Talk:Juliana of the Netherlands

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Why were apostrophes changed into question marks ?

  • looks like a typical MS Word --> text thing. Did you have SmartQuotes on? -- Viajero 11:58 2 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Is the article title appropriate? Has a legendesque feel to it, like Joan of Arc. If it's a common popular nominative, I apologize. -- Gyan 23:58, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)-

She did not belong to the house of Orange-Nassau. She belonged to the ducal house of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. "Queen of the Netherlands" was a position she inherited from her mother, but she still belonged to the Mecklenburg-Schwerin family. In continental Europe, nobility and family membership is based on the Salian Law and only inherited on the agnatic side. Ertz 00:42, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Even their own official website says that they are the House of Orange-Nassau [1]. Are you telling me they're wrong? Anyway: "The Dutch constitution refers to the head of state as 'the King', even when the monarch is a woman, like the present Queen Beatrix." So, Queen Beatrix is constitutionally the King, which bypasses Salic law, even if it was (ever?) applicable, which I doubt, because (among many reasons):

  • Salic law forbade female succession to property but were not concerned with titles or offices.
  • Some people wrongly think that Salic Law forbids females and those descended in the female line to succeed to the titles or offices in the family. Even if this was true, applying it to the Netherlands (and most if not all of the European constituational monarchies) these days is erroneous, because the females patently DO inherit the titles and offices.
  • The Dutch monarchy is now a constitutional monarchy based on the Dutch constitution and acts of parliament, which supersedes any previous laws/customs that the succession was based on, be they Salic or not.

Elf-friend 01:27, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

>"Even their own official website says that they are the House of Orange-Nassau"

And I may tell you on my home page that I belong to the house of Orange-Nassau as well. Why shouldn't I? The thing is, that nobility, the basis of the position of this woman, is based solely on salic family succession. She may succeed to the "King" position, she may inherit property and so forth from her mother, but she still technically belongs to her own (agnatic) family, of course. You should also take into account the family laws of the house of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and German Adelsrecht. Just because she inherited a Dutch position, this of course did not mean that she lost her own noble status. Ertz 18:42, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Well, I think I'd still believe their claim to be of the House of Orange-Nassau before I'll believe your claim, for a start. :-)

Seriously, though, if taken to their logical conclusion, your arguments would imply that if a queen (of any given royal house) ever marries a commoner she (or at least her children) would lose their noble status, which certainly cannot be the case.

The children of that queen will certainly not lose anything, because the status of their maternal family have never been a possession of their own family. However, their own agnatic family will became royal itself, when the throne becomes a possession of that family. Ertz 23:50, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Also, Dutch law takes precedence over so-called "family laws" or the laws of other countries in this case, as it concerns the Dutch sovereign.

Elf-friend 20:04, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

The article is dealing with the person, which is also Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Ertz 23:50, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Lead section

The lead section needs to be expanded to fit the article length. Please mention what she did that was notable, that set herself from others. --Jiang 09:23, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Inauguration in which church?

At the end of "Return to Netherlands" it says she was inaugurated "in the New Church in Amsterdam". New Church is one of several designations for a number of international Swedenborgian organizations. Is this reference meant to be to a Swedenborgian church in Amsterdam? If not, New Church may need disambiguation.

[edit] Titles

I notice that User:Matjlav just changed the opening phrase from:

Her Majesty Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina (April 30, 1909 - March 20, 2004), Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

to:

Her Majesty Queen Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina (April 30, 1909 - March 20, 2004)

I'm guessing that before her death these were the titles she held post-abdication, and that since her death it has become appropriate to revert them to the primary title she held during life, but I thought it was worth checking here in case discussion were needed. Hv 18:18, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Throughout her life, Queen Juliana was never "Her Majesty Princess Juliana." I think it most definitely makes no sense to have the intro written in that way. (unsigned contribution by Matjlav)
In the Dutch version of this page Juliana van Nederland exactly the same assertion is made:
Na haar troonsafstand is (vanaf dat moment weer prinses) Juliana steeds actief gebleven in het sociale circuit.
(Rough translation: "After her abdication (from that moment once again "princess"), Juliana stayed active on the social circuit.")
So I think you put it too strongly - she really was known as 'Princess Juliana' after her abdication - but since her death, she would be known as 'Queen Juliana', so your edit is in my opinion fine. Hv 20:51, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
I would be fine with the edit if they took out "Her Majesty" and put in "Her Royal Highness," but saying "Her Majesty Juliana, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc." is just wrong.
      • Sorry, forgot to sign again. But since we're on the subject, should we say all of Queen Juliana's forenames? I thought it was customary that in title a monarch drops all but one name (or sometimes two) in their title. Compare Queen Beatrix; it just says "Her Majesty Queen Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard Orange-Nassau)". Should we adopt that custom for Queen Juliana and Queen Wilhelmina? --Matjlav 00:58, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
        • I agree that we should drop the forenames from the main bit, and have them parenthezed, as we do with others. john k 02:05, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Queen Mother does not exist in the Netherlands and was never used to offically or unoffically to refer to Queen Juliana while she was styled as Princess Juliana prior to her death. Queen Mother is a wholly British function that has no place in an article about a Dutch Queen or Princess. Princess Juliana is known posthumously as Her Majesty Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. Instead of listing her as Queen mother styled as Princess it would better to just list that she was styled as Princess Juliana of the Netherlands following her abdication until her burial. This is an accurate reprentation of how she was styled. 76.105.150.19 06:11, 20 August 2007 (UTC)Queen Brandissima

[edit] Surname

In Dutch, is not it spelled van Oranje-nassau?--Anglius 20:17, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citations Required

This article has practically no citations, footnotes, etc. Mowens35 15:20, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrailty

This article tells much about:

  • her modesty (A young, shy and introverted woman of plain features; asking that she and her children be treated as just another family during difficult time; did her own grocery buying and shopped at Woolworth's Department Store; She believed that the days of an aloof, near-isolated monarchy were over, and that the royal children should interact as much as possible with average citizens)
  • her "hard" life (her religious mother would not allow her to wear makeup, Juliana did not fit the image of a Royal Princess)
  • her popularity among the Dutch (She would, nonetheless, become much loved and respected by most of the Dutch people)
  • her popularity among the Canadians (Juliana quickly endeared herself to the Canadian people, displaying simple warmth)
  • her friendliness (When her next door neighbour was about to give birth, the Princess of the Netherlands offered to baby-sit the woman's other children)

...and that's before I even came to the part named "Queen". Don't you think this article is biased in her favour, let alone the fact that there are no citations? Surtsicna (talk) 14:06, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, this is too much: "This time, the Dutch people rather than calling on the Queen to abdicate, were fearful their beloved Juliana might abdicate"; "The Queen was noted for her courtesy and kindness". Surtsicna (talk) 15:23, 5 May 2008 (UTC)