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Today we got some news, the queen of the Netherlands, stepped down from her thrown! Queen Beatrix gave her thrown to her son Willem-Alexander.
I'll tell you a little about the history of the Netherlands. Philip inherited Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands. Philip was a catholic. William was a nobleman in the Netherlands. He was a protestant. William didn't like the way Philip ruled the Netherlands, because he made laws without asking the people. Philip wanted William killed. So William went back to Germany, he made an army and knocked down the dikes that were holding the water back turning the land war into a sea war. William won the war and his Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Granddaughter, Beatrix ruled for 33 years.
Mom's Note: This was of interest to us, since we have been studying the history of how "William The Silent" came to rule the Netherlands. Love it, when we can apply what we have learned to real life current events :)
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