Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau van Amsberg

Countess Eloise Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg Born 8 June 2002 Bronovo Hospital, The Hague, Netherlands Full name Eloise Beatrix Sophie Laurence House Orange-Nassau Father Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands Mother Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands Religion Protestant Church in the Netherlands

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 * Member of the Dutch royal house

Countess Eloise of Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (Eloise Beatrix Sophie Laurence; born 8 June 2002) is the first child and daughter of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands. She is member of the Dutch Royal Family and currently fifth in the line of succession to the Dutch throne.^[1]

Countess Eloise was born in Bronovo Hospital in The Hague. She lives with her parents, her brother and her sister in The Hague.

The christening of Countess Eloise took place in the chapel of Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn on 15 December 2002. Her godparents are her paternal uncle Prince Friso, her father's first cousin Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma, Crown Prince of Norway and Sophie van de Wow.

Style, titles and names

By Royal Decree of 11 May 2001, nr. 227, it was determined that all children and male-line descendants of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands would bear the title of Count (Countess) of Orange-Nassau and the honorific Jonkheer (Jonkvrouwe) van Amsberg with the style of "His/Her Highborn Lord/Lady" and have the surname Van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg.^[2]

Upon the abdication of Queen Beatrix, which took place on 30 April 2013, the children of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien ceased to be members of the Royal House, although they continue to be members of the royal family. ^[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau van Amsberg

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. Prince Constantijn 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. Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe 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 Laurence Hoolboom                       27. Gertrude Clémence 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

References

1. Current line of succession – Official website of the Dutch Royal House
2. Titles of the children of HRH Prince Constantijn – Communiqué of the Netherlands Central Office of Information (in Dutch)
3. "Abdication information". Dutch Royal House.

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