Princess Margriet of the Netherlands

Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands (born January 19, 1943), Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, is the third daughter of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard, the former Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. As a daughter of the late Princess Juliana and a younger sister of the current monarch, Queen Beatrix, she is currently seventh in line to the Dutch throne.

Children

Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven have four sons:

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• Prince Maurits (born 17 April 1968) m. Marilène van den Broek (b. 4 February 1970) on 29 May 1998. They have three children:
• Anastasia (Anna) Margriet Josephine van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (b. 15 April 2001)
• Lucas Maurits Pieter Henri van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (b. 26 October 2002)
• Felicia Juliana Benedicte Barbara van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (b. 31 May 2005)
• Prince Bernhard (b. 25 December 1969) m. Annette Sekrève (b. 18 April 1972). They have two children:
• Isabella Lily Juliana van Vollenhoven (b. 14 May 2002)
• Samuel Bernhard Louis van Vollenhoven (b. 25 May 2004)
• Prince Pieter Christiaan (b. 22 March 1972) m. Anita van Eijk
• Prince Floris (b. 10 April 1975) is engaged to marry Aimée Söhngen in October, 2005

Upon the marriage of Prince Maurits to Marie-Helene van den Broek in 1998, it was announced that the couple's children would bear the surname van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven. The children of Prince Bernhard and his wife, Annette Sekreve, will be known by the surname van Vollenhoven.

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Since neither Prince Pieter Christiaan or Prince Floris applied for parliamentary approval for their marriages, as required in the Netherlands, they will lose their place in the succession when they marry.

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