Like her mother Queen Wilhelmina had done, Queen Juliana also abdicated in favor of her daughter and Beatrix became Queen of the Netherlands on April 30, 1980. In 1998, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee, a position he held until he became king in 2013. From 1995 – 1998, Willem-Alexander was a patron of the Dutch Olympic Games Committee. In 1987, Willem-Alexander enrolled as a history student at Leiden University in Leiden, The Netherlands and received his Master of Arts degree in 1993. From 1985 – 1987, Willem-Alexander received military training at the Royal Netherlands Naval College in Den Helder, The Netherlands. He completed his secondary education at Atlantic College in Llantwit Major, Wales, where he received an International Baccalaureate in 1985. After moving to Huis Ten Bosch in 1981, Willem-Alexander attended the Eerste Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum in The Hague. Along with his brothers, he attended Nieuwe Baarnse School and Het Baarnsch Lyceum in Baarn. Willem-Alexander lived with his family at Drakensteyn in Baarn, The Netherlands until 1981 when the family moved to Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, The Netherlands. At the time of his birth, Willem-Alexander’s grandmother Queen Juliana sat upon the Dutch throne and his mother was the heir to the throne. Willem-Alexander had two younger brothers: Prince Friso (1968 – 2013) and Prince Constantijn (born 1969). Willem-Alexander, second from the right, with his family Photo: Helloīorn a Prince of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand was born on April 27, 1967, at the University Medical Center in Utrecht, The Netherlands, the first of three sons of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg.
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