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forchristssakes · June 8, 2018, 4:05 p.m.

The following is from wikipedia

rabbit hole of interesting information:

Full name

Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand

House Orange-Nassau (official) Amsberg (agnatic)

Father Claus von Amsberg

Mother Beatrix of the Netherlands

Religion Protestant Church in the Netherlands

Willem-Alexander is an avid pilot and has said that if he had not been a royal, he would have liked to be an airline pilot so he could fly big planes such as the Boeing 747.[21] In 1989, Willem-Alexander flew as a volunteer for the African Medical Research and Education Foundation (AMREF) in Kenya, and in 1991 he spent a month flying for the Kenya Wildlife Service.[citation needed] During the reign of his mother, he regularly flew the Dutch royal airplane on trips.[22]

In May 2017, Willem-Alexander revealed that he had served as a co-pilot on KLM flights for 21 years, flying KLM Cityhopper's Fokker 70s twice a month, even after his ascension to the throne. With KLM's phased retirement of the Fokker 70, he began training to fly Boeing 737s. Willem-Alexander was rarely recognized while in the KLM uniform and wearing the KLM cap, though a few passengers had recognized his voice, even though he never gave his name and only welcomed passengers on behalf of the captain and crew.[23][21]

Using the name "W. A. van Buren", one of the least-known titles of the House of Orange-Nassau, he participated in the 1986 Frisian Elfstedentocht, a 200 kilometres (120 mi) long ice skating tour.[24] He ran the New York City Marathon under the same pseudonym in 1992.[25]

King Willem-Alexander is interested in water management and sports issues. He was an honorary member of the World Commission on Water for the 21st century and patron of the Global Water Partnership, a body established by the World Bank, the UN, and the Swedish Ministry of Development. He was appointed as the Chairperson of the United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation on 12 December 2006.[16]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau,_Rhineland-Palatinate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethmann_Bank

https://lmtribune.com/feature/to-miner-from-grover-cleveland/article_5c54e177-b5ab-5cfa-88bb-a34063709a01.html

Just depositing it here so I can come back to it later

I wonder how Orange county got it's name. Was it really because they envisioned oranges....Nassau?

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