This is a list of women who held the title Princess of Orange by marriage.
Princess of Orange is the title used by the female heirs apparent and, prior to 2002, spouses of male heirs apparent. The present Princess of Orange, Catharina-Amalia, is the first suo jure holder since Marie (1393–1417), who co-reigned with her husband John (1393–1418). From 1171 to 1815 the title was also used by women married to the sovereign Princes of Orange during their reigns, and then by wives of heirs apparent to the Dutch throne. On 30 April 2013, after the accession of her father, Willem-Alexander, to the Dutch throne, Catharina-Amalia became Princess of Orange and heir apparent to the throne. [1] [2]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Tibors de Sarenom | Guilhem | 1130 | after 5 June 1156 | 1171 husband's accession | 1181 husband's death | after 13 August 1198 | Bertrand I | |
Ermengarde de Mévouillon | Mévouillon | 1130 | after 5 June 1156 | 1181 husband's accession | 21 March 1203 divorce | ? | William I | |
Alix | Unknown | ? | after 1203 | 1218, before 30 July husband's death | 1219? | |||
Malberjone of Aix | Aix | ? | 17 June 1239 | ? | ? | Raymond I | ||
Eleonore of Geneva | Geneva | ? | 1273 | 1282 husband's accession | 1314 husband's death | ? | Bertrand II | |
Anne de Viennois | Viennois-de la Tour-du-Pin | ? | before 31 January 1318 | 1340 husband's death | after 27 November 1357 | Raymond II | ||
Constance of Trian | Trian | ? | ? | 1340 husband's death | before 1358 | Raymond III | ||
Jeanne of Geneva | Geneva | ? | 12 April 1358 | before 15 February 1389 | ||||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Joanna of Montfaucon | Henri of Montbéliard, Lady of Montfaucon (Montfaucon) | - | April 1418 | October 1417 husband's accession | 14 May 1445 | Louis I | ||
Eléonore of Armagnac | John IV, Count of Armagnac (Armagnac) | 1423 | 26 September 1446 | 6/11 December 1456 | ||||
Blanche of Gamaches | Guillaume, Lord of Gamaches (Gamaches) | - | - | 3 December 1463 husband's death | 23 May 1479 | |||
Catherine of Brittany | Richard, Count of Étampes (Montfort) | 1428 | 19 August 1438 | 3 December 1463 husband's accession | 27 September 1475 husband's death | before 22 Abril 1476 | William II | |
Joanna of Bourbon | Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (Bourbon) | 1442 | 21 October 1467 | 27 September 1475 husband's accession | 1493 | John II | ||
Philiberta of Luxembourg | Antoine de Luxembourg, Count of Ligny (Luxemburg-Ligny) | - | January 1494 | 15 April 1502 husband's death | May 1539 | |||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Anna of Lorraine | Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine) | 25 July 1522 | 22 August 1540 | 15 July 1544 husband's death | 15 May 1568 | René | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Anna van Egmont | Maximiliaan van Egmond (Egmond) | March 1533 | 6 July 1551 | 24 March 1558 | William I | |||
Anna of Saxony | Maurice, Elector of Saxony (Wettin) | 23 December 1544 | 25 August 1561 | 22 March 1571 marriage annulled | 18 December 1577 | |||
Charlotte of Bourbon | Louis, Duke of Montpensier (Bourbon-Montpensier) | 1546/7 | 24 June 1575 | 5 May 1582 | ||||
Louise de Coligny | Gaspard II de Coligny (Coligny) | 23 September 1555 | 24 April 1583 | 10 July 1584 husband's death | 13 November 1620 | |||
Eleonora of Bourbon-Condé | Henri I, Prince of Condé (Bourbon-Condé) | 30 April 1587 | 23 November 1606 | 20 February 1618 husband's death | 20 January 1619 | Philip William | ||
Amalia of Solms-Braunfels | John Albert I, Count of Solms-Braunfels (Solms-Braunfels) | 31 August 1602 | 4 April 1625 | 23 April 1625 husband's accession | 14 March 1647 husband's death | 8 September 1675 | Frederick Henry | |
Mary Henrietta of England | Charles I of England (Stuart) | 4 November 1631 | 2 May 1641 | 14 March 1647 husband's accession | 6 November 1650 husband's death | 4 December 1660 | William II | |
Mary of England | James II of England (Stuart) | 30 April 1662 | 4 November 1677 | 28 December 1694 | William III | |||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel | Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel) | 7 February 1688 | 26 April 1709 | 14 July 1711 husband's death | 9 April 1765 | John William Friso | ||
Anne of Great Britain and Hanover | George II of Great Britain (Hanover) | 2 November 1709 | 25 March 1734 | 22 October 1751 husband's death | 12 January 1759 | William IV | ||
Wilhelmina of Prussia | Prince Augustus William of Prussia (Hohenzollern) | 7 August 1751 | 4 October 1767 | 9 April 1806 husband's death | 9 June 1820 | William V | ||
Wilhelmine of Prussia | Frederick William II of Prussia (Hohenzollern) | 18 November 1774 | 1 October 1791 | 9 April 1806 husband's accession | 16 March 1815 became queen | 12 October 1837 | William VI | |
Anna Pavlovna of Russia | Paul I of Russia (Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov) | 18 January 1795 | 21 February 1816 | 7 October 1840 became queen | 1 March 1865 | William VII | ||
Sophie of Württemberg | William I of Württemberg (Württemberg) | 17 June 1818 | 18 June 1839 | 7 October 1840 husband's accession | 7 March 1849 became queen | 3 June 1877 | William VIII | |
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