The Royal Family of the Netherlands

House Orange-Nassau


HM Queen Beatrix

HRH Prince Claus (†)

HRH Prince Willem-Alexander

HRH Princess Máxima


The official website of the Royal Family of the Netherlands: Het Koninklijk Huis.


The Genealogy of the Royal Family of The Netherlands.

For their ancestors go to the Genealogy of the House Orange-Nassau.


Sovereigns of the Netherlands

HRH Sovereign Prince Willem I December 2nd, 1813 March 16th, 1815
HM King Willem I March 16th, 1815 October 7th, 1840 (abdicated)
HM King Willem II October 7th, 1840 March 17th, 1849
HM King Willem III March 17th, 1849 November 23rd, 1890
HM Queen Wilhelmina November 23rd, 1890 September 4th, 1948 (abdicated)
HM Queen Juliana September 4th, 1948 April 30th, 1980 (abdicated)
HM Queen Beatrix April 30th, 1980  

The Line of Succession to the Throne

  1. HRH Prince Willem-Alexander Prince of Orange, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (* April 27th, 1967)
  2. HRH Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (* December 7th, 2003)
  3. HRH Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (* June 26th, 2005)
  4. HRH Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (* April 10th, 2007)
  5. HRH Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (* October 11th, 1969)
  6. Eloise Gravin van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (* June 8th, 2002)
  7. Claus-Casimir Graaf van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (* March 21st, 2004)
  8. Leonore Gravin van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (* June 3rd, 2006)
  9. HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld (* January 19th, 1943)
  10. HH Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, Van Vollenhoven (* April 17th, 1968)
  11. HH Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, Van Vollenhoven (* December 25th, 1969)

The succession to the Throne of the Netherlands is regulated by the Constitution. The succession was semi-salic until 1923, male preferred primogeniture between 1923-1983 and absolute primogeniture since 1983.
Until 1923 eligible to succeed were the legitimate descendants of HH Prince Willem IV of Orange and Nassau. Since 1983 eligible to succeed are the legitimate descendants of HM King Willem I, Prince of Orange-Nassau. If the King has no descendants, the title to the Throne shall pass to the legitimate descendants of the King's parent and then of his grandparent who are in the line of succession but are not further removed from the deceased King than the third degree of consanguinity.
Children born after an abdication of the King and their descendants are excluded from the succession.
Anyone in line of succession to the Throne who contracts a marriage without having obtained approval by Act of Parliament is excluded from the succession, together with any children born of the marriage and their issue.
One or more persons may be excluded from the hereditary succession by Act of Parliament if exceptional circumstances necessitate.
A person eligible to succeed is not allowed to renounce his/her right of succession.


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Last updated: March 25th, 2008.