Prince Pieter-Christiaan Michiel of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born 22 March 1972), is the third son of

Princess Margriet of the Netherlands Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (Margriet Francisca; 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 a ...

and

Pieter van Vollenhoven Pieter van Vollenhoven Jr. (born 30 April 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 Pi ...

. Before the succession of his cousin Prince Willem-Alexander as King in 2013, he was a member of the Dutch Royal House and twelfth in line to the throne. With Willem-Alexander's succession however, he is no longer a member of the Dutch Royal House. He is no longer in line to direct succession to the Dutch throne following his marriage without parliamentary approval in 2005, but still retains his membership as a member of the Dutch royal family.

Education and career

Prince Pieter-Christiaan lived during his early years at the estate near the

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in Apeldoorn. In Apeldoorn he also attended the primary school and his high school. After graduation he did his military conscription at the

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, for which his still was enlisted as a Reserve Lieutenant Colonel. He subsequently obtained his LL.M. degree in law at the

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; , formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public university, public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2023, it had an enrollment of ...

in 1999. Between 2000 and 2003 he worked for Equity Capital Markets in London, which is a joint venture between the ABN AMRO and NM Rothschild. In autumn 2003 Prince Pieter-Christiaan successfully finished a one-year

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at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in

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. From March 2004 he 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. On 24 July 2010, he was made a Knight of the Order of Saint John in the Netherlands. In April 2015, Prince Pieter-Christiaan was appointed

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of the

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of CSR and

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consultancy EMG Group. Members of the EMG Advisory Board include the former Danish Minister of the Environment Ida Auken MP.

Marriage and children

He married Anita van Eijk in a civil ceremony on 25 August 2005 at the

Apeldoorn Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. The municipality of Apeldoorn, including the villages of Beekbergen, Loenen (Apeldoorn), Loenen, Ugchelen and Hoenderloo ...

, which was followed by a religious ceremony on 27 August 2005 at the Grote of St. Jeroenskerk, currently known as Oude Jeroenskerk, in

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. 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 van Eijk. On 9 June 2006, Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Princess Anita announced that they were expecting their first child. Anita 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

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. Like her cousins, the baby was christened in the chapel of

Het Loo Paleis Het Loo ( , meaning "The Lea") is a palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, built by the House of Orange-Nassau. History The symmetrical Dutch Baroque building was designed by Jacob Roman and Johan van Swieten and was built between 1684 an ...

palace in

, on her parents' wedding anniversary, 25 August 2007. Emma's godparents are her uncle, Prince Bernhard; her aunt, Caroline van der Toorn; Evert-Jan Wamsteker and Countess Alexandra de Witt. On 15 May 2008, the couple announced that they were expecting their second child by the end of November 2008. Anita gave birth to a son on 19 November 2008. His full name is ''Pieter'' Anton Maurits Erik van Vollenhoven. He was born at 1:32 am at the in

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. As with his sister and their cousins, he was christened in the chapel of

palace in

on September 20, 2009. Pieter's godparents were his paternal grandfather

, his paternal uncle Prince Maurits, Jonkvrouw Anouk van Door and Sandra Chollet.Monarchen.nl - de Europese vorstenhuizen -- Royaltynieuws

Ancestry

References

External links

Website Royal House - Family Van Vollenhoven
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