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Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie of Orange-Nassau; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was queen regnant of the Kingom of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948. She ruled the Netherlands for fifty-eight years, longer than any other Dutch monarch. Her reign saw World War I and World War II, the Great Crisis of 1933, and the decline of the Netherlands as a major colonial empire. Outside the Netherlands she is primarily remembered for her role in the Second World War, in which she proved to be a great inspiration to the Dutch resistance, as well as a prominent leader of the Dutch government in exile .

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  • In 1942 she become the first reigning queen to address the U.S. Congress
  • This Dutch queen, born in 1880, was the daughter of King Willem III & his second wife, Queen Emma
  • Some women named this are called Mina for short & may have been named for a Dutch queen
  • As queen of the Netherlands during WWI, she helped maintain Dutch neutrality
  • Minnie, as in Mouse, is a pet name of this female version of William
  • This queen of the Netherlands married Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1901
  • The right to the name "Royal Dutch Airlines" was granted in 1919 by this queen
  • During World War II, this queen of the Netherlands headed her government-in-exile from London
  • Affer Germany invaded the Netherlands, this queen, her family & cabinet fled to London
  • In accordance with her wishes, when this queen abdicated in 1948, she became known once again as "Princess"
  • She was the last queen of the Netherlands who was the daughter of a king

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