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Máxima (born Máxima Zorreguieta on 17 May 1971) is Queen of the Netherlands as the wife of
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. Argentine by birth, she worked in finance when she met Willem-Alexander, eldest son and
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, 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
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,
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, and
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. She and Willem-Alexander have three daughters, Princesses
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, Alexia, and Ariane, who are first, second, and third, respectively, in the line of succession.


Early life and education

Máxima Zorreguieta was born in
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, Argentina, on 17 May 1971. She is the daughter of Jorge Zorreguieta (1928–2017), who served as Secretary of Agriculture under General
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during Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976–1983), and his second wife, (born 1944). She is named after her paternal great-grandmother Máxima Bonorino González (1874–1965), of
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descent. Originally from the
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country, her ancestor carrying the Zorreguieta surname, José Antonio Sorreguieta y Oyarzábal Gamboa y Sagastume, migrated to Argentina around the year 1790. Maxima's father was a scion of the Zorreguieta family who had been
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, professionals, regional politicians, and statesmen for generations. Her maternal great-grandfather was also from the landed gentry; Domingo Carricart Etchart (1885–1953) was a landowner, politician, Director of the '' Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires'', first
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of González Chaves, and mayor of Tres Arroyos. She also has Portuguese ancestry through her father's side, and is a descendant of King
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. She grew up in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires and studied at Northlands School, a bilingual school of the city of Olivos. She graduated with a degree in economics from the
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(UCA) in 1995. This private university is governed by a directory of local bishops, which included
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, then Archbishop of Buenos Aires and Grand Chancellor of UCA. During her student years, Francis presided over the traditional Mass at the beginning of classes. She later completed her studies with a
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in the United States. From 1989 to 1990, while still in college, she worked for Mercado Abierto Electrónico S.A. From 1992 to 1995, she worked in the sales department of Boston Securities SA in Buenos Aires, where she conducted research on software for financial markets. From July 1996 to February 1998, she worked for
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James Capel Inc. in New York City, where she became vice president of institutional sales for
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. From then until July 1999, she was vice president of the emerging markets division of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in New York. From May 2000 to March 2001, she worked for
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in
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Relationship with Willem-Alexander

Máxima met Willem-Alexander in April 1999 in
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, Spain, during the Seville Spring Fair. In an interview, they stated that he introduced himself only as "Alexander", so that she did not know he was a prince. She thought he was joking when he later told her that he was the
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and heir apparent to the Dutch throne. According to the unauthorised biography "Máxima. La construcción de una reina", she was invited to Seville by a friend living in New York who openly said she would introduce her to two European princes. They agreed to meet again two weeks later in New York, where Máxima was working for Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. Their relationship apparently began in New York. The news of the couple's relationship and eventual marriage plans caused controversy in the Netherlands, due to the involvement of Máxima's father Jorge Zorreguieta as a cabinet minister during the
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, the most recent Argentine dictatorship. Her father's 1979–1981 tenure as a minister took place during the later stages of the
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(1974–1982), a period of repression that saw about 30,000 people killed or disappeared during the seven-year military regime. At the request of the States General, Michiel Baud, a Dutch professor in Latin American studies, carried out an inquiry into the involvement of Zorreguieta in the Dirty War. Zorreguieta claimed that, as a civilian, he was unaware of the Dirty War while he was a cabinet minister. Baud determined that Máxima's father had not been directly involved in any of the numerous atrocities that took place during that period. However, Baud also concluded that Zorreguieta was almost certainly aware of them; in Baud's view, it was highly unlikely that a cabinet minister would not have known about them. After becoming queen, Máxima's popularity increased. As of 2024, she is the most popular Dutch royal. A television series ''Máxima Zorreguieta: Motherland'' began airing on Videoland in the Netherlands in 2024. The series is set to focus on her early life in Argentina and meeting King Willem-Alexander.


Marriage and family

The couple announced their engagement on 30 March 2001; Máxima addressed the nation in Dutch (which at the time she only spoke at a basic conversational level) during the live televised broadcast. Máxima was granted Dutch citizenship by a
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on 17 May 2001 and now has dual citizenship: Argentine and Dutch. The engagement was formally approved by the States General later that year, a necessary step for Willem-Alexander to remain in line to the throne. Máxima and Willem-Alexander were married on 2 February 2002 in a civil ceremony in the
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, which was then followed by a religious ceremony at Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk (''"New Church"''). Máxima's parents were not present at the wedding; her father was told he could not attend due to his role as a cabinet minister during the
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, and her mother chose not to attend without her husband.


Activities

Queen Máxima has a particular concern for the integration of
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into Dutch culture. She was a member of a special parliamentary commission which sought to recommend ways to increase the participation of female immigrants in the workforce. Máxima stresses the importance for immigrants of learning the
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(as she did) in order to fully participate in Dutch society. Dutch is the Queen's third language; she is also fluent in Spanish (her native language) and English. She speaks French at a conversational level. In 2007, Máxima inadvertently caused a wave of massive criticism when in a speech to the Scientific Council for Government Policy she said that in the seven years that she had been in the Netherlands, she had been unable to ''find the Dutch identity''. Maxima is quoted as having said the following: She participates in conferences around the world representing the Netherlands. She was granted a seat in the
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on 20 October 2004, the highest advisory body and court of administration. She was a member of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Women's Participation from July 2003 until 2005. She has a seat on the board of governors of the chair on the Management of Diversity and Integration at the
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; she (along with her husband) is a patron of the Orange Fund (established to promote
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and cohesion in the Netherlands); and she also chairs the Board of Trustees of the Prince Claus Chair in Development and Equity of the
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and the
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. Máxima attended a conference concerned with LGBT rights on 5 March 2008. Queen Máxima has been honorary chair of the Money Wise Platform since 2010. In this capacity, the Queen focuses attention on the importance of financial education and managing money sensibly, especially where children and young people are concerned. The Queen acts as special advisor to the Platform and consults with interested parties on ways of increasing people's financial awareness and resilience. Since 10 June 2015, Queen Máxima has been the honorary chair of the Ambassadors for Music at School Platform. Queen Máxima has for some years been committed to giving as many children as possible the opportunity to create music. Queen Máxima is a member of the Committee for Enterprise and Finance, which succeeded the Microfinance Council in 2011. The Queen is committed to extending the reach of various financing opportunities, both through coaching and by providing credit for new and existing small businesses in the Netherlands. She also works to increase the number of women entrepreneurs and the scope they have to expand their businesses. Since March 2022 Queen Máxima is a Honorary President of "MIND Us" – a mental health platform created in collaboration with the MIND Foundation.


UNSGSA

Queen Máxima currently serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA). In September 2009 then UN Secretary-General
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designated her to this role in order to raise awareness on the importance of inclusive financial systems for achieving economic and development goals such as
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,
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and education. In her work as UNSGSA, the Queen focuses on how formal
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such as savings,
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, and credit can prevent people from falling into poverty due to expenditures on
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, and people who are not able to protect themselves against rising food prices and poverty because they do not have access to basic
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s. The role of the UNSGSA is to foster action by governments, private sector, financial system standard setters, and others towards a more inclusive financial system that works for the poor. In later years, her focus as a special advocate expanded to advocating digital financial inclusion, financial health, responsible technology for financial inclusion to support
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and agricultural finance. Máxima is also an advocate for increasing access to financial services, improving consumer protection and enhancing financial literacy. According to the UNSGSA website, she "aims to unlock development opportunities and economic inclusion for all." Queen Máxima visited several countries on behalf of the United Nations. She also recorded a video for the launch of the Global Findex Database 2021. Queen Máxima is also the honorary patron of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) since June 2011. In this role she works with governments and partners to advance the G20 Action Plan on Financial Inclusion, and the G20 Financial Inclusion Peer Learning Program. Previously, the Queen was a member of the Advisors Group for the United Nations' International Year of
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2005 and until 2009, was a member of UN Advisors Group on Inclusive Financial Sectors. She also work as the Global Agenda Trustee for the World Economic Forum's Global Challenge Initiative on the Future of the Global Financial System. Máxima convened the CEO Partnership for Economic Inclusion.


Titles, honours and arms

By a decree issued on 25 January 2002, upon the solemnization of marriage, Máxima Zorreguieta was granted the titles Princess of the Netherlands and Princess of Orange-Nassau, and the style Royal Highness was formally conferred upon her. She also became "mevrouw van Amsberg" (Mrs. van Amsberg). Another decree issued on the same day also granted her own personal
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and a personal standard.Decree of 25 January 2002, regarding the coat of arms and personal flag of Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima
. Official Gazette of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. No. 42. Published: 31 January 2002
On 13 May 2011, the Dutch parliament confirmed that Máxima would become
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of the Netherlands upon her husband's accession, after a debate over her future title and style. On 28 January 2013, it was announced that Queen Beatrix would abdicate on 30 April in favour of Willem-Alexander. Máxima is the kingdom's first queen consort since Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, the second wife of William III. She is the first Dutch queen to have been born as a commoner, and the first to have been born outside
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.


Royal titles and styles

* 2 February 200230 April 2013: ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Mrs. van Amsberg * 30 April 2013present: ''Her Majesty'' The Queen or ''Her Majesty'' Queen Máxima Máxima's full title is: Her Majesty Queen Máxima, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau.


Honours


National

* Netherlands: ** Knight Grand Cross of the
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(2 February 2002) ** Recipient of the Wedding Medal of Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange and Máxima Zorreguieta ** King Willem-Alexander Investiture Medal (30 April 2013) ** Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Orange (6 May 2021)


Foreign

*: Grand Star of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria *: ** Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold I ** Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown *: Grand Cross of the
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*: Member 1st Class of the Family Order of Laila Utama (DK I, January 2013) *: Recipient of the Medal of Merit *: Grand Cross of the
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*: Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III (4 March 2025) *: Member 1st Class of the Order of the White Lion (4 June 2025) *: Knight of the
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(RE) *: Member 1st Class of the
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(5 June 2018) *: ** Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour (11 April 2023) ** Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (20 January 2014) *: ** Grand Cross special class of the
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(5 July 2021) ** Grand Cross 1st class of the
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(8 October 2007) *: Grand Cross of the
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(31 October 2022) *: Knight Grand Cross of the
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*: Grand Cordon (Paulownia) of the
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*: Grand Cordon with Brilliants of the
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(20 March 2018) *: Grand Cross of the
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*: Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania *: **Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau **Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau *: Grand Cross of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle *: Grand Cross of the
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*: ** Member Special Class of the Order of Oman (15 April 2025) ** Member 1st Class of the Order of Sultan Qaboos (10 January 2012) *: Knight of the Order of the White Eagle *: ** Grand Collar of the
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(GColIH) ** Grand Collar of the Order of Christ (GCol) *: Member 1st Class of the
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(7 March 2023) * : Grand Gwanghwa Medal of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit (12 December 2023) * : **Dame Grand Cross of the
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(26 March 2024) **Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (GYC, 19 October 2001) *: **Member of the
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(LSerafO, 11 October 2022) **Commander Grand Cross of the
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(KmstkNO, 21 April 2009) *: Grand Cross of the Order of UnionH.H Sheikh Khalifa welcomes HM Queen Beatrix of Netherlands
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