Margriet of the Netherlands
Princess Margriet | |||||
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![]() Princess Margriet in 2005 | |||||
Born | Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Extraterritorial) | 19 January 1943||||
Spouse | Pieter van Vollenhoven (m. 1967) | ||||
Issue | Prince Maurits Prince Bernhard Prince Pieter-Christiaan Prince Floris | ||||
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House | Orange-Nassau | ||||
Father | Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld | ||||
Mother | Juliana of the Netherlands | ||||
Religion | Protestant Church in the Netherlands |
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (Margriet Francisca; born 19 January 1943) is a Dutch royal and philanthropist. She is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard.
Biography[change | change source]
As an aunt of the reigning monarch, King Willem-Alexander, she is a member of the Dutch Royal House and currently eighth and last in the line of succession to the throne.[1]
From 1984 to 2007, Princess Margriet was president of the European Cultural Foundation, who set up the Princess Margriet Award for Cultural Diversity. She is a member of the honorary board of the International Paralympic Committee.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Current line of succession Archived 25 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine – Official website of the Dutch Royal House
- ↑ "Honorary Board". IPC.