Bernhard did renounce his German citizenship when he married Juliana, so did Claus when he married Beatrix.
Maxima gained Dutch nationality before she married Willem-Alexander but has no option to renounce her Argentinian citizenship. Argentinians keep their nationality for life and it cannot be taken away or given up.
As descendants of various English princesses from the Hanover dynasty all Dutch monarchs and born dynasts up until Princess Christina can claim UK citizenship as they were born in line of succession to that throne.
It's one thing the cabinet refusing to sent in a bill of consent to the Estates-General for the marriage of princess Irene missed out on. The simple fact that her intended and their children would be in line of succession of a foreign throne never was and never could have been a reason not to grant consent. It is impossible to be the Dutch monarch and the monarch of another country at the same time but it is possible to be in line of succession to a foreign throne as the Dutch monarch or one of the heirs as that has been the case of every monarch since Willem I.
The real reason for not wanting to sent in a bill of consent were the political convictions of the Carlist movement at the time of the engagement.
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: Enough has been written about Maxima's double
: nationality, so I won't go there (again)
: however, over the years I have never been
: able to establish whether Queen Wilhelmina's
: husband Hendrik became Dutch upon marriage
: or remained a German citizen.
: Recently I read that, at the time of WWI,
: Wilhelmina's husband was torn between the
: country of his birth and his adopted country
: (which remained neutral during WWI!) and he
: even seemed to still have had the German
: nationality!
: Which I find rather surprising and makes me
: wonder how many Dutch royal consorts were
: allowed to maintain the nationality of their
: birthcountry, despite being married on 'the
: highest level' in another country so to
: speak.
: Anyone who can shine some light on this?
: Thanks !!
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