Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven

Prince Bernhard Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven Spouse Annette Sekrève Issue Isabella van Vollenhoven Samuel van Vollenhoven Benjamin van Vollenhoven Full name Bernhard Lucas Emmanuel Father Pieter van Vollenhoven Mother Princess Margriet of the Netherlands Born (1969-12-25) 25 December 1969 (age 42) Nijmegen, Netherlands

Dutch Royal Family HM The Queen * HRH The Prince of Orange * HRH Princess Máxima * HRH Princess Catharina-Amalia * HRH Princess Alexia * HRH Princess Ariane * HRH Prince Friso HRH Princess Mabel Countess Luana Countess Zaria HRH Prince Constantijn * HRH Princess Laurentien * Countess Eloise * Count Claus-Casimir * Countess Leonore * Extended royal family HRH Princess Irene HRH the Duke of Parma HRH The Duchess of Parma HRH the Countess of Colorno Tjalling ten Cate HRH the Count of Bardi HRH the Marchioness of Sala HRH Princess Margriet * Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven * HH Prince Maurits * HH Princess Marilène * HH Prince Bernhard * HH Princess Annette * HH Prince Pieter-Christiaan HH Princess Anita HH Prince Floris HH Princess Aimée HRH Princess Christina Bernardo Guillermo Eva Prinz-Valdes Nicolás Guillermo Juliana Guillermo * Member of the Dutch Royal House v t e

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Prince Bernhard Lucas Emmanuel of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born Nijmegen, 25 December 1969) is the second son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven. His godparents are Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Baron J. van Boetzelaer, Baroness C. Evelein, J. Fleischman, and The Royal Air Force. He is a member of the Dutch Royal House and currently eleventh and last in the line of succession to the Dutch throne.^[1]

Life and education

Prince Bernhard's family lived in Apeldoorn throughout his childhood, moving to Het Loo House in 1975. He received both his primary and secondary education in Apeldoorn.

Prince Bernhard has three brothers: Prince Maurits, Prince Pieter-Christiaan, and Prince Floris.

He studied economics in 1988 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Subsequently, in 1989 he went to the Groningen University in the Netherlands where he studied marketing and market research. In 1995 he received the degree of doctorandus (Master of science) at this university.

Although he is a member of the royal house, he rarely takes part in official duties. Prince Bernard is a self-employed entrepreneur.

Marriage and family

While studying in Groningen, Prince Bernhard met Annette Sekrève, (born 18 April 1972). The couple announced their engagement on 11 March 2000. They married in July 2000. The civil ceremony was performed on 6 July 2000 by the Mayor of Utrecht, Ms A. H. Brouwer-Korf, in the Spiegelzaal of the Paushuize, Utrecht. The marriage was blessed two days later, on 8 July 2000, by Dr. Anne van der Meiden in the Cathedral of Saint Martin, Utrecht.

Prince Bernhard and Princess Annette have three children.

• Isabella Lily Juliana van Vollenhoven, born in Amsterdam, on 14 May 2002
• Samuel Bernhard Louis van Vollenhoven, born in Amsterdam, on 25 May 2004
• Benjamin Pieter Floris van Vollenhoven, born in Amsterdam, on 12 March 2008

Prince Bernhard and his family live in Amsterdam.

Ancestry

References

External links

• Royal House of the Netherlands
• Website Royal House – Family Van Vollenhoven