Sunday 10 February 2013

HRH Princess Irene of the Netherlands

Second daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands


Date & place of birth August 5, 1939 soestdijk Palace, Baarn
Born as HRH Princess of the Netherlands
Names Irene Emma Elisabeth

Father Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands)
Mother Queen Juliana of the Netherlands





Royal house Orange-Nassau (born) Bourbon-Parma (marriage)





Siblings (3)
Second of four children (3 sisters)
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
Princess Christina of the Netherlands





Married April 29, 1964 Chapel Borghese, Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
Spouse Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma
Divorced May 27, 1981 The Hague





Issue (4)
(2 sons, 2 daughters)
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma
Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma
Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma
Princess Caroline of Bourbon-Parma





Grandchildren (5)
(1 grandson, 4 granddaughers)
Carlos Klynstra (illegitimate)
Princess Luisa of Bourbon-Parma
Princess Cecilia of Bourbon-Parma
Julia ten Cate
Paola ten Cate





Titles
HRH Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld
HRH Princess de Bourbon de Parma, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld
HRH Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld





Paternal grandparents
Prince Bernhard of Lippe
Armgard von Soerstorpff-Cramm

Paternal great-grandparents
Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Countess Karoline of Wartensleben
Aschwin von Sierstorpff-Cramm
Hedwig von Sierstorpff-Driburg br/>




Maternal grandparents
Duke Heinrich of Mecklenburg (Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands)
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Maternal great-grandparents
Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
King Willem III of the Netherlands
Princess Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont (Queen Emma of the Netherlands)

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