Beatrix
Beatrix bē´ətrĭks, bē-ă´trĭks [key], 1938–, queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013). The oldest daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, she received a law degree from the Univ. of Leyden (1961). In 1966 her marriage to German diplomat Claus von Amsberg, once a member of the Hitler Youth and the German army but cleared of charges by an Allied court, caused considerable controversy. The following year she gave birth to a son, Willem Alexander Claus, the first male heir in the line of succession since 1884 she also has two other sons. In 1980, Juliana abdicated in favor of Beatrix Beatrix abdicated in 2013 in favor of her son, who became King Willem-Alexander .
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