Skip to content
VitrineRoyal Houses of Europe
Sign in

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands

b. 2005

Born
26 Jun 2005, Bronovo Hospital
Country of birth
Netherlands

Living person. The family sees only the name, dates and photo; everything else stays private unless they choose to share it.

facts
5
sources
1
images and files
0

Facts and their sources

Tap a fact to see where it comes from.

A life in time

  1. Born · Bronovo Hospital

    Birth, Bronovo Hospital

What was it like?

The world around Bronovo Hospital, 2005: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

In 1999, a high-end Sportmax suit was priced at 1,159 guilders at the Bijenkorf department store.

Fashion
Around 1999–1999

Cost of a designer suit in 1999

In 1999, a high-end Sportmax suit was priced at 1,159 guilders at the Bijenkorf department store.

Around 1975–1999

Dyeing clothes for color variety

Indonesian-Dutch women frequently faced a lack of colorful fabrics in Dutch stores, sometimes resorting to dyeing white T-shirts themselves to achieve desired colors.

Music
Around 1980–1999

Home music activities and cassettes

During the 1980s and 1990s, home musical activities expanded to include playback shows, air guitar, and making personal compilation cassette tapes.

Around 1975–1999

Accordion music in Dutch cafes

In Dutch cafes, performers often played the accordion to create a sense of gezelligheid, or togetherness, for patrons through singing and music.

Daily life
Around 1975–1999

Bathroom and daily shower became normal

Around 1980, bathrooms became standard in almost all homes, and daily showering became the norm.

Around 1975–1999

Telephone access and wireless freedom

Before the mid-1980s, it was forbidden to use non-PTT telephones or install extra home connections yourself. By 1993, wireless DECT phones made it possible to call from anywhere in the house.

Food
Around 1990–1999

Snacks provided 30% of energy by 1999

By the end of the 1990s, the trend of grazing and snacking had become so prevalent that the Dutch obtained 30% of their daily energy from snacks.

Work
Around 1975–1999

Growth of service and part-time jobs

In the Netherlands during this period, the service sector became the primary employer, while many women increasingly opted for part-time work, making the country a leader in part-time employment within the European Union.

Around 1975–1999

Rise of flexible and informal work

By the 1990s, approximately 1.2 million workers, or one-fifth of the workforce, held flexible contracts, and an extensive informal sector involved 55% of households paying for informal labor.

News and letters
Around 1978–1999

Express mail service within 3 hours

Starting in 1978, a special express mail service called snelpost offered a maximum delivery time of 3 hours for urgent documents within major cities.

Around 1975–1999

Next day delivery goal

In the Netherlands, the postal service aimed to deliver 95 percent of domestic letters by the next working day.

Family

Parents

Ancestors and children

Open the full tree

Four generations back to the right, the children to the left. The number beside a child counts the generations of descendants known after them.