Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau

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Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau
Countess of Orange-Nassau
Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
Countess Leonore van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg 2019 (cropped).jpg
Countess Leonore in 2019
Born (2006-06-03) 3 June 2006 (age 19)
HMC Bronovo, The Hague, Netherlands
Names
Leonore Marie Irene Enrica van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg
Father Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
Mother Laurentien Brinkhorst

Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg (Leonore Marie Irene Enrica; born 3 June 2006) is a member of the Dutch royal family. She is the third child and second daughter of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands. As of 2025, she is seventh in the line of succession to the Dutch throne. [1]

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Life and education

Countess Leonore was born on 3 June 2006 at HMC Bronovo in The Hague, Netherlands, as the third child and second daughter of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien. [2]

She was baptised on 8 October 2006 in the chapel of Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn; her godparents included her paternal aunt, Queen Máxima; her maternal uncle, Marius Brinkhorst; her father’s first cousin, Juliana Guillermo; and Count Jean‑Charles Ullens de Schooten Whettnall. [3]

After spending the early years of her life partly in Belgium where her family lived while her parents worked, Countess Leonore later relocated with her family to the Netherlands in 2015. [4]

Since September 2022, she has been studying at UWC Atlantic College in Wales, a United World College known for its international education programme, the same school attended by her cousin, Princess Alexia. [5]

Titles and styles

By Royal Decree of 11 May 2001, nr. 227, it was determined that all children and male-line descendants of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands would bear the title of Count (ess) of Orange-Nassau (with princely rank) and the honorific Jonkheer (Jonkvrouwe) van Amsberg with the style of "His/Her Highborn Lord/Lady" and have the surname Van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg.

Upon the abdication of Queen Beatrix on 30 April 2013, the children of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien ceased to be members of the Royal House, although continue to be members of the royal family. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Current line of succession Archived 25 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine – Official website of the Dutch Royal House
  2. ↑ Leonore van Oranje‑Nassau van Amsberg: Gravin Leonore is geboren op 3 juni 2006 in het Bronovo ziekenhuis in Den Haag als dochter van prins Constantijn en prinses Laurentien, en is het derde kind van het paar. "Leonore van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg". Blauw Bloed. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Doop dochter Prins Constantijn en Prinses Laurentien, 8 oktober 2006: Leonore Marie Irene Enrica Gravin van Oranje‑Nassau werd op 8 oktober 2006 in de kapel van Paleis Het Loo gedoopt, met koningin Máxima, Juliana Guillermo, Marius Brinkhorst en Jean‑Charles Graaf Ullens de Schooten als peetouders. "Doop dochter Prins Constantijn en Prinses Laurentien, 8 oktober 2006". Royal House of the Netherlands. 2 October 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  4. ↑ “Dít is Leonore: de jongste dochter van Constantijn en Laurentien”: Leonore groeide de eerste jaren van haar leven in Brussel, en verhuisde met haar familie in 2015 terug naar Nederland. "Dít is Leonore: de jongste dochter van Constantijn en Laurentien". Libelle.nl. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Blauw Bloed reports that Leonore attends UWC Atlantic College in Wales, the same school attended by Princess Alexia. "Gravin Leonore 19 jaar! Wie is de jongste dochter van prins Constantijn en prinses Laurentien?". Blauw Bloed. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Abdication information". Dutch Royal House. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
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