National
King of the Netherlands
- Dutch: Koning der Nederlanden
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Inherited
- Exact method
- Hereditary succession under Chapter 2 of the Constitution of the Netherlands (arts. 24-25).
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Willem-Alexander since April 2013 Report Source: royal-house.nl, checked
Sources
- wetten.overheid.nl · checked Grondwet / Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (BWBR0001840), read 2026-10-12: arts. 24-25, 43, 51-55, 117, 131: how each national office is filled. [linked to this row by verify:nl from the world:nl bulk source] For: King of the Netherlands
- wetten.overheid.nl · checked Grondwet (BWBR0001840), read 2026-10-12: arts. 24-25 (succession), 55 and 132a (Senate electorate incl. the Caribbean electoral colleges), 117-118 (Supreme Court appointment from a House list of three), 43 (ministers appointed by royal decree); selection_detail corrected. For: King of the Netherlands
- rijksoverheid.nl · checked Rijksoverheid / Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands art. 2 and constituent-country constitutions, read 2026-10-12: office structure (Governor appointed by Royal Decree; Prime Minister; Estates seat count 21/21/15). For: King of the Netherlands
- wetten.overheid.nl · checked Statuut voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (wetten.overheid.nl), read 2026-10-12; also the 2022 Royal Decree heading "Willem-Alexander, bij de gratie Gods, Koning der Nederlanden" (blg-1068414): Dutch title "Koning der Nederlanden". Row had no fact_source. For: King of the Netherlands in Dutch
- royal-house.nl · checked Royal House of the Netherlands: Willem-Alexander became King on 2013-04-30 (abdication of Queen Beatrix); Wikidata Q154952. [re-linked by verify:nl: world:nl row 483240 used the person id as row_id] For: Willem-Alexander, current term