Mabel Wisse Smit

Mabel Wisse Smit

Mabel Martine Wisse Smit called, Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (* 11. August 1968 in Pijnacker , Netherlands as Mabel Martine Los ), is the widow of Johan Friso of Orange-Nassau .

Origin, youth and education

Mabel Wisse Smit is the daughter of Henk Los and Florence Malde Gijsberdina Kooman. She has two sisters. After her father's death, her mother married the banker Peter Wisse Smit, whose surname was Mabel in 1984. In 1986 she graduated from school in Hilversum with the VWO certificate ( university entrance qualification ).

Wisse Smit studied economics and political science at the University of Amsterdam and during this time worked as an intern for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations .

Employment

At the beginning of 1994, Wisse Smit founded the non-governmental organization European Action Council for Peace in the Balkans , an organization that works for peace, democracy and stability in the Balkans . In 1995 she was one of the initiators of the War Child Netherlands organization . Wisse Smit has worked at the Open Society Institute , a foundation run by the US billionaire of Hungarian origin George Soros , since 1997 . From 2003 she worked there as International Advocacy Director . Since July 2008 she has been CEO of The Elders . She is a founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations think tank .

marriage and family

Mabel Wisse Smit with her husband Friso and their two daughters (2010)

On June 30, 2003, Mabel Wisse Smit's engagement to the second eldest son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands , Prince Johan Friso, was announced. The couple met through Johan Friso's brother Constantijn and his wife Laurentien . The wedding plans were overshadowed by a media scandal ("Mabelgate") triggered by an article in the Dutch daily de Volkskrant . There was quoted in an article from October 11, 2003 from a letter from the Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende to the Dutch parliament, according to which Wisse Smit and Johan Friso made incomplete and incorrect information about Wisse Smit's relationship with the Amsterdam drug lord Klaas Bruinsma (1953-1991) had. The news that a close relationship between Wisse Smit and the Bosnian-US lawyer and former Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey , who was charged with fraud in 2003 , caused a further stir . The Dutch government then refused to consent to the wedding.

This led to Mabel's husband Prince Johan Friso (1968-2013) losing his membership of the Dutch royal family and the title of "Prince of the Netherlands" when they got married. The wedding took place on April 24, 2004 in Delft . Mabel Wisse Smit did not become a member of the royal family. However, she may be addressed by her husband's title.

The couple has two children:

• Emma "Luana" Ninette Sophie Gravin van Oranje-Nassau and Jonkvrouw van Amsberg (born March 26, 2005 in London )
• Joanna "Zaria" Nicoline Milou Gravin van Oranje-Nassau and Jonkvrouw van Amsberg (born June 18, 2006 in London)

Mabel Wisse Smit lives in London with her two daughters.

ancestry

32. Gerrit Los (1828–1914)

16. Leendert Lot (1854–1909)

33. Helena Johanna Prillevitz (1827–1879)

8. Leendert Johannes Los (1879–1966)

34. Gerrit Kroes (1811-188)

17. Willemijntje Kroes (1853–1907)

35. Maartje van der Wal (1814–1855)

4. Martinus Lot (1914–1982)

36. Pieter de Graaf (1826-1884)

18. Martinus de Graaf (1860-1934)

37. Jacoba van Leeuwen (1831–1901)

9. Jacoba de Graaf (1883–1966)

38. Abraham Bakker (1816–1842)

19. Adriaantje Bakker (1862–1948)

39. Anna Groeneveld (1823–1902)

2. Hendrik Cornelis Los (1944–1978)

40. Robbert van der Helden (1809–1865)

20. Fier van der Helden (1838–1923)

41. Gerdina Udo (1815–1895)

10. Hendrik Cornelis van der Helden (1883–1959)

42. Jan van Toorn (1799-1857)

21. Geertje van Toorn (1838–1895)

43. Gozewiena van Rozendaal (1806-1883)

5. Roberta Hermina van der Helden (1915-2001)

44. David van Woerkom (1807-1885)

22. Gerrit van Woerkom (1850–1903)

45. Hermijn van Brakel (1813–1903)

11. Judig van Woerkom (1890–1966)

46. ​​Gerrit Jan Steennis (1827-1884)

23. Judig Steennis (1860-1920)

47. Judig Sondag (1820-na 1892)

1. Mabel van Oranje-Nassau, van Amsberg

48. Willem Kooman (1811–1879)

24. Anthonie Kooman (1861-1945)

49. Maria van der Werf (1816–1861)

12. Anthonie Willem Kooman (1886–1971)

50. Willem Borrie (1832–1913)

25. Agatha Jacoba Borrie (1865-1918)

51. Anna Barendina Gielbert (1836–1902)

6. Anthonie Kooman (1915–1979)

52. Peter Peters van Nijenhof (1783–1888)

26. Gijsbertus Peters van Nijenhof (1842-1893)

53. Johanna Willemsen (of: Van de Pol) (1799–1875)

13. Gijsberta Gerritdina Peters van Nijenhof (1887–1977)

54. Jurrie Jacobs (van den Hof) (1804–1865)

27. Gerritje Jacobs van den Hof (1849–1941)

55. Jacoba Jansen (1809-na 1894)

3. Florence Malde Gijsberdina Kooman (1944)

56. Willem van Woerkom (1812–1895)

28. Gerrit Matthijs van Woerkom (1846–1901)

57. Geertruida Langhout (1812-1852)

14. Adrianus Jan van Woerkom (1880–1940)

58. Adrianus Jan van Sull (1811–1850)

29. Gijsberdina Jacoba van Sull (1850–1929)

59. Maria Josina Lukewel (1816–1897)

7. Antoinette Petronella van Woerkom (1917)

60. Anthonij Laban (1800-1857)

30. Huibrecht Laban (1832-1900)

61. Jacoba van Hooren (1807–1861)

15. Antonetta Petronella Laban (1880–1958)

62. Abraham de Graaf (1809–1879)

31. Maartje de Graaf (1838-1916)

63. Cornelia Beversluis (1815–1900)

Web links

Commons : Mabel Wisse Smit  - Collection of Images

• Curriculum vitae of Mabel Wisse Smit on the website of the Dutch Royal Family (Dutch)
• MDR article on the wedding of Mabel and Johan Friso ( Memento from May 2, 2004 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arnout van Cruyningen: Het Nederlandse Koningshuis. Omniboek, Utrecht 2012.
2. ↑ Prinselijk paar loog over relatie Mabel (daily newspaper de Volkskrant from November 11, 2003 in Dutch). Retrieved July 31, 2010 . 
3. ↑ Tagesspiegel article on Mabelgate from October 24, 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2010 .