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Catharina-Amalia
Princess of Orange
Photo of Catharina-Amalia
The Princess of Orange on 3 December 2014
Born (2003-12-07) 7 December 2003 (age 20)[1]
HMC Bronovo, The Hague, Netherlands
Names
Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria
HouseOrange-Nassau
FatherWillem-Alexander of the Netherlands
MotherMáxima of the Netherlands
ReligionProtestant Church in the Netherlands
Dutch royal family

Princess Beatrix *

Extended family
Princess Irene

Princess Margriet *
Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven *

  • Mr Bernardo Guillermo
    Mrs Eva Guillermo
  • Mr Nicolás Guillermo
  • Miss Juliana Guillermo
* Member of the Dutch royal house

Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (pronounced [kaːtaːˈrinaː aːˈmaːlijaː]; Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria; born 7 December 2003), is the heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of the countries of the Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba, and Sint Maarten.

Princess Catharina-Amalia is the eldest child of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. She became heir apparent when her father ascended the throne on 30 April 2013.

Birth

Princess Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria was born at 17:01 CET on 7 December 2003 in the HMC Bronovo in The Hague,[1][2] as the first child of the then-Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima. Upon the public announcement of her birth, 101 salute shots were fired at four places in the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Den Helder and The Hague in the Netherlands, Willemstad in the Netherlands Antilles, and Oranjestad in Aruba.[3]

On 12 June 2004, Catharina-Amalia was baptised by Reverend Carel ter Linden in the Great Church in The Hague. Her godparents are her uncle Prince Constantijn, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, the (then) vice-president of the Council of State of the Netherlands Herman Tjeenk Willink, friend of her mother Samantha Deane, her uncle Martín Zorreguieta, and friend of her father Marc ter Haar.[4]

Catharina-Amalia's maternal grandparents, Jorge Zorreguieta and María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart, were prohibited from attending her parents' wedding in 2002 due to Zorreguieta's involvement in the regime of General Jorge Rafael Videla, but were present at her baptism, which was a private rather than a state affair.[5]

Life and education

Princess Catharina-Amalia has two younger sisters: Princess Alexia (born in 2005) and Princess Ariane (born in 2007). She lives with her parents and sisters in Villa Eikenhorst on the estate De Horsten in Wassenaar.[4] The family will move to Huis ten Bosch in The Hague in the future.[6]

Since 10 December 2007, Catharina-Amalia has attended the public primary school Bloemcampschool in Wassenaar.[7] She now attends the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in the Hague, where her aunt Princess Laurentien attended.[8][9]

Her birthdays are traditionally celebrated with a concert at the Kloosterkerk in The Hague, which is attended by ambassadors and members of the royal household and the Council of State of the Netherlands.[10] She speaks Dutch, English, and some Spanish.[11]

On her seventh birthday, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain once owned by her great-grandfather, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, was named after Catharina-Amalia by Peter Hartman. The princess herself was prevented from attending the naming ceremony by school obligations.[12]

Catharina-Amalia was one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of her godmother, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, and Daniel Westling; which took place in June 2010 at Stockholm Cathedral.[13]

Queen Beatrix abdicated on 30 April 2013 and Catharina-Amalia's father ascended the throne. Catharina-Amalia, as the new heir apparent, assumed the title of Princess of Orange, becoming the first to do so in her own right. Princess Catharina-Amalia will assume a seat in the Advisory Division of the Council of State of the Netherlands upon reaching the age of majority at 18.[14]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles

  • 7 December 2003 – 30 April 2013: Her Royal Highness Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau[15]
  • 30 April 2013 – present: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Orange, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau[15]

Like her sisters, Catharina-Amalia was born a Princess of the Netherlands and a Princess of Orange-Nassau. As heir apparent she is also the Princess of Orange. This title is substantive and used without her name.[15]

Arms

Coat of arms of Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
Notes
This coat of arms is used by the Princess of Orange and her sisters Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane.[16]
Escutcheon
Quarterly: I and IV azure billety or, a lion with coronet also or armed and langued gules, holding in his dexter paw a sword argent hilted or, and in his sinister seven arrows argent pointed and bound together or, which is of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; II and III or, a horn azure opened and bound gules, which is of the first House of Orange; an inescutcheon or bearing a castle of three towers gules flanked on each side by a poplar tree au naturel, and a river azure flowing from the base, ondoyant to the gate of the castle, which is of the house of Zorreguieta in Argentina.
Symbolism
The first and fourth quarters are the coat of arms of the Netherlands, based on the coat of arms of the House of Nassau.[16]
The second and third quarters are the coat of arms of the Prince of Orange.[16]
In the center is the coat of arms of the Zorreguieta family.[16]

Ancestry

Family of Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
16. Wilhelm von Amsberg
8. Claus Felix von Amsberg
17. Elise von Vieregge
4. Jonkheer Claus von Amsberg
18. Baron Georg von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
9. Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
19. Baroness Gabriele Marie von dem Bussche-Ippenburg
2. Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
20. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
10. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
21. Baroness Armgard of Sierstorpff-Cramm
5. Beatrix of the Netherlands
22. Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
11. Juliana of the Netherlands
23. Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
1. Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
24. Amadeo Zorreguieta Hernández
12. Juan Antonio Zorreguieta Bonorino
25. Máxima Blanca Bonorino González
6. Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini
26. Oreste Stefanini
13. Cesira Maria Stefanini Borella
27. Tullia Borella
3. Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
28. Santiago Anastasio Cerruti Ponce de León
14. Dr. Jorge Horacio Cerruti de Sautu
29. María de las Mercedes de Sautu Martínez
7. María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart
30. Domingo Carricart Etchart
15. María del Carmen Carricart Cieza
31. María del Carmen Cieza Rodríguez

References

  1. ^ a b Newly-born Princess Catharina-Amalia second in line for Dutch throne
  2. ^ "Dutch celebrate royal baby birth". BBC News. 8 December 2003. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. ^ A new government and Dutch troops go to Iraq, Museum of National History. Retrieved on 2013-05-06.
  4. ^ a b Princess Catharina-Amalia, Dutch Royal House, 2013. Retrieved on 2013-05-06.
  5. ^ Joyful christening of Catharina-Amalia
  6. ^ "Huis ten Bosch Palace". Royal House. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Princess Amalia to attend state school" (in Dutch). DutchNews. 18 September 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Amalia gaat naar Sorghvliet-gymnasium" [Amalia goes to Sorghvliet Gymnasium]. RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 20 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Prinses Amalia naar de middelbare school". NOS (in Dutch). 24 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Princess Amalia celebrates sixth birthday" (in Dutch). DutchNews. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  11. ^ "The children of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima". Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Princess Amalia turns seven" (in Dutch). DutchNews. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Ten young bridesmaids and page boys at the wedding at Stockholm Cathedral" (Press release). Swedish Royal Court. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  14. ^ "Voorzitterschap Raad van State" (in Dutch). Royal House. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  15. ^ a b c "Titels leden Koninklijke Familie". The Royal House. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  16. ^ a b c d Template:Nl icon Wapens van leden van het Koninklijk Huis, Dutch Royal House. Retrieved on 2013-05-06.
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