Beatrix of the Netherlands the Netherlands on 2 August 1945. Beatrix went to the progressive primary school "De Werkplaats" in Bilthoven. Her third sister Princess Christina was born in 1947. On 6 September 1948, her mother Juliana succeeded her grandmother Wilhelmina as Queen of the Netherlands, and Beatrix became the heiress presumptive to the throne of the Netherlands at the age of ten. In April 1950, Princess Beatrix entered the Incrementum, a part of Baarnsch Lyceum, where, in 1956, she passed her school-graduation examinations in the subjects of arts and classics. In 1954, Princess Beatrix served as bridesmaid at the wedding of Baroness van
Beatrix of Sicily (1260–1307) Beatrix of Sicily (1260–1307) Beatrix of Sicily or Beatrice di Sicilia (Palermo, 1260 – Marquisate of Saluzzo, 1307) was a Sicilian princess, daughter of the King Manfred of Sicily and his wife Helena Angelina Doukaina. In 1296 she became Marchioness consort of Saluzzo. After the battle of Benevento (26 February 1266) and the death of her father, Beatrix was imprisoned in Naples together with her family by Charles of Anjou. She regained her freedom only in 1284, after the Battle of the Gulf of Naples, thanks to her brother-in-law Peter III of Aragon. In 1286 Beatrix married Manfred IV, son