Pieter van Vollenhoven

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Prof. mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven Image:Dp-pvv-001.jpg The image above is a candidate for speedy deletion. It will be deleted on 2006-12-07.   It should be possible to replace this fair use image with a freely licensed one. If you can, please do so as soon as is practical. Born April 30, 1939 (age 67) Schiedam, The Netherlands Spouse Princess Margriet of the Netherlands Children Prince Maurits, Prince Bernhard, Prince Pieter Christiaan and Prince Floris Parents Pieter van Vollenhoven Sr. and Jacoba Gijsbertha Stuyling de Lange

Dutch Royal Family HM The Queen HRH The Prince of Orange HRH Princess Máxima HRH Princess Catharina-Amalia HRH Princess Alexia HRH Prince Friso HRH Princess Mabel Countess Luana Countess Zaria HRH Prince Constantijn HRH Princess Laurentien Countess Eloise Count Claus-Casimir Countess Leonore HRH Princess Irene HRH Princess Margriet Prof. mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven HH Prince Maurits HH Princess Marilène HH Prince Bernhard HH Princess Annette HH Prince Pieter-Christiaan HH Princess Anita HH Prince Floris HH Princess Aimée HRH Princess Christina

Pieter van Vollenhoven (born April 30, 1939) is the husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands.

Born in Schiedam, he is the second son of Pieter van Vollenhoven, Sr. (1897-1977) and his wife Jacoba Gijsbertha Stuyling de Lange (1906-1983).

He attended the University of Leiden and graduated in law in 1965, after which he worked as a legal officer for the Netherlands Council of State. In 1966, he performed his military service with the Royal Netherlands Air Force, and attained a Military Pilot's licence the following year.

On 10 January 1967 at The Hague, he married HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands. He became a member of the Royal House, but he bears no titles as a result of the marriage. The couple had four children, all sons:

Prince Maurits (b. 17 April 1968) m. Marilène van den Broek (b. 4 February 1970)

Prince Bernhard (b. 25 December 1969) m. Annette Sekrève (b. 18 April 1972)

Prince Pieter Christiaan (b. 22 March 1972) m. Anita van Eijk (b. 27 October 1969)

Prince Floris (b. 10 April 1975) m. Aimée Söhngen (b. 19 October 1977)

Pieter van Vollenhoven is the chairman of the Transport Safety Board, the National Road Safety Fund, the Society, Safety and Police Association, the Victim Support Fund, the Advisory Council of the National Victim Support Association, the International Transport Safety Board, the National Restoration Fund, the Green Fund, and is a member of the European Transport Safety Council. He is also a Professor of Risk Management at Twente University.

In 1986 Mr van Vollenhoven formed a trio - De Gevleugelde Vrienden - with two of the country's leading pianists and gave some twenty concerts a year both at home and abroad in aid of the Victim Support Fund. De Gevleugelde Vrienden were awarded four gold discs. Since the death of one of the members of the trio, Pim Jacobs, Mr van Vollenhoven has continued to give concerts with pianists Louis van Dijk and Koos Mark.

He is Aide-de-Camp Extraordinary to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix.