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Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

1880 - 1962

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Wilhelmina (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɪlɦɛlˈminaː] ; Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history, as well as the longest-reigning female monarch outside the United Kingdom. Her reign saw World War I, the Dutch economic crisis of 1933 and World War II. The only surviving child of King William III of the Netherlands and Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Wilhelmina ascended the throne at the age of 10 after her father's death in 1890, under her mother's regency. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands has received more than 3,013,962 page views. Her biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is the 474th most popular politician (up from 593rd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 25th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Politician.

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is most famous for being the Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948. She was the daughter of King William III and the Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia.

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Among politicians, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands ranks 474 out of 19,576Before her are Imre Nagy, Heydar Aliyev, Frederick I of Prussia, Louis II of Hungary, Guy of Lusignan, and Louis the German. After her are Sukarno, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, George I of Great Britain, Maximian, Hongwu Emperor, and Idi Amin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands ranks 5Before her are Helen Keller, Guillaume Apollinaire, Alfred Wegener, and Douglas MacArthur. After her are Fedor von Bock, Oswald Spengler, Robert Musil, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, George Marshall, Franz Marc, and André Derain. Among people deceased in 1962, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands ranks 8Before her are Eleanor Roosevelt, Hermann Hesse, Niels Bohr, Adolf Eichmann, William Faulkner, and Karen Blixen. After her are Lucky Luciano, Georges Bataille, Yves Klein, Gaston Bachelard, Hans Luther, and Auguste Piccard.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands ranks 19 out of 1,646Before her are Abel Tasman (1603), Mata Hari (1876), Hendrik Lorentz (1853), Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), Daniel Bernoulli (1700), and Pope Adrian VI (1459). After her are Gerard 't Hooft (1946), Pieter Zeeman (1865), M. C. Escher (1898), Willem Barentsz (1550), Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852), and Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837).

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