Constantijn of the Netherlands
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Constantijn Christof Frederik Aschwin Prince of the Netherlands , Prince of Orange-Nassau , Jonkheer van Amsberg (born October 11, 1969 in Utrecht ) is the youngest son of Princess Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg .
Life
Youth, training and career
When his mother became Queen of the Netherlands in April 1980 , the royal family moved to Huis ten Bosch Castle in The Hague. There, Prince Constantijn completed his school education in 1987 at the Eerste Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum with the Abitur. He then attended language courses in France and Italy for a year . In September 1988 he began his law studies at the Law Faculty of the University of Leiden , which he graduated on January 31, 1995. In 2000 he completed an MBA at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France .
Prince Constantijn began his professional career in the cabinet of EU Commissioner Hans van den Broek . He then worked as a strategic management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton in London . From March 1, 2004 to February 2010, the prince worked four days a week as head of research and head of the Brussels office for RAND Europe , a subsidiary of the American Rand Corporation , on European projects. Because of his work for RAND Europe, the prince and his family moved to Brussels at the end of April 2004 . In addition, from 2003 to 2008 the prince worked as an advisor for European communications in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . In 2010 he returned to the European Commission , where he initially worked as a consultant, later as deputy head and then (until November 2014) as head of the staff of Neelie Kroes , then Vice President of the EU Commission and Commissioner for the Digital Agenda .
marriage and family
On December 16, 2000, the Prince of Orange got engaged to Laurentien Brinkhorst . On May 17, 2001, the civil wedding of Wim Deetman, the Mayor of The Hague, took place in the Old Council Chamber on Javastraat. Two days later, on May 19, 2001, the church wedding took place in the St. Jacobskerk in The Hague , performed by Pastor Carel ter Linden. Queen Beatrix officially agreed to the wedding in advance. Without the royal consent, Prince Constantijn would have been excluded from the line of succession under Article 28 of the Constitution of the Netherlands .
The couple has three children:
- Eloise Sophie Beatrix Laurence Countess of Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg (born June 8, 2002 in The Hague)
- Claus-Casimir Bernhard Marius Max Graf von Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (born March 21, 2004 in The Hague)
- Leonore Marie Irene Enrica Countess of Oranje-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg (born June 3, 2006 in The Hague)
The family lives in The Hague.
Tasks and interests
Since July 1, 2016, Prince Constantijn has been the special representative for TechLeap.NL. He is a freelance consultant for corporate innovations and co-initiator of Startup Fest Europe. From January 20, 2017 to December 2018, Prince Constantijn was also a member of the “High Level Group of Innovators”, a 15-person expert group that advises the European Commission on innovation and entrepreneurship.
In 2017, Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien founded the non-profit Number 5 Foundation. In this context, they develop initiatives for social innovations that are intended to provide answers to social questions.
Prince Constantijn is the patron of the World Press Photo Foundation and is on the board of directors of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam.
Prince Constantijn is not at the royal court; Prince Constantijn only performs his duties as a member of the royal family at public events on very special occasions - for example on Prince's Day and King's Day .
Web links
- CV on the website of the Dutch Royal Family (Dutch, English, German)
Individual evidence
- ^ C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, UK: Garnstone Press, 1973), Volume 1, p. 100.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ↑ http://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/v/vanoranje-nassau_constantijn.html
- ↑ a b The Unknown Princes. Constantijn and Johan Friso have decided against living on the farm. In: Berliner Kurier . July 3, 2010, accessed August 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Prince Constantijn marries Laurentie_Brinkhorst Die Welt, May 17, 2001
- ↑ LA Hofman: Overige regelgeving Grondwet voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden . Kluwer, 2009, p. 54f
- ^ World Press Photo Foundation
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| Princess Ariane |
Dutch succession to the throne No. 4 |
Countess Eloise |
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| SURNAME | Constantijn of the Netherlands |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oranje-Nassau, Constantijn Christof Frederik Aschwin van (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch nobleman, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Utrecht , Utrecht Province , The Netherlands |