The role of the Royal palace Amsterdam in the succession to the throne.
On 30 April 2013, another new page was added to the history of the Netherlands. In the Royal Palace Amsterdam, Queen Beatrix put her signature to the document in which she abdicated the throne in favour of her son, the Prince of Orange. The Royal Palace, together with the Nieuwe Kerk, has played a prominent role in the abdications and investitures of Orange monarchs on no fewer than seven
occasions. The first investiture, that of William I, took place on 30 March 1814 and the last one in the year that the Kingdom of the Netherlands celebrates its 200-year anniversary.
In this booklet, you will learn more about the role the Royal Palace plays in successions to the throne and about the monarchs of the House of Orange-Nassau.