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List of titles and honours of Beatrix of the Netherlands

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Royal styles of
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands
Reference styleHer Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness

Beatrix of the Netherlands has held numerous titles and honours, both during, before, and after her reign, including a number of historical titles.

Royal and noble titles and styles

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  • 31 January 1938 – 30 April 1980: Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld[1]
  • 30 April 1980 – 30 April 2013: Her Majesty The Queen
  • 30 April 2013 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld[1]

Beatrix's full regnal title was:

Beatrix, by the Grace of God, Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Lady of Amsberg, Marquise of Veere and Flushing, Countess of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg, Burgravine of Antwerp, Baroness of Breda, Diest, Beilstein, the town of Grave and the lands of Cuyk, IJsselstein, Cranendonk, Eindhoven, Liesveld, Herstal, Warneton, Arlay and Nozeroy, Hereditary and Free Lady of Ameland, Lady of Borculo, Bredevoort, Lichtenvoorde, Het Loo, Geertruidenberg, Clundert, Zevenbergen, Hooge and Lage Zwaluwe, Naaldwijk, Polanen, St Maartensdijk, Soest, Baarn, Ter Eem, Willemstad, Steenbergen, Montfort, St Vith, Bütgenbach, Dasburg, Niervaart, Turnhout and Besançon[2]

It was usually shortened to: "Beatrix, by the Grace of God, Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc, etc, etc."[1][3]

Dutch honours

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National honours

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Country Date Honour Ribbon
 The Netherlands 31 January 1956 – 30 April 1980 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
30 April 2013 – present
30 April 1980 – 30 April 2013 Grand Master of the Military Order of William
Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Grand Master of the Order of Orange-Nassau

House honours

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Country Date Honour Ribbon
 The Netherlands
 Luxembourg 		30 April 1980 – 30 April 2013 Joint Grand Master of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
 The Netherlands Grand Master of the Order of the House of Orange
Grand Master of the Order for Loyalty and Merit
Grand Master of the Order of the Crown

Other honours

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Country Date Honour Ribbon
 The Netherlands 1959 Honorary Commander of the Order of Saint John in the Netherlands[4]
Patron of the Bailiwick of Utrecht of the Teutonic Order
30 April 1980 – 30 April 2013 Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Ark

Honorary degree

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Foreign honours, decorations and awards

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Foreign honours

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Country Date Honour Ribbon Post-nominal letters
 United Kingdom 1958 Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO
 Sovereign Military Order of Malta 1960 Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta[6]
 Thailand Dame of the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri[7] MChK
 Austria 1961 Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria[8]
 Norway 1964 Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav
 Denmark 29 October 1975 Knight of the Order of the Elephant RE
 Sweden 6 October 1976 Member with Collar of the Royal Order of the Seraphim LSerafO
 Philippines 1979 Member of the Order of Gabriela Silang[9]
 Spain 1980 Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic[10] GYC
 Germany 1 March 1983 Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
 Italy 1985 Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[11][12] OMRI
 Spain Lady of the Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece[13]
 United Kingdom 1989 Stranger Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter[14][15] LG
 Portugal 14 May 1991 Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry[16] GColIH
 South Africa 1996 Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope
 Romania 2001 Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania[17]
 Brazil 2003 Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross[18]
 Thailand Dame of the Most Auspicious Order of the Rajamitrabhorn[19] RMBh
 Latvia 17 May 2006 Commander Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Three Stars
 Slovakia 2007 Member 1st Class of the Order of the White Double Cross[20]
 Estonia 2008 Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana[21]
 Ghana Companion of the Order of the Star of Ghana CSG
 Lithuania Order of Vytautas the Great with the Golden Chain
 Mexico 2009 Collar of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle[22]
 Oman 2012 Collar of the Order of Al-Said[23]
 Turkey Order of the State of Republic of Turkey
 United Arab Emirates Collar of the Order of Zayed[24]
 Brunei 2013 Recipient of the Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei DKMB
 Belgium Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
 Bulgaria Order of the Balkan Mountains with Sash
 Chile Collar of the Order of the Merit
Ethiopia Ethiopian Empire Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Queen of Sheba
 Finland Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
 France Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
 Kingdom of Greece Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saints Olga and Sophia, Special Class
 Greece Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
 Iceland Collar with Grand Cross Breast Star of the Order of the Falcon
 Indonesia Star of the Republic of Indonesia, First Class
Star of Mahaputera, First Class
 Imperial State of Iran Member 1st Class of the Order of the Pleiades
 Ivory Coast Grand Cross of the National Order of the Ivory Coast
 Japan Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
 Jordan Collar of the Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali
 Liberia Grand Cordon of the Grand Order of the Most Venerable Order of the Knighthood of the Pioneers of the Republic of Liberia
 Luxembourg Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
Grand Cross of the Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolph of Nassau
Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown
 Peru Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru
 Poland Knight of the Order of the White Eagle
 Qatar Member Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of Independence of the State of Qatar[25]
 Senegal Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion
 Suriname Grand Cordon of the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star
 Tunisia Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic
 Venezuela Grand Collar of the Order of the Liberator
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Grand Cross of the Order of the Yugoslav Star

Foreign decorations

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Country Date Decoration Ribbon
 Sweden 30 April 1996 King Carl XVI Gustaf's Jubilee Commemorative Medal
30 April 2016 King Carl XVI Gustaf's Jubilee Commemorative Medal III
 United Kingdom 1982 Royal Victorian Chain

Foreign awards

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Country Date Award
 Germany 16 May 1996 Charlemagne Prize[26]

References

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  1. ^ a b c H.M. (koningin Beatrix) Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard (Parlement.nl)
  2. ^ "The Netherlands: Princely and Royal Style: 1813–2013". archontology.com. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  3. ^ (As example) Vaststellingsbesluit onderscheidingsvlag voor Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid Willem-Alexander en zijn broeders (BWBR0003786)
  4. ^ Utrechtsch Nieuwsblad (19-06-1959), pag. 1 van 20 - website Het Utrechts Archief
  5. ^ "Eredoctoraat voor Beatrix".
  6. ^ "Souvereine Militaire Hospitaal Orde van Malta - Geschiedenis". maltezerorde.nl. Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  7. ^ Royal Thai Government Gazette (28 December 1960). "แจ้งความสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์" (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2015. Retrieved 2019-05-08. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour" (PDF) (in German). p. 974. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  9. ^ "Roster of Recipients of Presidential Awards". Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  10. ^ Real Decreto 754/1980 - BOE website (Spanish)
  11. ^ "Onorificenze - Dettaglio del conferimento | Quirinale website". quirinale.it. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  12. ^ informatici, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica - Servizio sistemi. "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". quirinale.it.
  13. ^ Real Decreto 1818/1985 - BOE website (Spanish)
  14. ^ "No. 51806". The London Gazette. 11 July 1989. p. 8095.
  15. ^ "Image: 51349757-members-of-european-royalty-taking-part-in-gettyimages.jpg, (594 × 458 px) – WINDSOR, UNITED KINGDOM: Members of European Royalty taking part in the Most Noble Order of the Garter ceremony at Windsor Castle, 17 June 2002,(L-R) Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, King Juan Carlos of Spain, Queen Margrethe of Denmark, alongside the Grand Duke Jean of Luxemburg. Queen Elizabeth II installed her second cousin, King Harald of Norway, as a Knight of the Garter. The Order of the Garter is the most senior and the oldest British Order of Chivalry and was founded by Edward III in 1348. The Order, consisting of the King and twenty-five knights, was intended by Edward III to be reserved as the highest reward for loyalty and for military merit. AFP PHOTO/ MARTYN HAYHOW/ROYAL ROTA (Photo credit should read MARTYN HAYHOW/AFP/Getty Images)". cache2.asset-cache.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  16. ^ Pesquisa dos membros das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas Archived 2011-01-21 at the Wayback Machine - official website of the President of Portugal (Portuguese)
  17. ^ (in Romanian) Recipients of the order (Excel sheet) Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, Presidency of Romania website (Romanian)
  18. ^ "Diário Oficial da União". 19 March 2003. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  19. ^ Royal Thai Government Gazette (25 March 2004). "ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์แด่สมเด็จพระราชินีนาถเบียทริกซ์และเจ้าชายวิลเลม-อเล็กซานเดอร์แห่งเนเธอร์แลนด์" (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  20. ^ Slovak republic website, State honours : 1st Class received in 2007 (click on "Holders of the Order of the 1st Class White Double Cross" to see the holders' table)
  21. ^ Estonian Presidency, Estonian State Decorations (Estonian) - Beatrix Hollandi kuninganna
  22. ^ "PODER EJECUTIVO SECRETARIA DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES" (PDF). 3 November 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  23. ^ Oman Observer Archived 2013-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ H.H Sheikh Khalifa welcomes HM Queen Beatrix of Netherlands Archived 2013-04-29 at the Wayback Machine - website of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  25. ^ "Global Arab Network | Netherland: Qatar Emir Receives Queen Beatrix | Qatar Politics | Politics". english.globalarabnetwork.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  26. ^ Der Karlspreisträger 1996 - Königin Beatrix der Niederlande Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine - website of the Internationalen Karlspreises zu Aachen
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