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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.
John William Friso (Dutch: Johan Willem Friso; 14 August 1687 – 14 July 1711) became the (titular) Prince of Orange in 1702. He was the Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen in the Dutch Republic until his death by accidental drowning in the Hollands Diep in 1711.
Prince of Orange & Heir Apparent, 1980–2013, King of the Netherlands, 2013– Queen Maxima of the Netherlands Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau 1968–2013 m.(2004) Mabel Wisse Smit without permission, his children are not eligible for the throne and he was no longer a Prince of the Netherlands after his marriage
Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (Mabel Martine Wisse Smit; born Mabel Martine Los, 11 August 1968), more commonly known as Mabel van Oranje, [1] [2] is the widow of Prince Friso and sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
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 ...
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.
Prince Constantijn was born on 11 October 1969 at Academic Hospital Utrecht (now the University Medical Center Utrecht) in Utrecht [2] [3] [4] following the births of his brothers, Willem-Alexander (b. 1967), and Johan Friso (1968–2013).
Princess Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard was born on 31 January 1938 at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands, as the first child of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. [4] Beatrix was baptised on 12 May 1938 in the Great Church in The Hague. [5]