Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau van Amsberg

Countess Eloise
Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau,
Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
Born (2002-06-08) 8 June 2002
Bronovo Hospital, The Hague, Netherlands
Full name
Eloise Beatrix Sophie Laurence
House Orange-Nassau
Father Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
Mother Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
Religion Protestant Church in the Netherlands

Countess Eloise of Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (Eloise Beatrix Sophie Laurence; born 8 June 2002) is the first child and daughter of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands. She is member of the Dutch Royal Family and currently fifth in the line of succession to the Dutch throne.[1]

Countess Eloise was born in Bronovo Hospital in The Hague. She lives with her parents, her brother and her sister in The Hague.

The christening of Countess Eloise took place in the chapel of Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn on 15 December 2002. Her godparents are her paternal uncle Prince Friso, her father's first cousin Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma, the Crown Prince of Norway and Sophie van de Wow.

Style, titles and names

By Royal Decree of 11 May 2001, nr. 227, it was determined that all children and male-line descendants of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands would bear the title of Count (Countess) of Orange-Nassau and the honorific Jonkheer (Jonkvrouwe) van Amsberg with the style of "His/Her Highborn Lord/Lady" and have the surname Van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg.[2]

Upon the abdication of Queen Beatrix, which took place on 30 April 2013, the children of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien ceased to be members of the Royal House, although they continue to be members of the royal family. [3]

Ancestry

References

  1. Current line of succession – Official website of the Dutch Royal House
  2. Titles of the children of HRH Prince Constantijn – Communiqué of the Netherlands Central Office of Information (in Dutch)
  3. "Abdication information". Dutch Royal House.

External links

Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau van Amsberg
Cadet branch of the House of Amsberg
Born: 8 June 2002
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
Line of succession to the Dutch throne
5th position
Succeeded by
Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau
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