Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg

Count Claus-Casimir Count Claus-Casimir of Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg Full name Claus-Casimir Bernhard Marius Max Father Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands Mother Laurentien Brinkhorst Born 21 March 2004 (2004-03-21) The Hague, Netherlands

Dutch Royal Family HM The Queen * HRH The Prince of Orange * HRH Princess Máxima * HRH Princess Catharina-Amalia * HRH Princess Alexia * HRH Princess Ariane * HRH Prince Friso 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 Countess of Colorno Tjalling ten Cate HRH the Count of Bardi HRH the Marchioness of Sala HRH Princess Margriet * Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven * HH Prince Maurits * HH Princess Marilène * HH Prince Bernhard * HH Princess Annette * HH Prince Pieter-Christiaan HH Princess Anita HH Prince Floris HH Princess Aimée HRH Princess Christina Bernardo Guillermo Eva Prinz-Valdes Nicolás Guillermo Juliana Guillermo * Member of the Dutch Royal House

Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (Claus-Casimir Bernhard Marius Max; born 21 March 2004 at Bronovo Hospital in The Hague), is the second child of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands and their only son. He is member of the Dutch Royal House and currently seventh in the line of succession to the Dutch throne.

His birth was overshadowed by the death, only a day before, of his great-grandmother, former Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. He is the only grandson of Queen Beatrix and her late husband, Prince Claus. He has two sisters: Countess Eloise, born 8 June 2002 and Countess Leonore, born 3 June 2006.

His christening took place in the chapel of Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn in October 2004. Claus-Casimir's godparents are Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, Ed P. Spanjaard, and Countess Tatiana Razumovsky.

Style, titles and names

• His highborn Count Claus-Casimir Bernhard Marius Max of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (since his birth on 21 March 2004)

By Royal Decree of 11 May 2001, nr. 227 it is determined that all children of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands will bear the title of Count (Countess) of Oranje-Nassau and the honorific Jonkheer (Jonkvrouwe) van Amsberg, and have the surname Van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg. The titles are hereditary in male lineage. As he is her only male grandchild, Claus-Casimir is currently the only one of Queen Beatrix's grandchildren who will be able to pass this title on to his children.

When asked about their choice of name, the new parents said their little boy had been named after his grandfather Claus von Amsberg, who died in 2002, and three Friesian stadtholders who were all called Casimir. "If he develops more as a Claus, then it will be Claus, if he develops more as a Casimir, it will be Casimir," explained his father. He is called 'Clausimir' by his family and the press.

The official origins of his given names are:

• Claus is after his grandfather, Claus von Amsberg
• Casimir is after Frisian Stadtholder Henry Casimir II, Count of Nassau-Dietz
• Bernhard is in honour of his paternal great-grandfather, Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
• Marius is the name of his mother's brother
• Max is after his father's godfather, Max Kohnstamm

Ancestry

16. Wilhelm von Amsberg

8. Claus Felix von Amsberg

17. Elise von Vieregge

4. Claus von Amsberg

18. Baron George von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen

9. Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen

19. Baroness Gabriele von dem Bussche-Ippenburg

2. Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands

20. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

10. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

21. Armgard of Sierstorpff-Cramm

5. Beatrix of the Netherlands

22. Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

11. Juliana of the Netherlands

23. Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

1. Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg

24. Jan Hendrik Brinkhorst

12. Marius Jacobus Brinkhorst

25. Maria Jacoba Steenbeek

6. Laurens Jan Brinkhorst

26. Laurens Antonie Frederik Hoolboom

13. Françoise Hoolboom

27. Gertrude Hofman

3. Laurentien Brinkhorst

28. Anne Heringa

14. Ewardus Heringa

29. Rensje Hermina Posthuma

7. Jantien Heringa

30. Peter Johannes Roskam

15. Petronella Johanna Roskam

31. Catharina Troste

Styles of Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau van Amsberg Reference style His highborn Spoken style Sir

External links

• Royal House of the Netherlands

Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg House of Orange-Nassau Cadet branch of the House of Amsberg Born: 21 March 2004
Dutch royalty
Preceded by Countess Eloise	Line of succession to the Dutch Throne 7th position	Succeeded by Countess Leonore
British royalty
Preceded by Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands	Line of succession to the British throne	Succeeded by Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands	Line of succession to the Headship of the House of Amsberg	Succeeded by Carlos, Duke of Parma