by Susan Flantzer © Unofficial Royalty 2019
December 2023
Princess Ariane was born in Bronovo Hospital in The Hague, the Netherlands on April 10, 2007. She is the youngest of the three daughters of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Queen Máxima (née Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti). She was given the names Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Inés:
- Ariane: to complete the “triple-A rating” according to her father, her parents thought it was a pretty name
- Wilhelmina: for her great-great-grandmother Queen Wilhelmina
- Máxima: for her mother
- Inés: for her maternal aunt, one of her godparents
Ariane’s sisters and cousins at her christening!!! Photo Credit – http://37.media.tumblr.com
Ariane was christened in the Kloosterkerk in The Hague, the Netherlands on October 20, 2007. Her godparents were:
- Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg
- Baron Tijo Collot d`Escury, her father’s friend
- Antoine Frilling, her father’s friend
- Valerie Delger, her mother’s friend
- Inés Zorreguieta, her maternal aunt
A more subdued photo of Ariane’s family and her godparents; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
Ariane has two older sisters:
- Catharina-Amalia Princess of Orange (born 2003)
- Princess Alexia (born 2005)
Ariane’s family in 2022: Queen Máxima, King Willem-Alexander, Princess Ariane, Princess Amalia, and Princess Alexia
Princess Ariane attended the Bloemcamp School (website translated from Dutch via Google Translator) in Wassenaar, The Netherlands. From 2021 – 2023, Ariane attended Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet, an independent Protestant school in The Hague, The Netherlands. Beginning in the fall of 2023, Ariane continued her secondary school studies at the United World College of the Adriatic in Duino, Italy, in pursuit of her International Baccalaureate.
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