Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven
Prince Maurits | |||||
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Born | Utrecht, Netherlands | 17 April 1968||||
Spouse |
Marilène van den Broek (m. 1998) | ||||
Issue | Anastasia van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven Lucas van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven Felicia van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven | ||||
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House | Orange-Nassau (official) | ||||
Father | Pieter van Vollenhoven | ||||
Mother | Princess Margriet of the Netherlands | ||||
Occupation | Businessman, corporate director, nonprofit director, military officer |
Dutch royal family |
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* Member of the Dutch royal house |
Prince Maurits Willem Pieter Hendrik of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born 17 April 1968) is a member of the
Before the succession of his cousin
Life and career
Maurits was born on 17 April 1968. His godparents are
In 1987, van Vollenhoven performed military service with the
In May 2006, van Vollenhoven started his own business, The Source, which focuses on innovative concepts for products, services and systems for both business and government. Since 1 May 2013, Maurits is Aide-de-camp to King Willem-Alexander and promoted to the rank of Commander (Dutch: Kapitein-lieutenant ter Zee) in the Royal Netherlands Navy.[5]
Maurits works for Sunrock, a company which invests in solar parks and green energy. In April 2023, he gave an exceptional interview to writer Kemal Rijken at the Amsterdam television channel AT5. The prince criticised the solar energy policy of the municipality of Amsterdam and opened up about other topics.[6]
Marriage and family
In 1989, van Vollenhoven met
Together, the couple has three children:[8]
- Anastasia (Anna) Margriet Joséphine van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (Amsterdam, 15 April 2001) - the first legitimate great-grandchild of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard,
- Lucas Maurits Pieter Henri van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (Amsterdam, 26 October 2002),
- Felicia Juliana Bénedicte Barbara van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (Amsterdam, 31 May 2005).
By Royal Decree of 26 May 1998, the children of van Vollenhoven bear the surname "van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven", without titles.
Upon the abdication of Queen Beatrix, which took place on 30 April 2013, it was confirmed that the children of Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven would no longer be eligible to succeed to the throne, and that they would also cease to be members of the Royal House according to The Membership of the Royal House Act.[9][10][11]
Titles and styles
- 1968–present: His HighnessPrince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Current line of succession Archived 25 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine – Official website of the Dutch Royal House
- ^ "Prince Maurits". Dutch Royal House. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Princess Margriet". Dutch Royal House. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Education". Dutch Royal House. Archived from the original on 28 April 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ Prince Maurits
- ^ "AT5". AT5. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Royal weddings in history". Vogue. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Marriage and family". Dutch Royal House. Archived from the original on 28 April 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ The Act specifies that only those within "three degrees of kinship" to the monarch can be in the line of succession.
- ^ "Prince of Orange to become King Willem-Alexander, 28 January 2013". Dutch Royal House.
- ^ The exclusion is not permanent. Princess Margriet would succeed in the unlikely event that the King and his daughters die or become ineligible to succeed, and her children would be restored to the Royal House and line of succession.
External links
- Royal House of the Netherlands
- Website Royal House – Family Van Vollenhoven [dead link][permanent dead link]