- In 1999 she met her husband, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, at a party in Seville, Spain. She had heard a prince would be there, but had no clue who it might be.
- Worked as a investment banker for Deutsche Bank in New York.
- Daughter of Jorge Zorreguieta, agriculture secretary in Argentina under the Videla regime
- Daughter of Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini (b. 1928) and María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart (b. 1944).
- Educated at the English-style Northlands School in Buenos Aires, she received a bilingual baccalaureat in 1988, going on to study economics at the Catholic University of Argentina.
- Siblings: Martín (b. 1972), Juan (b. 1982) and Inés (b. 1984--7 June 2018, Buenos Aires). She also has three older half-siblings from her father first marriage named María (b. 1956), Ángeles (b. 1958) and Dolores (b. 1963).
- Is of Basque, Italian & Spanish ancestry.
- On February 2, 2002, she married her boyfriend of two years, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (later King Willem-Alexander) following a 10-month-long engagement.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 32, a daughter Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria, Princess of Orange on December 7, 2003. Child's father is her husband, King Willem-Alexander.
- Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 34, a daughter Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien, Princess of Orange-Nassau on June 26, 2005. Child's father is her husband, King Willem-Alexander.
- Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 35, a daughter Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Inés, Princess of the Netherlands on April 10, 2007. Child's father is her husband, King Willem-Alexander.
- Became queen consort of the Netherlands in 2013, following the ascension of her husband King Willem-Alexander.
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