page_title: Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
section_title: Foreign
hierarchical_section_title: Wilhelmina of the Netherlands / Honours and tributes / Foreign
caption_attribution_description: English: Garter-encircled Royal Arms of Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands
context_page_description: Wilhelmina was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, longer than any other Dutch monarch. Her reign saw the First and the Second World Wars, as well as the Dutch economic crisis of 1933.
  The only child of King William III of the Netherlands and Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Wilhelmina ascended to the throne at the age of 10 after her father's death in 1890, under her mother's regency. After taking charge of government, Wilhelmina was generally popular for maintaining Dutch neutrality during the First World War and solving many of her country's industrial problems. By that time, her business ventures made her the world's first female billionaire in dollars. She ensured that her family was one of seven European royal houses remaining in existence.
  Following the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, Wilhelmina fled to Britain and took charge of the Dutch government-in-exile. She frequently spoke to the nation over radio and came to be regarded as a symbol of the resistance.
context_section_description: Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Family: Grand Cross of the Order of Elizabeth
   Belgium:
  Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Leopold I, 1898
  Croix de Guerre Medal
   Brazil: Grand Cross of the Southern Cross
   Czechoslovakia: Collar of the White Lion, 1929
   Denmark: Knight of the Elephant, 5 September 1922
   Ethiopia: Collar of the Order of Solomon
   Finland: Collar of the White Rose, with Star, 1932
   France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, April 1898
   German Imperial and Royal Family: Dame of the Order of Louise, 1st Class
   Mecklenburg Grand Ducal Family: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Bronze Crown, 7 February 1901
   Oldenburg Grand Ducal Family: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig
   Greek Royal Family: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
   Guatemala: Grand Cross of the Quetzal
   Empire of Japan: Grand Cordon of the Precious Crown, 8 August 1899
   Luxembourg:
  Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau
  Grand Cross of the Oak Crown
   Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Dame of Honour and Devotion
   Norway: Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar
   Persian Imperial Family: Order of the Sun, 1st Class
   Peru: Grand Cross of the Sun of Peru, in Diamonds, 1922
   Poland: Knight of the White Eagle
   Portuguese Royal Family:
  Dame of the Order of Queen Saint Isabel
  Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders, 7 February 1901
   Romanian Royal Family:
  Grand Cross of the Star of Romania
  Grand Collar of the Order of Carol I
   Russian Imperial Family: Grand Cross of St. Catherine
   Siam: Dame of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri, 7 September 1897
   Spanish Royal Family:
  Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, 22 December 1890
  Dame of the Collar of the Order of Charles III
  Dame of the Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
   Sweden: Member of the Order of the Seraphim, 9 September 1922
   Turkish Imperial Family: Grand Cross of the Order of Charity
   United Kingdom:
  Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, 1st Class, 1898
  Stranger Lady of the Garter, 24 September 1944
   Yugoslavian Royal Family: Grand Cross of the White Eagle
caption: Garter-encircled Royal Arms of Queen Wilhelmina displayed on her Order of the Garter placard on display in St. George's Hall, Windsor Castle
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