First Cousins: King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

by Susan Flantzer
© Unofficial Royalty 2019

 

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (born 1967)

(All photos credits – Wikipedia unless otherwise noted)

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands was born on April 27, 1967. He was the eldest of the three sons of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg. His maternal grandparents were Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. His paternal grandparents were Claus Felix von Amsberg, a member of the untitled German nobility, and Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen. King Willem-Alexander married Argentinian Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti and had three daughters. In 2013, Willem-Alexander became King of the Netherlands upon the abdication of his mother.

King Willem Alexander has 22 first cousins. He shares his first cousins with his siblings Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau and Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands.

Note: King Willem Alexander’s mother the former Queen Beatrix has no first cousins. Her mother was an only child and her father had a brother but he had no children.

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Maternal Aunts of King Willem Alexander: Children of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

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Paternal Aunts of King Willem Alexander: Children of Claus Felix von Amsberg and Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen

  • Sigrid von Amsberg (born 1925), married Bernd Jencquel, had issue
  • Rixa von Amsberg (born 1927 – 2010), married Peter Ahrend, no issue
  • Margit von Amsberg (born 1930 – 1988), married Ernst Grubitz, had issue
  • Barbara von Amsberg (born 1930), married Günther Haarhaus, had issue
  • Theda von Amsberg (born 1939), married Baron Karl von Friesen, had issue
  • Christina von Amsberg (born 1945), married Baron Hans Hubertus von der Recke, had issue

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MATERNAL FIRST COUSINS

Maternal First Cousins: Children of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma

Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (born 1970)

Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma is the Head of House of Bourbon-Parma and is considered by some a contested pretender to the Carlist claim to the throne of Spain. After his parents’ divorce, he moved from Spain with his mother and his siblings to live with his grandparents Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld in the Netherlands. He is sometimes present at events concerning the Dutch royal family. Carlos has a son with Brigitte Klynstra born outside of marriage. He married Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel, daughter of a Dutch politician and diplomat. The couple had two daughters and one son.

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Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma and her second husband Tjalling Siebe ten Cate

Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma (born 1972)

Princess Margarita is the twin sister of Prince Jaime. She first married entrepreneur Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn. They had no children and divorced after five years of marriage. Margarita then married Tjalling Siebe ten Cate, a lawyer, and they had two daughters.

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Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma (born 1972)

Prince Jaime is the twin brother of Princess Margarita. He married Viktória Cservenyák, a Hungarian-born Dutch attorney, and they had two daughters. Jaime has degrees from two American universities, Brown University and Johns Hopkins University, and has a career with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands where he has held several positions in foreign countries.

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Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma (born 1974)

Princess Caroline married Albert Brenninkmeijer, a member of a wealthy Dutch-German family. The couple has a daughter and a son. Caroline was educated at the University of Amsterdam, Harvard University, and the University of Oxford and has had a career with the United Nations.

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Maternal First Cousins: Children of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven

 

Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau van Vollenhoven (born 1968)

Prince Maurits married Marilène van den Broek, daughter of a Dutch politician and diplomat. The couple had two daughters and one son. Upon the abdication of his aunt Queen Beatrix and the accession of his cousin King Willem-Alexander, Prince Maurits and his three brothers were no longer in the succession to the Dutch throne or members of the Dutch Royal House but they are still members of the Dutch Royal Family.

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Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau van Vollenhoven (born 1969)

Prince Bernhard married Annette Sekrève and they had one daughter and two sons. Bernhard studied at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and Groningen University in the Netherlands and works as a self-employed entrepreneur.

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Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau van Vollenhoven (born 1972)

Prince Pieter-Christiaan married Anita van Eijk. At the time of his wedding, he was still in the line of succession to the Dutch throne but because he did not seek parliamentary approval for his marriage, he lost his place in the line of succession. Pieter-Christiaan and Anita had a daughter and a son.

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Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau van Vollenhoven (born 1975)

Prince Floris married Aimée Söhngen and they had two daughters and one son. Like his brother Pieter-Christaan, Floris was still in the line of succession to the Dutch throne at the time of his marriage but because he did not seek parliamentary approval for his marriage, he lost his place in the line of succession.

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Maternal First Cousins: Children of Princess Christina of the Netherlands and  Jorge Pérez y Guillermo

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Bernardo Guillermo (born 1977)

Bernardo Guillermo married Eva Prinz-Valdes and they have one daughter.

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Juliana Guillermo and her brother Nicolás Guillermo

Nicolás Guillermo (born 1979)

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Juliana Guillermo (born 1981)

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PATERNAL FIRST COUSINS

Paternal First Cousins: Children of Sigrid von Amsberg and Bernd Jenquel

  • Marion Jenquel (born 1953) married Hans Theodor Kutsch and had two daughters and one son.
  • Claus Jenquel (born 1955) married Silke Abendroth and had three sons.
  • Joachim Jenquel (1960) married Stephanie Kraehe and had three sons.

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Paternal First Cousins: Children of Barbara von Amsberg and  Ernst Haarhaus

  • Alexandra Haarhaus (born 1965) married Ulric Dietzler.
  • Rüdiger Haarhaus (born 1967)

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Paternal First Cousins: Children of Margit von Amsberg and Eberhardt Grübitz

  • Christoph Grübitz (born 1965)

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Paternal First Cousins: Children of Theda von Amsberg and Karl Hanns Alexander, Freiherr von Friesen

  • Alexander Friedrich-Karl Claus, Freiherr von Friesen (born 1967) married Renate Herdel and had one son and one daughter.
  • Isabell Christina, Freiin von Friesen (born 1969)

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Paternal First Cousins: Children of Christina von Amsberg and Hans Hubertus Georg Thiess, Freiherr von der Recke

  • Katinka Isabell, Freiin von der Recke (born 1973)
  • Sophie Caroline Felicitas, Freiin von der Recke (born 1975)
  • Theresa Marie Christina Lilli, Freiin von der Recke (born 1979)

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