History of the NetherlandsThe history of the Netherlands extends back long before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon. For
Netherlandscountries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with
Juliana of the Netherlands2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980. Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Wilhelmina of the Netherlandsof the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history ,