Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
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Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (Margriet Francisca; born 19 January 1943) is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. As an aunt of the reigning monarch, King Willem-Alexander, she is a member of the Dutch Royal House and currently eighth and last in the line of succession to the throne.[1]
In this Dutch name, the birth surname is van Lippe-Biesterfeld and the marital name is van Vollenhoven.
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Born | (1943-01-19) 19 January 1943 (age 81) Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Dominion of Canada | ||||
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House | Orange-Nassau | ||||
Father | Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld | ||||
Mother | Juliana of the Netherlands |
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Princess Margriet has often represented the monarch at official or semi-official events. Some of these functions have taken her back to Canada, the country where she was born de facto, and to events organised by the Dutch merchant navy of which she is a patron.