Royal Profile: Princess Ariane of The Netherlands

Princess Ariane Wilhelmina Maxima Ines of The Netherlands was born 10 April 2007 as the youngest daughter of King Williem-Alexander & Queen Maxima of The Netherlands {Source}. She has two older sisters {Source}:

• Princess Catharina-Amalia van Oranje (2003)
• Princess Alexia of The Netherlands (2005)

 

She was baptized on 20 October 2007, with the following as her godparents {Source}:

 

• Ines Zorreguieta (maternal aunt)
• Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (friend of her parents)
• Antoine Frilling (friend of her parents)
• Baron Tijo Collot d'Escury (friend of her parents)
• Valerie Delger (friend of her mother's)

 

With the abdication of her grandmother in 2012, she is presently 3rd in line for the throne after her two sisters {Source}. Her parents are determined to give her and her sisters a normal childhood-or as normal as can be with their parents as King and Queen. She and her sisters attend Bloemcamp primary school{Source}. Princess Ariane also enjoys many activities outside of the classroom, including piano lessons, ballet class, swimming and judo{Source}. She shares a birthday with her father's cousin, Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven and Liechtenstein's Princess Tatjana. At a month old, in May 2007, she was admitted to Leiden University Medical Centre with a suspected lung infection {Source}

She is named:

• Ariane: an A name to "Complete the triple A rating" as her father put it.
• Wilhelmina: for her greatx2 grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina
• Maxima: For her mother
• Ines: For her aunt and godmother, Ines Zorrguieta

She speaks Dutch, Spanish and English.