Princess Alexia of the Netherlands

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

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien; born 26 June 2005) 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.

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, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau; her maternal uncle, Juan Zorreguieta; the 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.

Titles, styles and arms

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

Coat of 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. 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. The second and third quarters are the coat of arms of the Prince of Orange. In the center is the coat of arms of the Zorreguieta family.

Ancestry

Family of Princess Alexia of the Netherlands

16. Wilhelm von Amsberg 8. Claus Felix von Amsberg 17. Elise von Vieregge 4. Jonkheer Claus von Amsberg 18. Baron Georg von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen 9. Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen 19. Baroness Gabriele Marie von dem Bussche-Ippenburg 2. Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands 20. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld 10. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld 21. Baroness 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. Princess Alexia of the Netherlands 24. Amadeo Zorreguieta Hernández 12. Juan Antonio Zorreguieta Bonorino 25. Máxima Blanca Bonorino González 6. Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini 26. Oreste Stefanini 13. Cesira Maria Stefanini Borella 27. Tullia Borella 3. Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti 28. Santiago Anastasio Cerruti Ponce de León 14. Dr. Jorge Horacio Cerruti de Sautu 29. María de las Mercedes de Sautu Martínez 7. María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart 30. Domingo Carricart Etchart 15. María del Carmen Carricart Cieza 31. María del Carmen Cieza Rodríguez

External links

• http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/index.html