Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

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Catharina-Amalia
Princess of Orange
Wassenaar, najaar 2014, de Prinses van Oranje.jpg
Catharina-Amalia in 2014
Born (2003-12-07) 7 December 2003 (age 19)[1]
The Hague, Netherlands
Names
Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria
HouseOrange-Nassau (official)
Amsberg (agnatic)
FatherWillem-Alexander of the Netherlands
MotherMáxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
ReligionProtestant Church in the Netherlands

Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria; born 7 December 2003) is the heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of the constituent countries of Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten.

Catharina-Amalia is the eldest child of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. She became heir apparent to the Dutch throne when her father ascended the throne on 30 April 2013.

Birth

Princess Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria was born at 17:01 CET on 7 December 2003 in the HMC Bronovo in The Hague,[1][2] the first child of the then Prince Willem-Alexander (now king) and Princess Máxima. Upon the public announcement of her birth, 101 salute shots were fired at four places in the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Den Helder and The Hague in the Netherlands, Willemstad in Curacao, and Oranjestad in Aruba.[3]

On 12 June 2004, Catharina-Amalia was baptised by the Rev. Carel ter Linden in the Great Church in The Hague. Her godparents are her uncle Prince Constantijn, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, the (then) vice-president of the Council of State of the Netherlands Herman Tjeenk Willink, friend of her mother Samantha Deane, her uncle Martín Zorreguieta, and friend of her father Marc ter Haar.[4]

Catharina-Amalia's maternal grandparents, Jorge Zorreguieta and María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart, were prohibited from attending her parents' wedding in 2002 due to Zorreguieta's involvement in the regime of General Jorge Rafael Videla, but were present at her baptism, which was a private rather than a state affair.[5][better source needed]

Early life and education

Princess Catharina-Amalia has two younger sisters: Princess Alexia (born in 2005) and Princess Ariane (born in 2007). She lives with her parents and one of her sisters in Huis ten Bosch palace in The Hague.[6]

In December 2007, Catharina-Amalia started attended Bloemcamp Primary School, a public primary school in Wassenaar.[7] After graduated from primary school, she attended the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague, where her aunt Princess Laurentien attended.[8] She participated in the student council and attended both the Model United Nations of the International School of The Hague and The Hague International Model United Nations conferences.[9] She graduated in 2021 with distinction.[9] Upon graduation, she announced that she would take a gap year and refused to accept her right to €1.6m a year in income for the time period, adding that it would make her "uncomfortable as long as I do not do anything for it in return".[10] The Princess spent her gap year in an internship at the Orange Fund and volunteered at other organisations.[11] Since 5 September 2022 Catharina-Amalia is studying at the University of Amsterdam for a BSc degree in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics (PPLE).[12] She was placed under heightened security and moved out of her student flat after a threat was identified.[13]

Her birthdays are traditionally celebrated with a concert at the Kloosterkerk in The Hague, which is attended by ambassadors and members of the royal household and the Council of State of the Netherlands.[14] She speaks Dutch, English, and Spanish.[15] Additionally, she took classes in the Mandarin Chinese language.[16]

On her seventh birthday, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain once owned by her great-grandfather, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, was named after Catharina-Amalia by Peter Hartman. The princess herself was prevented from attending the naming ceremony owing to school obligations.[17]

Catharina-Amalia's paternal grandmother, Queen Beatrix, abdicated on 30 April 2013 and her father ascended the throne. Catharina-Amalia, as the new heir apparent, assumed the title of Princess of Orange,[18] becoming the first to do so in her own right. On 8 December 2021, Princess Catharina-Amalia assumed her seat in the Advisory Division of the Council of State of the Netherlands when she reached the age of majority at 18 the day before.[19][20][21]

In 2020, a new regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, the Regiment Huzaren Prinses Catharina-Amalia, was named for Catharina-Amalia.[22]

Public life

On 17 June 2022, together with her parents, she was among the royal guests invited to the celebrations of the 18th birthday of Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway. This was Catharina-Amalia's first public engagement outside of The Netherlands and the first occasion to which she was allowed to wear a tiara.[23]

On 20 September 2022, together with her parents, she attended Prinsjesdag, where the King addressed a join session of the States General of the Netherlands to give the throne speech outlining government policy for the upcoming parliamentary session.[24][25]

In January 2023, Catharina-Amalia will go on a tour of the Dutch Caribbean with her parents. They will visit Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. It will be her first official royal tour.[26]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Catharina Amalia's Monogram

Titles

  • 7 December 2003 – 30 April 2013: Her Royal Highness Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau[27]
  • 30 April 2013 – present: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Orange, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau[27]

Like her sisters, Catharina-Amalia was born a Princess of the Netherlands and a Princess of Orange-Nassau. As heir apparent she is also the Princess of Orange. This title is substantive and used without her name.[27]

Honours

See also: List of honours of the Dutch royal family by country

Arms

Coat of arms of Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
Coat of Arms of the children of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.svg
Notes
This coat of arms is used by the Princess of Orange and her sisters, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane.[29]
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.
Banner
Prinses Amalia en zussen vlag.svg As Princess, Catharina-Amalia uses a swallow-tailed flag, with the Royal standard colours and their paternal arms (the horn of Orange) in the upper hoist and their maternal arms (the tower of Zorreguieta) in the lower hoist. The arms of the Netherlands (which originates from Nassau) without the insignia of the Order of Willem within an orange circle.[30]
Symbolism
Arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.svg The first and fourth quarters are the coat of arms of the Netherlands, based on the coat of arms of the House of Nassau.[29]
Arms of the Principality of Orange.svg The second and third quarters are the coat of arms of the Prince of Orange.[29]
Arms of the Zorreguieta Family.svg In the center is the coat of arms of the Zorreguieta family.[29]

Ancestry

Through her paternal grandfather, a member of the House of Amsberg, Catharina-Amalia is descended from families of the lower German nobility, and through her paternal grandmother, from several German royal families such as the House of Lippe, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the House of Orange-Nassau, Waldeck and Pyrmont, and the House of Hohenzollern. She is descended from the first King of the Netherlands, William I of the Netherlands, who was also a ruler in Luxembourg and several German states, and all subsequent Dutch monarchs.

On her mother's side, Catharina-Amalia is descended from wealthy Spanish Argentines and Italian Argentines, with some Basque ancestry.[31][32][33]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Dutch celebrate royal baby birth". BBC News. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. ^ "A new government and Dutch troops go to Iraq". historyinnl. 2003. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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  5. ^ "Joyful christening of Catharina-Amalia". Hello. 14 June 2004.
  6. ^ "Huis ten Bosch Palace". Het Koninklijk Huis. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Princess Amalia to attend state school". DutchNews.nl. 18 September 2007. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Prinses Amalia naar de middelbare school". NOS (in Dutch). 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022.
  9. ^ a b "The Princess of Orange". Dutch Royal House. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  10. ^ Henley, Jon (11 June 2021). "Princess Amalia, heir to Dutch throne, waives right to yearly income". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  11. ^ Koninklijk Huis (22 March 2022). "De Prinses van Oranje vandaag bij de pitchdag van sociale initiatieven voor het vijfde Groeiprogramma van het Oranje Fonds en vorige week met haar "collega's" in de tuin van het Oranje Fonds in Utrecht. ..." [The Princess of Orange today at the pitch day of social initiatives for the fifth Growth Program of the Orange Fund and last week with her "colleagues" in the garden of the Orange Fund in Utrecht. ...]. Instagram. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  12. ^ "In beeld: prinses Amalia begint aan haar studie (dus is er een fotomoment)". Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  13. ^ Lock, Samantha (14 October 2022). "Dutch crown princess moves out of student flat after security threats". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Princess Amalia celebrates sixth birthday". DutchNews.nl. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  15. ^ "The children of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima". Holland.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
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