Where do all those 44 titles come from?
Every time you ‘etc. etc. etc.’ behind the name of Willem-Alexander, you now know: those and so on refer to the 44 titles that he also bears. “These are titles associated with the Orange-Nassau family and are held by the head of the family,” the Government Information Service writes. So Beatrix had these titles until 2013, after which they were immediately transferred to King Willem-Alexander.
The titles often go back hundreds of years. Sometimes inherited or bought, but marriages also ensure that one family – with all its titles – transfers them to the other. In 1551, for example. Then Willem van Oranje marries Anna van Buren. Because her father is Count van Buren and Leerdam and Baron van IJsselstein, those titles suddenly come into the picture with the Oranges.