Pieter van Vollenhoven, Jr. (born 30 April 1939) is the husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands

Princess Margriet of the Netherlands

Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands...

 and a member of the Dutch Royal House

Dutch Royal House

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Born in Schiedam

Schiedam

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, he is the second son of Pieter van Vollenhoven, Sr. (1897–1977) and his wife Jacoba Gijsbertha Stuylingh de Lange (1906–1983).

Van Vollenhoven attended secondary school in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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, and he subsequently studied law at the University of Leiden. He graduated in 1965, after which he worked as a legal officer for the Netherlands Council of State.