Gelukkige verjaardag! Queen Máxima of the Netherlands celebrates her 49th birthday on 17 May 2020. 

Queen Máxima, 2020. Photo: © RVD – Martijn Beekman

Queen Máxima was born on 17 May 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

She met Willem-Alexander the Prince of Orange in Seville, Spain, in April 1999 and announced their engagement on 30 March 2001.

Prince Willem-Alexander married Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti in Amsterdam on 2 February 2002. Photo: RVD, Jeroen van der Meyde

They married on 2 February 2002 in a civil ceremony in the Beurs van Berlage, followed by a religious ceremony at the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) in Amsterdam.

They have three daughters, Princess Catharina-Amalia (the Princess of Orange), Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane.

Winter holiday in Lech, Austria, in February 2020. From left to right Princess Ariane, Princess of Orange and Princess Alexia. Photo: © RVD

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima travelled to Australia in November 2016 for their first visit as monarchs.


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