporarily forfeited his (distant) succession rights to the [[throne of the United Kingdom]] by marrying a Roman Catholic. This right has since been restored in 2015 under the [[Succession to the Crown Act 2013]].{{refn|{{Cite web |date=2015-03-27 |title=Willem-Alexander maakt nu kans op de Britse troon |trans-title=Willem-Alexander now has a chance at the British throne |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2027224-willem-alexander-maakt-nu-kans-op-de-britse-troon.html |language=nl |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142123/http://nos.nl/artikel/2027224-willem-alexander-maakt-nu-kans-op-de-britse-troon.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2017-06-15 |website=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]]}}}}

Finally, Willem-Alexander is also a distant descendent of [[William the Silent]], who is held to be the [[Father of the Nation]] in the Netherlands, since [[John William Friso]], a great-great-grandson of William the Silent, is known to be a common ancestor to all current European monarchs.

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| boxstyle_4 = background-color: #bfc;
| 1  = 1. '''Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands'''
| 2  = 2. [[Prince Claus of the Netherlands|Jonkheer Claus von Amsberg]]
| 3  = 3. [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]]
| 4  = 4. [[Claus Felix von Amsberg]]
| 5  = 5. [[Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen]]
| 6  = 6. [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]
| 7  = 7. [[Juliana of the Netherlands]]
| 8  = 8. [[:nl:Wilhelm von Amsberg|Wilhelm von Amsberg]]
| 9  = 9. [[:nl:Elise von Vieregge|Elise von Vieregge]]
| 10 = 10. Baron Georg von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
| 11 = 11. Baroness Gabriele von dem Bussche-Ippenburg
| 12 = 12. [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe (1872–1934)|Prince Bernhard of Lippe]]
| 13 = 13. [[Armgard von Cramm|Baroness Armgard von Cramm]]
| 14 = 14. [[Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
| 15 = 15. [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|2=Willem-Alexander}}
{{Wikiquote|2=Willem-Alexander}}
* {{Official website|https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander}} (English)
* [https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/leden-koninklijk-huis/koning-willem-alexander Official website] (Dutch)
* {{C-SPAN|97300}}

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