Princess Alexia of the Netherlands

Princess Alexia
Princess Alexia in 2014
Born	(2005-06-26) 26 June 2005 Bronovo Hospital, The Hague, Netherlands
Full name Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien
House	Orange-Nassau
Father	Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
Mother	Máxima Zorreguieta

Dutch Royal Family
HM The King * HM The Queen * HRH The Princess of Orange * HRH Princess Alexia * HRH Princess Ariane * HRH Princess Beatrix * HRH Princess Mabel Countess Luana Countess Zaria HRH Prince Constantijn * HRH Princess Laurentien * Countess Eloise Count Claus-Casimir Countess Leonore Extended royal family HRH Princess Irene HRH The Duke of Parma HRH The Duchess of Parma HRH The Hereditary Prince of Parma HRH Princess Luisa of Bourbon-Parma HRH Princess Cecilia of Bourbon-Parma HRH The Countess of Colorno Tjalling Siebe ten Cate Julia ten Cate Paola ten Cate HRH The Count of Bardi HRH The Countess of Bardi HRH Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma HRH Princess Gloria of Bourbon-Parma HRH The Marchioness of Sala Albert Brenninkmeijer Alaïa-Maria Brenninkmeijer Xavier Brenninkmeijer HRH Princess Margriet * Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven * HH Prince Maurits HH Princess Marilène Anna van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven Lucas van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven Felicia van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven HH Prince Bernhard HH Princess Annette Isabella van Vollenhoven Samuel van Vollenhoven Benjamin van Vollenhoven HH Prince Pieter-Christiaan HH Princess Anita Emma van Vollenhoven Pieter van Vollenhoven HH Prince Floris HH Princess Aimée Magali van Vollenhoven Eliane van Vollenhoven Willem van Vollenhoven HRH Princess Christina Bernardo Guillermo Eva Guillermo Isabel Christina Guillermo Julián Jorge Guillermo Nicolás Guillermo Juliana Guillermo * Member of the Dutch royal house

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien; born 26 June 2005)^[1] is the second daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. Princess Alexia is member of the Dutch Royal House and second in the line of succession to the Dutch throne.^[2]

Life

Princess Alexia was born in the Bronovo Hospital in The Hague. Her baptism took place on 19 November 2005 in Wassenaar. Alexia's godparents are: her paternal uncle, the late Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau; her maternal uncle, Juan Zorreguieta; Queen Mathilde of the Belgians (then Duchess of Brabant); Jonkvrouwe Alexandra Jankovich de Jeszenice; and Jonkheer Frans Ferdinand de Beaufort.

Alexia has an elder sister, Catharina-Amalia, The Princess of Orange, and a younger sister, Ariane.

She speaks Dutch, English and some Spanish.^[3]

In February 2016, while on a skiing holiday with her family in Austria, Princess Alexia broke her right femur (thigh bone). She was transported via helicopter to a local hospital and had surgery to repair the injury. After a few days in hospital she was released and will require the use of crutches while she heals. Updates on Princess Alexia's condition have been posted on the official website of the Dutch monarchy. The accident occurred in the same area as the avalanche which resulted in eventually fatal injuries to her paternal uncle and godfather, Prince Friso, in February 2012.

Titles, styles and arms

Alexia's full title and style is: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau.

Arms of Princess Alexia of the Netherlands

Notes Princess Alexia uses the same coat of arms as her sisters, Princess Catharina-Amalia, the Princess of Orange and Princess Ariane.[4] 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.[4] The second and third quarters are the coat of arms of the Prince of Orange.[4] In the center is the coat of arms of the Zorreguieta family.[4]

Ancestry

References

1. ↑ The Dutch Royal House
2. ↑ Current line of succession – Official website of the Dutch Royal House
3. ↑ "The children of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima". Retrieved 4 February 2015. 
4. 1 2 3 4 (Dutch) Wapens van leden van het Koninklijk Huis, Dutch Royal House. Retrieved on 2013-05-06.

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