Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven

Prince Floris Prince of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven Born (1975-04-10) 10 April 1975 Nijmegen, Netherlands Spouse Aimée Söhngen (m. 2005) Issue Magali van Vollenhoven Eliane van Vollenhoven Willem Jan van Vollenhoven Full name Floris Frederik Martijn House Orange-Nassau Father Pieter van Vollenhoven Mother Princess Margriet of the Netherlands

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Dutch Royal Family HM The King * HM The Queen * HRH The Princess of Orange * HRH Princess Alexia * HRH Princess Ariane * HRH Princess Beatrix * HRH Princess Mabel Countess Luana Countess Zaria HRH Prince Constantijn * HRH Princess Laurentien * Countess Eloise Count Claus-Casimir Countess Leonore Extended royal family HRH Princess Irene HRH The Duke of Parma HRH The Duchess of Parma HRH The Hereditary Prince of Parma HRH Princess Luisa of Bourbon-Parma HRH Princess Cecilia of Bourbon-Parma HRH The Countess of Colorno Tjalling Siebe ten Cate Julia ten Cate Paola ten Cate HRH The Count of Bardi HRH The Countess of Bardi HRH Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma HRH Princess Gloria of Bourbon-Parma HRH The Marchioness of Sala Albert Brenninkmeijer Alaïa-Maria Brenninkmeijer Xavier Brenninkmeijer HRH Princess Margriet * Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven * HH Prince Maurits HH Princess Marilène Anna van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven Lucas van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven Felicia van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven HH Prince Bernhard HH Princess Annette Isabella van Vollenhoven Samuel van Vollenhoven Benjamin van Vollenhoven HH Prince Pieter-Christiaan HH Princess Anita Emma van Vollenhoven Pieter van Vollenhoven HH Prince Floris HH Princess Aimée Magali van Vollenhoven Eliane van Vollenhoven Willem van Vollenhoven HRH Princess Christina Bernardo Guillermo Eva Guillermo Isabel Christina Guillermo Julián Jorge Guillermo Nicolás Guillermo Juliana Guillermo * Member of the Dutch royal house

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Prince Floris Frederik Martijn of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born Nijmegen, 10 April 1975) is the fourth and youngest son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven.^[1]

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

Marriage and children

Prince Floris announced his engagement to Aimée Söhngen on 25 February 2005. The couple were married in a civil ceremony at the Stadhuis in Naarden on 20 October 2005 and in a religious ceremony on 22 October at the Grote Kerk in Naarden.^[2] Prince Floris had been 10th in the line of succession to the Dutch throne but decided not to seek parliamentary approval for his marriage, as would be required in the Netherlands. This means that Prince Floris ceased to be in line to inherit the throne when he married.

Prince Floris and Princess Aimée's first child, Magali Margriet Eleonoor van Vollenhoven, was born in Amsterdam on 9 October 2007.^[3] She is named for Aimée's sister, Magali Söhngen, and her mother Eleonoor, as well as Princess Margriet. Their second child, Eliane Sophia Carolina van Vollenhoven was born in Amsterdam on 5 July 2009.^[4] Their third child, a son named Willem Jan Johannes Pieter Floris, was born in The Hague on 1 July 2013.^[5]

Working life

Prince Floris currently works as a Relationship Banker in the Telecommunication, Media and Technology sector at ABN AMRO Amsterdam. Until 2007 he acted as a policy adviser to the Public Prosecution Service in the Netherlands, having graduated in 2002 from Leiden University with an LL.M. degree in Dutch corporate and criminal law.

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