Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

Máxima (born Máxima Zorreguieta; 17 May 1971) is Queen of the Netherlands as the wife of King Willem-Alexander.

Máxima
Official portrait, 2015
Queen consort of the Netherlands
Tenure30 April 2013 – present
BornMáxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
(1971-05-17) 17 May 1971
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spouse
(m. 2002)
Issue
FatherJorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini
MotherMaría del Carmen Cerruti Carricart
ReligionRoman Catholic

Argentine by birth, she worked in marketing when she met Willem-Alexander, eldest son and heir apparent of Queen Beatrix, in 1999. They married in 2002, and became king and queen on the abdication of her mother-in-law on 30 April 2013. Máxima has promoted social integration of immigrants, LGBT rights, and financial inclusion. She and Willem-Alexander have three daughters, Princesses Catharina-Amalia, Alexia, and Ariane, who are first, second, and third, respectively, in the line of succession.

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