Prince Pieter Christiaan of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven
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Prince Pieter-Christiaan Michiel of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born Nijmegen, 22 March 1972), is the third son of HRH 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 Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven
Pieter van Vollenhoven
Pieter van Vollenhoven, Jr. is the husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and a member of the Dutch Royal House.-Early life and career:Born in Schiedam, he is the second son of Pieter van Vollenhoven, Sr...
. His godparents are his paternal grandfather, Pieter van Vollenhoven, Archduke Michael of Austria-Este, Jonkheer
Jonkheer
Jonkheer is a Dutch honorific of nobility.-Honorific of nobility:"Jonkheer" or "Jonkvrouw" is literally translated as "young lord" or "young lady". In medieval times such a person was a young and unmarried son or daughter of a high ranking knight or nobleman...
J. Reuchlin, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Beatrix of the Netherlands
Beatrix is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Aruba. She is the first daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. She studied law at Leiden University...
, and Mr. Drabbe.
Prince Pieter-Christiaan has three brothers: Prince Maurits
Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven
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, Prince Bernhard
Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven
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and Prince Floris
Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven
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On 24 July 2010 Prince Pieter-Christiaan was made a Knight of the Order of Saint John in the Netherlands.
Education and career
Prince Pieter-Christiaan lived during his early years at the estate near the Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn. In Apeldoorn he also attended the primary school and his high school. After graduation he did his military conscription at the Royal Marechaussee, for which his still was enlisted as a Reserve Lieutenant Colonel. He subsequently obtained his LL.M. degree in Law at the Utrecht UniversityUtrecht University
Utrecht University is a university in Utrecht, Netherlands. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe. Established March 26, 1636, it had an enrollment of 29,082 students in 2008, and employed 8,614 faculty and staff, 570 of which are full professors....
in 1999.
Between 2000 and 2003 the prince worked for Equity Capital Markets in London, which is a joint venture between the ABN AMRO
ABN AMRO
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is a Dutch state-owned bank with headquarters in Amsterdam. It was re-established, in its current form, in 2009 following the acquisition and break up of ABN AMRO Group by a banking consortium consisting of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Santander and Fortis...
and NM Rothschild.
In autumn 2003 Prince Pieter-Christiaan successfully finished a one-year MBA
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
at the International Institute for Management Development
International Institute for Management Development
IMD - International Institute for Management Development is a non profit business school located in Lausanne, Switzerland.- History & Mission :...
(IMD) in Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
(Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
). From March 2004 Prince Pieter-Christiaan worked as a marketing strategist for the ICT-company Shopservices in Amsterdam . Since 13 September 2004, the prince is working as Lieutenant Colonel at the Operations Department of the Central Office of the Royal Marechaussee in The Hague.
Marriage and family
He married Anita van Eijk in a civil ceremony on 25 August 2005 at the Het Loo PalaceHet Loo
Het Loo Palace is a palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The symmetrical Dutch Baroque building was designed by Jacob Roman and Johan van Swieten and was built between 1684 and 1686 for stadtholder-king William III and Mary II of England...
, Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...
, which was followed by a religious ceremony on 27 August 2005 at the Grote van St. Jeroenskerk in Noordwijk
Noordwijk
Noordwijk is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 51.53 km² and had a population of 24,707 in May 2006....
. Since he did not seek parliamentary approval for his marriage, due to the remote chance of his succession to the throne, Pieter-Christiaan lost his place in the succession to the Dutch throne when he married Anita.
Emma van Vollenhoven
On 9 June 2006, Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Princess Anita announced that Princess Anita was expecting their first child. The Princess gave birth to a daughter, Emma Francisca Catharina van Vollenhoven, on 28 November 2006. The baby was born at 6:00 pm at the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis in AmsterdamAmsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
and weighed 3970 grams (8 lbs, 7 ounces).http://nettyroyal.nl/news.html Like her cousins, the baby was christened in the chapel of Het Loo
Het Loo
Het Loo Palace is a palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The symmetrical Dutch Baroque building was designed by Jacob Roman and Johan van Swieten and was built between 1684 and 1686 for stadtholder-king William III and Mary II of England...
palace in Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...
, on her parents' wedding anniversary, 25 August 2007. Emma's godparents are her uncle, Prince Bernhard
Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven
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; her aunt, Caroline van der Toorn; Evert-Jan Wamsteker and Countess Alexandra de Witt. The meaning of Emma's names are as follows
- Emma is after her ancestor, Emma of Waldeck and PyrmontEmma of Waldeck and PyrmontPrincess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont was Queen consort of William III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg...
, Queen Regent of the Netherlands - Francisca is the middle name of her paternal grandmother, Princess MargrietPrincess Margriet of the NetherlandsPrincess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands...
. - Catharina is the middle name of her maternal grandmother, J.C.M. van Eijk-Steens
Pieter van Vollenhoven
On the 15 May 2008, the couple announced that they were expecting their second child for the end of November 2008. Princess Anita gave birth to a son on 19 November 2008. His full name is Pieter Anton Maurits Erik van Vollenhoven. He weighed 3745 grams and he was born on 1.32 am at the Medisch Centrum Haaglanden in The HagueThe Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
. As with his sister and their cousins, he was christened in the chapel of Het Loo
Het Loo
Het Loo Palace is a palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The symmetrical Dutch Baroque building was designed by Jacob Roman and Johan van Swieten and was built between 1684 and 1686 for stadtholder-king William III and Mary II of England...
palace in Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...
on September 20, 2009. Pieter's godparents were his paternal grandfather Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven, his paternal uncle Prince Maurits
Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven
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, Jonkvrouw Anouk van Door and Sandra Chollet. The meaning of Pieter's names are as follows:
- Pieter is after his father and grandfather
- Anton is the middle name of his maternal grandfather, Leonardus Antonius van Eijk
- Maurits is the name of his paternal uncle and godfather, Prince MauritsPrince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-External links:* * - References :...
- Erik is after Erik Hazelhoff RoelfzemaErik Hazelhoff RoelfzemaSiebren Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema DFC RMWO , was a Dutch wartime RAF-pilot, Dutch spy and writer. He was a Knight 4th class of the Military William Order....
, the "Soldier of Orange"