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Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange, the eldest of the three daughters of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, is the heir apparent to the Dutch throne. As the heir apparent, she is titled The Princess of Orange. The Netherlands changed its succession law in 1983 to absolute primogeniture where the succession passes to the eldest child of the sovereign regardless of gender. Males and females have equal succession rights.

Catharina-Amalia is a descendant of the monarchs of the Netherlands and before the establishment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815, the Princes of Orange. However, a good portion of her ancestors were members of the German untitled and titled nobility. Her paternal grandfather Claus von Amsberg was a member of the Amsberg noble family which belonged to the untitled nobility of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Through her great-great-grandfather, Duke Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, son of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Catharina-Amalia is a descendant of reigning Dukes and Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among the last six generations of Catharina-Amalia’s ancestry, there were no marriages with current monarchies. However, there are marriages with members of the former royal monarchies of the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire, the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Catharina-Amalia’s mother Queen Máxima was born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Máxima has Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian ancestry. Via her father, she also has Basque ancestry. Around 1790, her ancestor José Antonio Zorreguieta y Oyarzábal Gamboa y Sagastume, migrated to Argentina from Basque country, located in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. Máxima’s maternal great-grandparents Oreste Stefanini and Tullia Borella migrated to Argentina from Italy in 1900.

Parents, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Great-Great-Grandparents, and Great-Great-Great-Grandparents of Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange (born December 7, 2003 )

• Unofficial Royalty: Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange
• Unofficial Royalty: Kingdom of the Netherlands Index

The links below are from Unofficial Royalty,  Wikipedia, Leo’s Genealogics Website, The Peerage, or Geni.

Parents

• King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (born 1967)
• Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti (born 1971)

Grandparents

Claus von Amsberg and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, paternal grandparents

• Claus von Amsberg (1926 – 2002)
• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (born 1938)
• Jorge Zorreguieta Stefanini (1928 – 2017)
• María del Cármen Cerruti Carricart (born 1944)

Great-Great-Grandparents

• Claus Felix von Amsberg (1890 – 1953)
• Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (1902 – 1996)
• Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911 – 2004)
• Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1909 – 2004)
• Juan Antonio Zorreguieta Bonorino (1899 – 1959)
• Cesina Stefanini Borella (1901 – 1999)
• Jorge Horacio Cerruti de Sautu (1911 – 1992)
• Maria del Carmen Carricart Cieza, (1914 – 1999)

Great-Great-Grandparents

• Wilhelm von Amsberg (1856 – 1929) (link in Dutch)
• Elise von Vieregge (1866 – 1951) (link in Dutch)
• Baron Georg von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (1869 – 1923)
• Baroness Gabriele von dem Bussche-Ippenburg (1877 – 1973)
• Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1872 – 1934)
• Baroness Armgrad von Sierstorpff-Cramm (1883 – 1971)
• Duke Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876 – 1934)
• Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880 -1962)
• Amadeo Zorreguieta Hernández (1856 – ?)
• Máxima Blanca Bonorino Gonzalez  (1874 – 1965)
• Oreste Stefanini (? – ?)
• Tullia Borella (circa 1876 – ?)
• Santiago Anastacio Cerruti (1868 –  1940)
• Maria de las Mercedes Sautu Martinez, (1876 – 1955)
• Domingo Carricart Etchart (1885 – 1953)
• Carmen Fieza Rodriguez (? – ?)

Great-Great-Great-Grandparents

• Gabriel von Amsberg (1822 – 1899) (link in Dutch)
• Marie von Passow (1831 – 1904)
• Leopold von Vieregge (1832 – 1893)
• Baroness Agnes von Gutschmid (1842 – 1924)
• Baron Julius von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (1827 – 1882)
• Mathilde von Salviati (1834 – 1892)
• Baron Eberhard von dem Bussche-Ippenburg (1851 – 1937)
• Barbara Warinka von Chelius (1856 – 1949)
• Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1842 – 1904)
• Countess Karoline von Wartensleben (1844 – 1905)
• Baron Aschwin von Sierstorpff-Cramm (1846 – 1909)
• Baroness Hedwig von Sierstorpff-Driburg (1848 – 1900)
• Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823 – 1883)
• Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850 – 1922)
• King Willem III of the Netherlands (1817 – 1890)
• Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1858 – 1934)
• Mariano Zorreguieta Maurin (1830 – 1893)
• Jesus Hernández Cornejo (1831 – ?)
• Esteban Bonorino Lobo (1842 – 1919)
• Máxima Gonzalez y de Islas (? – ?)
• Unknown father of Oreste Stefanini
• Unknown mother of Oreste Stefanini
• Unknown father of Tullia Borella
• Unknown mother of Tullia Borella
• Santiago Cerruti (1827 – 1896)
• Rita Ponce de León (1827 – 1908)
• Marcial de Sautu (1845 – 1921)
• Carmen Martinez (1838 – 1918)
• Bernardo Carricart Haramburu (? – 1896)
• Juana Etchart (? – ?)
• Unknown father of Carmen Fieza Rodriguez
• Unknown mother of Carmen Fieza Rodriguez

Sources:

• Family Tree and Family History at Geni
• Leo’s Genealogics Website
• The Peerage
• Wikipedia