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{{Short description|Queen of the Netherlands since 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox royalty
| consort      = yes
| name         = Máxima
| image        = Koningin-maxima-okt-15-s.jpg<!-- DO NOT CHANGE the picture without prior consensus -->
| caption      = Formal portrait, 2015
| succession   = [[List of Dutch royal consorts|Queen consort of the Netherlands]]
| reign        = 30 April 2013 – present
| birth_name   = Máxima Zorreguieta
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1971|5|17|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|Willem-Alexander]]|2 February 2002}}
| issue        = {{ubl | [[Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange]] | [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands|Princess Alexia]] | [[Princess Ariane of the Netherlands|Princess Ariane]]}}
| father       = [[Jorge Zorreguieta]]
| mother       = {{ill|María del Carmen Cerruti|fy|María del Carmen Carricart}}
| religion     = [[Catholic Church in the Netherlands|Roman Catholicism]]
}}

{{Dutch Royal Family}}

'''Máxima'''{{efn|{{IPA|nl|ˈmɑksimaː|small=no}}.}} (born '''Máxima Zorreguieta'''{{efn|{{IPA|es-419|ˈmaɣsima soreˈɣjeta|small=no}}.}} on 17 May 1971) is [[List of Dutch royal consorts|Queen of the Netherlands]] as the wife of [[King Willem-Alexander]].

Argentine by birth, she worked in finance 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&nbsp;April 2013. Máxima has promoted [[social integration]] of [[immigration to the Netherlands|immigrants]], [[LGBTQ rights in the Netherlands|LGBTQ rights]], and [[financial inclusion]]. She and Willem-Alexander have three daughters, Princesses [[Catharina-Amalia]], [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands|Alexia]], and [[Princess Ariane|Ariane]], who are first, second, and third, respectively, in the [[succession to the Dutch throne|line of succession]].

==Early life and education==
[[File:1977 Máxima Zorreguieta.jpg|thumb|262px|Máxima at age 6 in 1977]]
Máxima Zorreguieta<ref name="holland">{{cite web|url=https://www.holland.com/global/tourism/getting-around/information/the-royal-family/queen-maxima.htm|title=Queen Máxima|website=Holland.com|date=6 June 2012 |quote=Máxima Zorreguieta was born in Argentina on 17 May 1971.|access-date=25 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825013611/https://www.holland.com/global/tourism/getting-around/information/the-royal-family/queen-maxima.htm|archive-date=25 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="koninklijkhuis">{{cite web|url=https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/queen-maxima/youth|title=Queen Máxima — Youth|website=Het Koninklijk Huis|date=15 January 2015 |quote=Queen Máxima was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 17 May 1971 as Máxima Zorreguieta.|access-date=25 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825014124/https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/queen-maxima/youth|archive-date=25 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="parlement">{{cite web|url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09llxtpzty/koningin_maxima|title=H.M. koningin Máxima, prinses der Nederlanden, prinses van Oranje-Nassau|website=Parlement|access-date=12 September 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/ZK64r/again?url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09llxtpzty/koningin_maxima|archive-date=8 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="hetloo">{{cite web|url=https://paleishetloo.nl/en/maxima-zorreguieta|title=Máxima Zorreguieta|website=Paleis Het Loo|access-date=25 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825014541/https://paleishetloo.nl/en/maxima-zorreguieta|archive-date=25 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> was born in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina, on 17 May 1971. She is the daughter of [[Jorge Zorreguieta]] (1928–2017), who served as Secretary of Agriculture under General [[Jorge Rafael Videla]] during [[National Reorganization Process|Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship]] (1976–1983), and his second wife, {{ill|María del Carmen Cerruti|fy|María del Carmen Carricart}} (born 1944).<ref name="koninklijkhuis"/> She is named after her paternal great-grandmother Máxima Bonorino González (1874–1965), of [[Italian Argentines|Italian]] and [[Spanish Argentines|Spanish]] descent. Originally from the [[Basques|Basque]] country, her ancestor carrying the Zorreguieta surname, José Antonio Sorreguieta y Oyarzábal Gamboa y Sagastume, migrated to Argentina around the year 1790.<ref>{{Cite web |title=La sangre guipuzcoana de Máxima Zorreguieta |date=31 January 2013 |url=https://www.diariovasco.com/20130131/local/sangre-guipuzcoana-maxima-zorreguieta-201301300952.html}}</ref> She also has [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] ancestry through her father's side, and is a descendant of King [[Afonso III of Portugal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/the-world-is-about-to-fall-in-love-with-the-netherlands-new-queen/slidelist/21143622.cms|title=The World Is About To Fall In Love With The Netherlands' New Queen|website=Business Insider|access-date=28 March 2023|archive-date=4 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104231831/https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/the-world-is-about-to-fall-in-love-with-the-netherlands-new-queen/slidelist/21143622.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref>

She grew up in the [[Recoleta, Buenos Aires|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 [[Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina]] (UCA) in 1995. This private university is governed by a directory of local bishops, which included [[Pope Francis]], then [[Archbishop of Buenos Aires]] and Grand Chancellor of UCA. During her student years, Francis presided over [[Tridentine Mass|the traditional Mass]] at the beginning of classes. She later completed her studies with a [[master's degree]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=From Commoner to Queen - The Story of Máxima Zorreguieta|url=http://www.eurochannel.com/en/The-Story-of-Maxima-Zorreguieta.html|publisher=Euro Channel - The Best of Europe|quote="After moving to the United States to complete a master's degree"|access-date=10 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009185620/http://www.eurochannel.com/en/The-Story-of-Maxima-Zorreguieta.html|archive-date=9 October 2015}}</ref>

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 [[HSBC]] James Capel Inc. in New York City, where she became vice president of institutional sales for [[Latin America]]. 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 [[Deutsche Bank]] in [[Brussels]].<ref name=hkhuis>{{cite web|title=Studie en werk vóór 2002|url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/encyclopedie/wie-is-wie/prinses-maxima/studie-en-werk-voor-2002/|publisher=Het Koninklij Huis|access-date=28 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029113123/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/encyclopedie/wie-is-wie/prinses-maxima/studie-en-werk-voor-2002/|archive-date=29 October 2012}}</ref>

==Relationship with Willem-Alexander==
[[File:Willem-alexander and maxima 2001.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|right|Máxima and Willem-Alexander, 2001]]
[[File:Huwelijksportret van de Prins van Oranje en Prinses Máxima.jpg|thumb|right|The royal wedding, February 2002]]
[[File:Willem-Alexander, Maxima and their daughters 2013.jpg|thumb|right|Willem-Alexander, Máxima and their daughters on the balcony of the [[Royal Palace of Amsterdam|Royal Palace]], after the abdication of Queen Beatrix in 2013]]
[[File:RoyalCoupleOnSaba2.jpg|thumb|right|Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander in [[Saba (island)|Saba]] in 2013]]
[[File:Reunión bilateral con S.M. la Reina Máxima de los Países Bajos. (21778694101).jpg|thumb|Máxima in 2015 with President [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] of Mexico]]

Máxima met Willem-Alexander in April 1999 in [[Seville]], Spain, during the [[Seville Fair|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 [[Prince of Orange]] 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]]. Although they first met in Seville, their relationship apparently began in New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honey.nine.com.au/royals/queen-maxima-king-willem-alexander-how-they-met-controversy/39d88a1b-27cf-4718-825f-bb0be6022701|title=The controversy behind how Queen Maxima met King Willem-Alexander|date=5 June 2020|website=honey.nine.com.au}}</ref>

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 [[National Reorganization Process]], the most recent Argentine dictatorship. Her father's 1979–1981 tenure as a minister took place during the later stages of the [[Dirty War]] (1974–1982), a period of repression that saw about 30,000 people killed or [[forced disappearance|disappeared]] during the seven-year military regime. At the request of the [[States General of the Netherlands|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.<ref>[http://www.noticias.nl/zr_baud_maart01.html Human rights: Zorreguieta vs.humanrights] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119043936/http://www.noticias.nl/zr_baud_maart01.html |date=19 January 2009 }}, March 2001.</ref>  After becoming queen, Máxima's popularity increased. As of 2024, she is the most popular Dutch royal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pascoe |first=Robin |date=2024-04-27 |title=Maxima remains the most popular royal, NOS survey shows |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/04/maxima-remains-the-most-popular-royal-nos-survey-shows/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=DutchNews.nl |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.royal-news.org/european-royals/drama-series-about-queen-maxima-set-to-air-in-april/ | title=Drama series about Queen Maxima set to air in April | date=20 December 2023 }}</ref>

==Marriage and family==
{{Main|Wedding of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti}}

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.<ref>[http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/Special_pages/Royal_Wedding_2002/Royal_wedding_2_2_2002/Engagement_period/Engagement_period.html Engagement period] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622065759/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/Special_pages/Royal_Wedding_2002/Royal_wedding_2_2_2002/Engagement_period/Engagement_period.html |date=22 June 2011 }}, Royal Wedding 2002.</ref> Máxima was granted Dutch citizenship by a [[royal decree]] on 17 May 2001 and now has dual citizenship: Argentine and Dutch.<ref>[http://internationaljustice.rnw.nl/nederlands/article/ook-beatrix-heeft-dubbele-nationaliteit Ook Beatrix heeft dubbele nationaliteit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821183845/http://internationaljustice.rnw.nl/nederlands/article/ook-beatrix-heeft-dubbele-nationaliteit |date=21 August 2014 }}, ''(Queen Beatrix also has dual citizenship)'', [[Radio Netherlands Worldwide]], 6 March 2007.</ref> 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 [[Beurs van Berlage]], [[Amsterdam]], which was then followed by a religious ceremony at Amsterdam's [[Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam)|Nieuwe Kerk]] (''"New Church"'').<ref>[http://amsterdammuseum.nl/260112-amsterdam-museum-toont-trouwtafel-van-prins-willem-alexander-en-prinses-maxima Amsterdam Museum toont trouwtafel van Prins Willem-Alexander en Prinses Maxima] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515200419/http://amsterdammuseum.nl/260112-amsterdam-museum-toont-trouwtafel-van-prins-willem-alexander-en-prinses-maxima |date=15 May 2013 }}, Royal Wedding 2002.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/princess-maxima-prince-willem-alexander-wedding_n_775050|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524133003/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/27/princess-maxima-prince-willem-alexander-wedding_n_775050.html|url-status=dead|title=Nuptial Nostalgia! A Look Back At Princess Maxima's Wedding|date=27 October 2010|archive-date=24 May 2013|website=HuffPost|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> 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 [[National Reorganization Process]], and her mother chose not to attend without her husband.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/argentine-father-of-soon-to-be-dutch-queen-cant-escape-history-as-dictatorship-minister|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209015142/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/03/argentine-father-soon-to-be-dutch-queen-cant-escape-history-as-dictatorship/|url-status=dead|title=Argentine father of soon-to-be Dutch Queen can't escape history as dictatorship minister|date=25 March 2015|archive-date=9 February 2013|website=Associated Press|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/10027777/Dutch-abdication-profile-of-Maxima-Zorreguieta-Hollands-new-Queen-consort.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725175604/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/10027777/Dutch-abdication-profile-of-Maxima-Zorreguieta-Hollands-new-Queen-consort.html|url-status=dead|title=Dutch abdication: profile of Maxima Zorreguieta, Holland's new Queen consort|archive-date=25 July 2013|website=Telegraph|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>

The couple are the parents of three daughters:

* [[Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange]] (born 7 December 2003)
* [[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands]] (born 26 June 2005)
* [[Princess Ariane of the Netherlands]] (born 10 April 2007)

==Activities==

Queen Máxima has a particular concern for the [[social integration|integration]] of [[immigration to the Netherlands|immigrants]] into [[Culture of the Netherlands|Dutch culture]]. She was a member of a special parliamentary commission that sought to recommend ways to increase the participation of female immigrants in the workforce. Máxima stresses the importance for immigrants of learning the [[Dutch language]] (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{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} 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''.<ref>[http://nos.nl/video/4606-toespraak-prinses-maxima-over-identiteit.html Speech Máxima on identity] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214194033/http://nos.nl/video/4606-toespraak-prinses-maxima-over-identiteit.html |date=14 February 2012 }}, ''NIS'', 17 July 2008</ref> Maxima is quoted as having said the following:

{{blockquote| ... but 'the' Dutch identity? No, I have not found it. The Netherlands is: large windows without curtains so everyone can look in; but also adherence to privacy and coziness. The Netherlands is: one biscuit at tea; but also great hospitality and warmth. The Netherlands is: sobriety, control and pragmatism; but also the experience of intense emotions together. The Netherlands is far too diverse to summarize in one cliché. 'The' Dutchman  does not exist. As a consolation I can tell you that 'the' Argentine also does not exist. I therefore find it very interesting that the title of the report of the [[Scientific Council for Government Policy]] is not 'the Dutch identity'. But: ''Identification with the Netherlands''. That leaves room for development and diversity.{{efn|Translated from the Dutch original.}}}}

She participates in conferences around the world representing the Netherlands. She was granted a seat in the [[Dutch Council of State]] on 20 October 2004,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nu.nl/algemeen/428094/prinses-maxima-krijgt-zitting-in-raad-van-state.html |title=Prinses Máxima krijgt zitting in Raad van State |date=19 October 2004 |access-date=14 August 2011 |language=nl |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329024304/http://www.nu.nl/algemeen/428094/prinses-maxima-krijgt-zitting-in-raad-van-state.html |archive-date=29 March 2012  }}</ref> 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 [[Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]]; she (along with her husband) is a patron of the Orange Fund (established to promote [[social welfare]] and cohesion in the Netherlands); and she also chairs the Board of Trustees of the Prince Claus Chair in Development and Equity of the [[International Institute of Social Studies]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iss.nl/news_events/iss_news/detail/article/43326-iss-celebrates-10-years-prince-claus-chair/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219175911/http://www.iss.nl/news_events/iss_news/detail/article/43326-iss-celebrates-10-years-prince-claus-chair/|url-status=dead|title=Iss.nl|archive-date=19 December 2013|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> and the [[University of Utrecht]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Máxima attended a conference concerned with LGBT rights on 5 March 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chicagofreepress.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507044733/http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/1400|url-status=usurped|title=True royalty|date=5 August 2022|archive-date=7 May 2009|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/homo-emancipatie/documenten-en-publicaties/persberichten/2008/03/05/landelijke-koploperovereenkomst-lesbisch-en-homo-emancipatiebeleid-ondertekend.html |title=Landelijke koploperovereenkomst lesbisch |publisher=Rijksoverheid |date=14 November 2007 |access-date=28 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509014620/http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/homo-emancipatie/documenten-en-publicaties/persberichten/2008/03/05/landelijke-koploperovereenkomst-lesbisch-en-homo-emancipatiebeleid-ondertekend.html |archive-date=9 May 2013  }}</ref>

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.<ref name="dutchroyalhouse.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/queen-maxima/work-and-official-duties-since-2002|title=Work and official duties of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands since 2002|work=Dutch Royal House|date=15 January 2015}}</ref>

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.<ref name="dutchroyalhouse.com"/>

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.<ref name="dutchroyalhouse.com"/>

{{External media
|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlygYcFCR3A  Máxima launches MIND Us: "My quest after the death of my sister Inés"]
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Since March 2022 Queen Máxima is a Honorary President of "MIND Us" – a mental health platform created in collaboration with the [[Stichting MIND|MIND Foundation]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Máxima roept jongeren op om over mentale gezondheid te praten |url=https://www.vorsten.nl/vorstenhuizen/nederland/maxima-roept-jongeren-op-om-over-mentale-gezondheid-te-praten/ |access-date=30 May 2022 |work=Vorsten |date=30 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=van Ginneken |first1=Door Philippine |title='Haar dood maakte heel veel gevoelens los,' aldus Maxima over de dood van haar zus Inés |url=https://www.jan-magazine.nl/psyche/a39592826/maxima-over-dood-zus-ines/ |access-date=30 May 2022 |work=Jan |date=31 March 2022 |language=nl-NL}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Stichting MIND Us officieel gelanceerd door Koningin Máxima – MIND Us |date=30 March 2022 |url=https://mindus.nl/stichting-mind-us-officieel-gelanceerd-door-koningin-maxima/ |publisher=MIND Us |access-date=30 May 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

=== UNSGSA ===
Queen Máxima serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA). In September 2009 then UN Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]] 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 [[poverty alleviation]], [[food security]] and education. In her work as UNSGSA, the Queen focuses on how formal [[financial services]] such as savings, [[insurance]], and credit can prevent people from falling into poverty due to expenditures on [[healthcare]], and people who are not able to protect themselves against rising food prices and poverty because they do not have access to basic [[savings account]]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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unsgsa.org/node/1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608153551/http://www.uncdf.org/en/UNSGSA-old|url-status=dead|title=UNSGSA Queen Máxima|date=12 September 2020|archive-date=8 June 2013|website=United Nations|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> In later years, her focus as a special advocate expanded to advocating digital financial inclusion, financial health, responsible technology for financial inclusion to support [[Sustainable Development Goals]] and agricultural finance.<ref name="august22"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.undp.org/africa/press-releases/unsgsa-queen-m%C3%A1xima-visit-c%C3%B4te-divoire-senegal-advance-financial-and-digital-inclusion|title=UNSGSA Queen Máxima to Visit Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal to Advance Financial and Digital Inclusion|website=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|date=10 June 2021|archive-date=17 August 2022|access-date=17 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817112440/https://www.undp.org/africa/press-releases/unsgsa-queen-m%C3%A1xima-visit-c%C3%B4te-divoire-senegal-advance-financial-and-digital-inclusion|url-status=live}}</ref> Máxima is also an advocate for increasing access to financial services, improving consumer protection and enhancing financial literacy.<ref name="aug22">{{cite web|url=https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/queen-maxima/inclusive-finance-for-development|title=Inclusive finance for development|website=Dutch Royal House|date=15 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817110455/https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/queen-maxima/inclusive-finance-for-development|archive-date=17 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the UNSGSA website, she "aims to unlock development opportunities and economic inclusion for all."<ref name="august22"/>

Queen Máxima visited several countries on behalf of the United Nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unsgsa.org/country-visits|title=Country Visits|website=United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development|date=10 November 2020 |access-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811133745/https://www.unsgsa.org/country-visits|archive-date=11 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> She also recorded a video for the launch of the Global Findex Database 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unsgsa.org/speeches/unsgsa-queen-maxima-remarks-launch-global-findex-database|title=UNSGSA Queen Máxima Remarks for the Launch of the Global Findex Database|date=29 June 2022|location=The Hague|access-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811173836/https://www.unsgsa.org/speeches/unsgsa-queen-maxima-remarks-launch-global-findex-database|archive-date=11 August 2022|url-status=live|website=United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development}}</ref> 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 [[Microcredit]] 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yearofmicrocredit.org/pages/whosinvolved/whosinvolved_patronsgroup_maxima.asp |title=International Year of Microcredit 2005 |publisher=Year of Microcredit |access-date=28 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126075746/http://www.yearofmicrocredit.org/pages/whosinvolved/whosinvolved_patronsgroup_maxima.asp |archive-date=26 November 2012  }}</ref> 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.<ref name="august22">{{cite web|url=https://www.unsgsa.org/the-unsgsa|title=Queen Máxima as the UNSGSA|website=United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development|date=15 September 2020 |access-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811132316/https://www.unsgsa.org/the-unsgsa|archive-date=11 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Máxima convened the CEO Partnership for Economic Inclusion.<ref name="august22"/>

===GFTN===
Queen Máxima, was appointed in July 2025 as Chair of the International Advisory Board of [[Global Finance & Technology Network]] (GFTN).<ref name="QMNA">{{Cite web |title=Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Appointed Chair of Global Finance & Technology Network's International Advisory Board|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250702705102/en/Queen-Mxima-of-the-Netherlands-Appointed-Chair-of-Global-Finance-Technology-Networks-International-Advisory-Board|access-date=2025-07-03|website=[[Business Wire]]|date=July 3, 2025|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==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).<ref>[https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2002-41.html Decree of 25 January 2002 laying down the titles and styles of Máxima Zorreguieta and titles, names, and styles of the children who might be born from the marriage of His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand, Prince of Orange, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg with Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Mrs van Amsberg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928045227/https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2002-41.html |date=28 September 2013 }}. Official Gazette of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. No. 41. Published: 31 January 2002</ref>

Another decree issued on the same day also granted her own personal [[coat of arms]] and a personal standard.<ref name="arms and flag decree">[https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2002-42.html Decree of 25 January 2002, regarding the coat of arms and personal flag of Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513111255/https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2002-42.html |date=13 May 2012 }}. Official Gazette of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. No. 42. Published: 31 January 2002</ref>

On 13 May 2011, the Dutch parliament confirmed that Máxima would become [[queen consort]] of the Netherlands upon her husband's accession, after a debate over her future title and style.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pinedo|first1=Danielle|last2=Versteegh|first2=Kees|title=Deskundigen in NRC: Máxima kreeg te snel titel 'koningin'|url=http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/02/15/deskundigen-in-nrc-maxima-kreeg-te-snel-titel-koningin-a1437229|work=nrc.nl|date=15 February 2013|language=nl|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919185329/http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/02/15/deskundigen-in-nrc-maxima-kreeg-te-snel-titel-koningin-a1437229|archive-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> On 28 January 2013, it was announced that Queen Beatrix would abdicate on 30 April in favour of Willem-Alexander.<ref name=abdication>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801200543/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/|url-status=dead|title=Home - Het Koninklijk Huis|first=Ministerie van Algemene|last=Zaken|date=14 May 2013|archive-date=1 August 2015|website=www.koninklijkhuis.nl|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> Máxima is the kingdom's first queen consort since Princess [[Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont]], the second wife of [[William III of the Netherlands|William III]]. She is the first Dutch queen to have been born as a commoner, and the first to have been born outside [[Europe]].

===Royal titles and styles===
* 2 February 2002{{spaced ndash}}30 April 2013: ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Mrs. van Amsberg<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2002-41.html|title = Besluit van 25 januari 2002 tot vaststelling van de titels en het predikaat van Máxima Zorreguieta en van de titels, namen en het predikaat van de kinderen die geboren mochten worden uit het huwelijk van Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid Prins Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand, Prins van Oranje, Prins der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg met Hare Koninklijke Hoogheid Prinses Máxima der Nederlanden, Prinses van Oranje-Nassau, mevrouw van Amsberg|date = 31 January 2002}}</ref>
* 30 April 2013{{spaced ndash}}present: ''Her Majesty'' The Queen<ref name=title/> or ''Her Majesty'' Queen Máxima<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/onderwerpen/titels-aanspreektitels-en-beschermheerschappen/aanspreektitels|title = Aanspreektitels - Titels, aanspreektitels en beschermheerschappen - Het Koninklijk Huis|date = 14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904200553/https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/onderwerpen/titels-aanspreektitels-en-beschermheerschappen/aanspreektitels|archive-date=2017-09-04}}</ref>

Máxima's full title is: Her Majesty Queen Máxima, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau.<ref name=title>{{cite web|url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/abdication-and-investiture |title=Abdication and investiture - Het Koninklijk Huis |access-date=19 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622132327/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/abdication-and-investiture/ |archive-date=22 June 2015 }}</ref>

===Honours===
[[File:Royal Standard of Máxima of Orange-Nassau.svg|thumb|Royal standard of Queen Máxima]]

{{see also|List of honours of the Dutch royal family by country}}

====National====
* Netherlands: 
** [[File:Order of the Netherlands Lion ribbon - Knight Grand Cross.svg|70px]] Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]] (2 February 2002)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2002/02/02/prinses-maxima-ridder-grootkruis-in-de-orde-van-de-nederlandse-leeuw|title=Prinses Máxima Ridder Grootkruis in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw - Nieuwsbericht - Het Koninklijk Huis|first=Ministerie van Algemene|last=Zaken|date=2 February 2002|website=www.koninklijkhuis.nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2022/09/16/informatie-over-prinsjesdag-20-september-2022|title=Informatie over Prinsjesdag 20 september 2022|date=16 September 2022|website=www.koninklijkhuis.nl|access-date=28 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801071747/https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2022/09/16/informatie-over-prinsjesdag-20-september-2022|archive-date=1 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[File:NLD Wedding Medal 2002.svg|70px]] Recipient of the [[Decorations and medals of the Netherlands|Wedding Medal of Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange and Máxima Zorreguieta]]
**[[File:King Willem-Alexander Investiture Medal 2013 - ribbon.svg|70px]] [[:nl:Inhuldigingsmedaille 2013|King Willem-Alexander Investiture Medal]] (30 April 2013)
**[[File:NED Huisorde van Oranje A1 BAR.png|70x70px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of the House of Orange]] (6 May 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/05/18/grootkruis-van-de-huisorde-van-oranje-voor-hare-majesteit-koningin-maxima|title=Grootkruis van de Huisorde van Oranje voor Hare Majesteit Koningin Máxima - Nieuwsbericht - Het Koninklijk Huis|first=Ministerie van Algemene|last=Zaken|date=18 May 2021|website=www.koninklijkhuis.nl|access-date=28 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801072024/https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/05/18/grootkruis-van-de-huisorde-van-oranje-voor-hare-majesteit-koningin-maxima|archive-date=1 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Foreign====
*{{flag|Austria}}: Grand Star of the [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria|Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria]] 
*{{flag|Belgium}}:
** Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold I]]
** Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown (Belgium)|Order of the Crown]]
*{{flag|Brazil}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Southern Cross]]
*{{flag|Brunei}}: Member 1st Class of the [[Family Order of Laila Utama]] (DK I, January 2013)
*{{flag|Cape Verde}}: Recipient of the Medal of Merit
*{{flag|Chile}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit (Chile)|Order of Merit]]
*{{flag|Cyprus}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Makarios III]] (4 March 2025)
*{{flag|Czech Republic}}: Member 1st Class of the [[Order of the White Lion]] (4 June 2025)<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date= 4 June 2025 |title=Prezident Pavel a nizozemský král Vilém-Alexandr si vyměnili vyznamenání |url=https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/domaci-prezident-pavel-a-nizozemsky-kral-vilem-alexandr-si-vymenili-vyznamenani-40524311 |trans-title=President Paul and King Wilhelm-Alexander of the Netherlands exchanged decorations|website= [[Novinky.cz]] |language= cs |location= [[Czech Republic]] |publisher= [[Právo]] |access-date= 6 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date= 4 June 2025 |title=State Visit of the Royal Couple of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Czech Republic |url=https://www.hrad.cz/en/for-media/press-releases/state-visit-of-the-royal-couple-of-the-kingdom-of-the-netherlands-to-the-czech-republic-18619 |website= hrad.cz |language= English |location= [[Czech Republic]] |publisher= [[Prague Castle]] |access-date= 6 June 2025}}</ref>
*{{flag|Denmark}}: Knight of the [[Order of the Elephant]] (RE)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kongehuset.dk/modtagere-af-danske-dekorationer|title=Modtagere af danske dekorationer|website=kongehuset.dk|date=12 December 2017|access-date=29 January 2019|language=da|archive-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512015518/http://kongehuset.dk/modtagere-af-danske-dekorationer|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flag|Estonia}}: Member 1st Class of the [[Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana]] (5 June 2018)<ref>Estonian Presidency, [https://www.president.ee/en/estonia/decorations/bearer/19743/kuninganna-maxima Estonian State Decorations] (''Estonian'') - Máxima Hollandi kuninganna</ref><ref>[https://news.err.ee/837775/king-of-netherlands-to-visit-estonia-next-week King of Netherlands to visit Estonia next week] - website of the Estionian public radio and television organisation [[Eesti Rahvusringhääling]]</ref><ref>[https://president.ee/et/ametitegevus/otsused/2896-265-riiklike-autasude-andmine 265. Riiklike autasude andmine] - website of the [[President of Estonia]]</ref>
*{{flag|France}}:
** Grand Cross of the [[Legion of Honour|Order of the Legion of Honour]] (11 April 2023)<ref>[https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/onderwerpen/staatsbezoeken/inkomende-staatsbezoeken/president-frankrijk/dinsdag-11-april Staatsbezoek president Frankrijk: Dinsdag 11 april, Amsterdam en Den Haag] - website of the [[Dutch royal house]]</ref>
** Grand Cross of the [[National Order of Merit (France)|National Order of Merit]] (20 January 2014)<ref>[http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/22226644/__Koning_krijgt_onderscheiding__.html Koning krijgt grootkruis van Legioen van Eer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123060401/http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/22226644/__Koning_krijgt_onderscheiding__.html |date=23 January 2014 }} - website ''[[De Telegraaf]]''</ref>
*{{flag|Germany}}:
** Grand Cross special class of the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (5 July 2021)
** Grand Cross 1st class of the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (8 October 2007)
*{{flag|Greece}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Redeemer]] (31 October 2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.presidency.gr/?tpent|title=Προεδρία της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας|access-date=28 March 2023|language=Greek}}</ref>
*{{flag|Italy}}: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=346765|language=it
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204163242/http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=346765|url-status=dead|title=Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana|archive-date=4 February 2018|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
*{{flag|Japan}}: Grand Cordon (Paulownia) of the [[Order of the Precious Crown]]
*{{flag|Jordan}}: Grand Cordon with Brilliants of the [[Supreme Order of the Renaissance]] (20 March 2018)
*{{flag|Latvia}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Three Stars]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vestnesis.lv/op/2018/115.1|title=Par Triju Zvaigžņu ordeņa piešķiršanu - Latvijas Vēstnesis|last=vestnesis.lv|website=www.vestnesis.lv|language=lv|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref>
*{{flag|Lithuania}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order for Merits to Lithuania]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lrp.lt/en/press-centre/press-releases/royal-visit-crowns-lithuanian-dutch-friendship/30211|title=State visit to Lithuania|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
*{{flag|Luxembourg}}: 
**Knight of the [[Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/casas-reales/2018-05-24/maxima-holanda-cena-duques-luxemburgo-tiara-reina-juliana_1568308/|title=La reina Máxima estrena la tiara Stuart en una cena de gala en Luxemburgo|first=Jose|last=Madrid|date=24 May 2018|website=vanitatis.elconfidencial.com|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
**Grand Cross of the [[Order of Adolphe of Nassau]]
*{{flag|Mexico}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Aztec Eagle|Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle]]<ref>[http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5116646&fecha=02/11/2009 Official decree] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723030431/http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5116646&fecha=02%2F11%2F2009 |date=23 July 2013 }}, 2 November 2009</ref>
*{{flag|Norway}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of St. Olav|Order of Saint Olav]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995&q=M%E1xima&type=&aarstall=|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131031142242/http://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995&q=M%E1xima&type=&aarstall=|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-10-31|title=Kongehuset|access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref> 
*{{flag|Oman}}: 
** Member Special Class of the [[Order of Oman]] (15 April 2025)
** Member 1st Class of the [[Order of Sultan Qaboos]] (10 January 2012)
*{{flag|Poland}}: Knight of the [[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)|Order of the White Eagle]]
*{{flag|Portugal}}: 
** Grand Collar of the [[Order of Prince Henry]] (GColIH)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154&list=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117004213/http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154&list=1|url-status=dead|title=ENTIDADES ESTRANGEIRAS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas|archive-date=17 January 2013|website=www.ordens.presidencia.pt|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
** Grand Collar of the [[Order of Christ (Portugal)|Order of Christ]] (GCol)
*{{flag|Slovakia}}: Member 1st Class of the [[Order of the White Double Cross]] (7 March 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prezident.sk/article/holandsky-kralovsky-par-pricestoval-na-navstevu-slovenska/|title=Holandský kráľovský pár pricestoval na návštevu Slovenska|website=Prezidentka Slovenskej republiky|date=7 March 2023 |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
* {{flag|South Korea}}: Grand Gwanghwa Medal of the [[Order of Diplomatic Service Merit]] (12 December 2023)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/foto-en-video/inkomende-staatsbezoeken/president-van-republiek-korea-december-2023/ | title=President van de Republiek Korea, december 2023 - Foto en video - Het Koninklijk Huis | date=12 December 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://twitter.com/koninklijkhuis/status/1734673826934378597/photo/2/ | title=Het staatsbanket in de Burgerzaal van het Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam vormt de afsluiting van de eerste dag van het staatsbezoek van de Koreaanse president Yoon aan Nederland. Beide staatshoofden houden een toespraak | date=2023-12-12 | website=x.com}}</ref>
* {{flag|Spain}}: 
**Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Charles III]] (26 March 2024)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2024/03/27/pdfs/BOE-A-2024-6172.pdf | title=6172 Real Decreto 350/2024, de 26 de marzo, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III a Su Majestad la Reina Máxima de los Países Bajos| language=es | trans-title=6172 Royal Decree 350/2024, of March 26, granting the Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III to Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands}}</ref>
**Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic|Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic]] (GYC, 19 October 2001)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2001/10/20/pdfs/A38632-38632.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102819/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2001/10/20/pdfs/A38632-38632.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Boletín Oficial del Estado|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
*{{flag|Sweden}}:
**Member of the [[Royal Order of the Seraphim]] (LSerafO, 11 October 2022)<ref name="kungahuset">{{cite web|url=https://www.kungahuset.se/english/archive/news/2022-10-13-state-visit-from-the-netherlands|title=State visit from the Netherlands|date=13 October 2022|website=Kungahuset|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725132313/https://www.kungahuset.se/english/archive/news/2022-10-13-state-visit-from-the-netherlands|archive-date=25 July 2023|access-date=13 October 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
**Commander Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Polar Star|Royal Order of the Polar Star]] (KmstkNO, 21 April 2009)<ref name="kungahuset"/>
*{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Union<ref>[http://www.mofa.gov.ae/mofa_english/portal/42ecc95b-fb75-4066-b7fd-c03dd28ea209.aspx H.H Sheikh Khalifa welcomes HM Queen Beatrix of Netherlands] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429030344/http://www.mofa.gov.ae/mofa_english/portal/42ecc95b-fb75-4066-b7fd-c03dd28ea209.aspx |date=29 April 2013 }} - website of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs</ref>

=== Arms ===
{{Infobox COA wide
|image             = Coat of Arms of Maxima, Queen of the Netherlands.svg
|imagesize         = 200
|notes             = This [[coat of arms]] is used by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.<ref name="coatsofarms">{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/encyclopedie/monarchie/wapens/wapens-van-leden-van-het-koninklijk-huis/ Wapens van leden van het Koninklijk Huis] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123152837/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/encyclopedie/monarchie/wapens/wapens-van-leden-van-het-koninklijk-huis/ |date=23 January 2013 }}, [[Dutch Royal House]]. Retrieved on 6 May 2013.</ref> It was granted by royal decree-law of Queen Beatrix on 25 January 2002.<ref name="arms and flag decree"/>
|escutcheon        = Quarterly: I and IV azure billety or, a lion with coronet also or armed and langued gules, holding in his dexter paw a sword argent hilted or, and in his sinister seven arrows argent pointed and bound together or, which is of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; II and III or, a horn azure opened and bound gules, which is of the First House of Orange; an inescutcheon or bearing a castle of three towers gules flanked on each side by a poplar tree au naturel, and a river azure flowing from the base, ondoyant to the gate of the castle, which is of the house of Zorreguieta in Argentina.
|symbolism         = [[File:Arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.svg|25px]] The first and fourth quarters are the [[coat of arms of the Netherlands]], based on the coat of arms of the [[House of Nassau]].<ref name="coatsofarms"/><br />[[File:Arms of the Principality of Orange.svg|25px]] The second and third quarters are the coat of arms of the [[Prince of Orange]].<ref name="coatsofarms"/><br /> [[File:Arms of the Zorreguieta Family.svg|25px]] In the center is the coat of arms of Queen Máxima's [[Jorge Zorreguieta|paternal family]], the [[Jorge Zorreguieta|Zorreguieta]] family.<ref name="coatsofarms"/>
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==External links==
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*[https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/queen-maxima Queen Máxima] at the website of the Royal House

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