by Susan Flantzer
© Unofficial Royalty 2019

2022

Princess Alexia was born in Bronovo Hospital in The Hague, The Netherlands on June 26, 2005. She is the second of the three daughters of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Queen Máxima (née Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti).  She was given the names Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien:

• Alexia: for her father King Willem-Alexander
• Juliana: for her great-grandmother Queen Juliana
• Marcela: for the aunt and godmother of her mother Queen Máxima
• Laurentien: for Princess Laurentien, the wife of her paternal uncle Prince Constantijn

Alexia with her family and her godparents; Photo Credit – Photo: RVD / Jeroen van der Meyde

Alexia was christened at the village church in Wassenaar, the Netherlands on November 19, 2005. Her godparents were:

• Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, her paternal uncle
• Juan Zorreguieta, her maternal uncle
• Queen Mathilde of Belgium, then the Duchess of Brabant
• Alexandra Jankovich de Jeszenice, her father’s friend
• Frans Ferdinand de Beaufort, her father’s friend

Alexia’s family in 2022: Queen Máxima, King Willem-Alexander, Princess Ariane, Princess Amalia, and Princess Alexia

Princess Alexia has an older sister and a younger sister:

• Catharina-Amalia  Princess of Orange (born 2003)
• Princess Ariane (born 2007)

Princess Alexia first attended the Bloemcamp School (website translated from Dutch via Google Translator) in Wassenaar, the Netherlands. From 2017 to 2021, Alexia attended the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet, an independent Protestant school in The Hague, the Netherlands.  Beginning in August 2021, Alexia continued her secondary education at the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales, where her father was also a student. In 2023, she completed her International Baccalaureate at the United World College of the Atlantic.

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