Prince Floris Frederik Martijn of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born 10 April 1975) is the fourth and youngest son of

Princess Margriet of the Netherlands Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands (born 19 January 1943) is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. As an aunt of the reigning monarch, King Willem-Alexander, she is a member of the Dutch Royal House and curren ...

and

Pieter van Vollenhoven Pieter van Vollenhoven Jr. (born April 30, 1939) is the husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and a member, by marriage, of the Dutch Royal House. Early life and career Van Vollenhoven was born in Schiedam, he is the second son of ...

. Prince Floris has three older brothers: Prince Maurits,

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, Prince Pieter-Christiaan

Marriage and children

Prince Floris announced his engagement to Aimée Söhngen, the daughter of Hans Söhngen and Eleonoor Stammeijer, on 25 February 2005. The couple were married in a civil ceremony at the Stadhuis in

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on 20 October 2005 and in a religious ceremony on 22 October at the Grote Kerk in

. Prince Floris had been 10th in the

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but decided not to seek parliamentary approval for his marriage, as would be required in the Netherlands. This means that Prince Floris ceased to be in line to inherit the throne when he married. Prince Floris and Princess Aimée's first child, Magali Margriet Eleonoor van Vollenhoven, was born at

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on 9 October 2007. She is named for Aimée's sister, Magali Söhngen, and her mother Eleonoor, as well as Princess Margriet. Their second child, Eliane Sophia Carolina van Vollenhoven was born at

on 5 July 2009. Their third child, a son named Willem Jan Johannes Pieter Floris, was born at in

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on 1 July 2013.

Working life

Floris van Oranje is currently working as a partner at a Dutch investment fund named Strong root capital. He runs the fund together with Jan-Jaap van Donselaar and Patrick Zanders. In 2014 he joined Gimv (Belgian listed PE firm) as head of the Dutch office. Before joining Gimv, he worked at KPMG Corporate Finance where he focused on the oil and gas sector. Previously, he was sectorhead at Deutsche Bank and Relationship Banker in the Telecom, Media and Technology sector at ABN Amro Corporate Clients. In both functions he assisted several (family) businesses. Floris has a master of Dutch Law from the Leiden University, in both business and criminal law. After he graduated, he worked for the Public Prosecution for five years.

Ancestry

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Floris of Orange-Nassau, Van Vollenhoven 1975 births Living people Protestant Church Christians from the Netherlands Princes of Orange-Nassau House of Orange-Nassau