Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (given names: Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria; born December 07, 2003, The Hague, the Netherlands), is the first child of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange,[1] the heir apparent to the throne of the Netherlands, and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, his spouse.
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[edit] Life
Princess Amalia was born in the Bronovo Hospital in The Hague.[1] She lives with her parents and her younger sisters Alexia and Ariane at Villa Eikenhorst on the royal estate, De Horsten, in Wassenaar. On June 12, 2004[2] she was baptised by Reverend Carel ter Linden in the Grote, or St. Jacob's, Church in The Hague. Her godparents are her uncle Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Marc ter Haar (her father's friend), Herman-Diederik Tjeenk Willink (Vice-president of the Council of State), Samantha van Welderen Baroness Rengers-Deane (her mother's friend) and her uncle Martín Zorreguieta.
[edit] Names
The official origins of her given names:
- Catharina has been speculated to be after Henriëtte Catharina van Nassau
- Amalia is after Amalia of Solms-Braunfels
- Beatrix is after her paternal grandmother Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- Carmen is in honour of her maternal grandmother
- Victoria is after her godmother Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
All children of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima will bear the style Royal Highness and titles Prince (Princess) of the Netherlands and Prince (Princess) of Orange-Nassau (Royal Decree 25 January 2002, nr. 41).
Following the tradition, Princess Amalia is styled as "The Hereditary Princess of Orange" (In Dutch: De Erfprinses van Oranje); she will become the Princess of Orange when her father accedes to the throne.
[edit] Succession to the Throne
She is second in line to the Dutch throne, and because the Netherlands is under full lineal primogeniture she will not be replaced in the line of succession by any future children of her parents. So, providing her father and grandmother, the Queen, predecease her or abdicate correspondingly, and she does not marry without permission of Parliament, she will become Queen of the Netherlands. She is in the line of succession to the British Throne as she is a direct descendent of Duchess Augusta of Brunswick, elder sister of King George III. In accordance with the British Act of Settlement 1701, her father was removed from the line of succession after he married a Roman Catholic.
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Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands
Cadet branch of the House of Amsberg
Born: December 7, 2003 |
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| Preceded by HRH The Prince of Orange |
Line of succession to the Dutch Throne 2nd position |
Succeeded by Princess Alexia |
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| Preceded by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands |
Line of succession to the British throne | Succeeded by Princess Alexia of the Netherlands |
