Today is May 17 and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands celebrates her 50th birthday. Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti was born on May 17, 1971 in Buenos Aires. Maxima met Willem-Alexander in April 1999 in Seville during the Seville Spring Fair. Maxima and Willem-Alexander got married on February 2, 2002 in a civil ceremony at the Beurs van Berlage, and afterwards, a religious ceremony was held at the Nieuwe Kerk. The couple has three daughters, that is, Catharina-Amalia “Amalia” (the Princess of Orange), Alexia, and Ariane.
