Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven

Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (given names: "Pieter-Christiaan Michiel"; born 22 March 1972), is the third son of HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven. His godparents are his paternal grandfather, Pieter van Vollenhoven, Archduke Michael of Austria-Este, Jonkheer J. Reuchlin, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, and Mr. Drabbe.

Prince Pieter-Christiaan has three brothers: Prince Maurits, Prince Bernhard and Prince Floris.

He married Anita van Eijk in a civil ceremony on 25 August 2005 at the Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn which was followed by a religious ceremony on 27 August 2005 at the Grote of St. Jeroenskerk in Noordwijk. Since he did not seek parliamentary approval for his marriage, due to the remote chance of his succession to the throne, Pieter-Christiaan lost his place in the succession to the Dutch throne when he married Anita.

Pieter-Christiaan resides in Amsterdam where he currently works for the ICT company Shopservices.

Emma van Vollenhoven

On June 9, 2006, Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Princess Anita announced that Princess Anita was expecting their first child. The Princess gave birth to a daughter, Emma Francisca Catharina van Vollenhoven, on November 28, 2006. The baby was born at 6:00 pm at the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis in Amsterdam and weighed 3970 grams (8 lbs, 7 ounces). [http://nettyroyal.nl/news.html] Like her cousins, the baby was christened in the chapel of Het Loo palace in Apeldoorn, on her parents' wedding anniversary, 25 August, 2007. Emma's godparents are her uncle, Prince Bernhard; her aunt, Caroline van der Toorn; Evert-Jan Wamsteker and Countess Alexandra de Witt. The meaning of Emma's names are as follows

*Emma is after her ancestor, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen Regent of the Netherlands
*Francisca is the middle name of her paternal grandmother, Princess Margriet.
*Catharina is the middle name of her maternal grandmother, J.C.M. van Eijk-Steens

On the 15th of May, 2008, the couple announced that they are expecting their second child in October. [http://nettyroyal.nl/news.html]

External links

* [http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/content.jsp?objectid=18256 Website Royal House - Family Van Vollenhoven]