Maxima (Máxima), birth name Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti (Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti)
Date of Birth: May 17, 1971
Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Professions: Queen Consort of the Netherlands, wife of King Willem-Alexander, daughter-in-law of ex-Queen Beatrix
Family status: married, three children
News with Queen Maxima
Biography of Queen Maxima
Queen’s age, height, weight and other parameters
Queen Maxima: how old is she? year?
This year Queen Maxima turns 52. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 17 1971 of the year. By zodiac sign: Taurus. Queen Maxima’s weight is 68 kg and her height is 176 cm.
The fourth daughter of Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta and the first child of Maria del Carmen Cerruti de Zorreguieta was born into a large family with Spanish-Italian roots in Buenos Aires, receiving her name in honor of her paternal great-grandmother, the Minister of Agriculture in the government of the Argentine dictator Videla. Her family was quite wealthy, since her paternal relatives were involved in politics, worked as statesmen, or were landowners. Maxima’s maternal great-grandfather was the mayor of the Argentine cities of Gonzalez Chavez and Tres Arroyos.
The girl clearly did not suffer from loneliness in childhood. Nearby was a sister (Ines died in 2018 after suicide), two brothers and three older half-sisters, daughters of her father from his first marriage.
After moving from Northlands School, Maxima entered the Universidad Católica de Argentina to study economics and enjoyed research into financial markets software at Mercado Abierto SA.
Career and creativity
The ambitious girl relied on her career, showing a desire for financial independence. Working in the sales department of Boston Securities SA, as well as private English and math lessons for children and adults, did not seem shameful to the minister’s daughter. After receiving her diploma, Maxima improved her professional skills at HSBC James Capel Inc. bank. in New York as vice president of sales for Latin America, then at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Deutsche Bank, and later at the Deutsche Bank representative office in Brussels. Step by step climbing the career ladder. If they had told her then that she would give up everything at once, most likely the Argentina would not have believed it.
However, her guardian angel had completely different plans for the future of the blond beauty. In 1999, a significant event occurred that not only changed Maxima’s life, but divided it into “before” and “after”. She met her prince at a private party in Spain. True, the girl learned later that he was a real prince.
Meeting the Prince
Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, a member of the Dutch royal family, was instantly captivated by the stranger and made every effort to arouse her interest. Soon the romance developed into a serious, deep relationship. The prince was preparing to propose marriage to his beloved. And most likely he did not imagine that he would have to desperately fight for love.
We must give the ardent prince his due – he overcame all the difficulties on the path to happiness: the reluctance of parliament to give official permission to the marriage of the heir to the throne with the daughter of the minister of the regime of the dictator Videla and the difference in religious beliefs with the potential bride. The young man even declared his readiness to renounce the throne if parliament persisted. And parliament surrendered. Although he put forward a list of demands for Willem-Alexander’s chosen one.
Maxima, apparently appreciating the efforts of the prince, accepted all the conditions and met halfway the highest representative and legislative body of the Netherlands. She became a Protestant, accepted the citizenship of her new homeland, learned the Dutch language perfectly, in addition to her native Spanish, French and English, refused to have her parents attend the wedding and signed a protocol in which she promised never to invite her father to official events. They say that the father understood his daughter’s decision and supported it, maintaining a warm relationship with her until his death in 2017.
On February 2, 2002, the civil wedding ceremony of the Prince of Orange and Maxima took place in the Old Bourse building. And a little later that day – church. Moreover, in Dutch and partially English and Spanish. With the participation of the bishop and the Argentine pastor. Maxima became the first non-German princess of the Netherlands in one hundred and fifty years and the first commoner to hold this title. Isn’t this a success?
Since April 30, 2013, Maxima has been queen consort, that is, the legal wife of the reigning king, but without being a monarch. The family has three beautiful daughters: Amalia, Alexia and Ariana. One day Amalia, the granddaughter of a disgraced Argentine minister, will become queen.
Maxima not only tastefully combines designer outfits and family jewelry, but also devotes a lot of time to charity, being the patron of a fund for supporting young artists.
By the way, Maxima still found her professional skills useful. As a senior banking specialist, she was a member of the UN Panel of Advisors on Inclusive Finance Sectors from 2006 to 2009, and in 2009 she was appointed Special Advocate to the UN Secretary-General on Financing for Development. So a diploma is a useful thing in any case.
Photo with Queen Maxima
Leave a Comment