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Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg; 25 September 1968 – 12 August 2013) was the second son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg, and younger brother of King Willem-Alexander.
As he had not asked the Dutch parliament for permission to marry, Friso ceased being a member of the royal house and forfeited his and his future children's succession rights. Therefore, neither his wife nor daughters are members of the royal house. They remained, however, one of the richest families in the Netherlands. Prince Friso died in 2013.
Mabel, who married Prince Friso of the Netherlands in 2004, was an activist long before she was a princess. Ahead of her wedding, she recalls, "One of my fears, which I discussed with him, of ...
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The Dutch called back William Frederick, the son of the last stadtholder, to head the new government. He was proclaimed "sovereign prince". In 1815, he raised the Netherlands to the status of a kingdom and proclaimed himself King William I. The kingdom was enlarged with the Southern Netherlands, now Belgium and Luxembourg, soon after.
The Dutch royal family consists of: [2] [3]. the members of the royal house; the daughter-in-law of Princess Beatrix: Princess Mabel; the children (-in-law) of Princess Margriet: Prince Maurits & Princess Marilène, Prince Bernhard & Princess Annette, Prince Pieter-Christiaan & Princess Anita, Prince Floris & Princess Aimée;
The second sister of Beatrix, Princess Margriet, was born in Ottawa in 1943. [4] During their exile in Canada, Beatrix attended nursery and [8] Rockcliffe Park Public School, a primary school where she was known as "Trixie Orange". [9] [10] On 5 May 1945, the German troops in the Netherlands surrendered.