Queen Maxima

© RVD / Jeroen van der Meyde

Address as Her Majesty the Queen

Titles: Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Mrs van Amsberg

Nickname: Máxima

Maiden name: Zorreguieta

Date of birth 17 May 1971

Place of Birth: Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Parents 

Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta and María del Carmen Cerruti de Zorreguieta

Siblings

Two brothers, one sister and three step-sisters

Residence

Wassenaar 'De Horsten' Estate 

Married to King Willem-Alexander

Wedding took place at 2 February 2002 

Children: 

Princess Catherina-Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane

Hobbies

Queen really love nature and art, music and dance and also skiing, other water sports and running.

Occupation

Member of the Council of State

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Prince Claus Chair

Member of the Supervisory Board of Stichting Het Loo Palace, National Museum

Member of the Council for Microfinance in Netherlands

UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development

Honorary President of CentiQ Pointer in finance.

Member of Dutch Committee for Entrepreneurship and Finance

Honorary Chairman of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion '

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Historical Collections of the House of Orange-Nassau

Chairman of the board Official Gifts from the House of Orange-Nassau

Honorary appointments:

Patroness of the Orange Fund (King Willem-Alexander is the patron)

Patroness of Scouting Netherlands

Patroness of the Royal Tropical Institute

Patroness Foundation Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Patroness Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology.

Honorary President of the King William I Foundation