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Addressed as: Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands.
Titles: Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau and Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Name: Margriet Francisca
Nickname: Margriet
Date of Birth
19 January 1943
Place of birth
Ottawa (Canada)
Parents
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard
Residence
Apeldoorn (Het Loo House, near Het Loo Palace)
Siblings
Two older siters: Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene and one younger sister Princess Christina
Married to Professor Pieter on 10 January 1967
Children:
Prince Maurits, Prince Bernhard, Prince Pieter Christiaan and Prince Floris
Hobbies:
Reading, theater, horse riding, skating, skiing and walking. Princess Margriet is also interested in nature and culture of the far north.
Occupation
Honorary chair of the Netherlands Red Cross
The princess has also several honorific positions:
Patron of the National Union of Volunteers
Patron of the Equestrian Federation for the Disabled
Patron of the Friends of the Hoogstraat Rehabilitation Centre
Patron of the National Rehabilitation Fund
Patron of SOS Children's Villages
Patron of Zeemanshoop Royal College
Patron of the Society of Friends of the Band of the Royal Marines
Patron of the Netherland-America Foundation (New York)
Patron of the Netherlands-American Amity Trust (Washington)
Patron of the Noorder Haaks Nautical Technical Centre
Patron of Natura Artis Magistra (Artis Zoo), Amsterdam
Patron of Stichting Apenheul (Apenheul Primate Park), Apeldoorn
Patron of Introdans Modern Ballet Company, Arnhem
Patron of Vision 2020 Netherlands
Patron of the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
Honorary chair of the Netherlands Red Cross
Honorary chair of the advisory council for the joint MSc programme in Global Health (Maastricht University and McMaster University)
Honorary chair of the De Lijn Society
Member of the Honorary Board of the International Paralympic Committee
Member of the Advisory Committee of the Association of Summer Camps for Young Cancer Patients
Member of the Ronald McDonald House Advisory Committee
Member of the Advisory Committee for the Focal Epilepsies of Childhood Foundation
Patron of the National Union of Volunteers
Patron of the Equestrian Federation for the Disabled
Patron of the Friends of the Hoogstraat Rehabilitation Centre
Patron of the National Rehabilitation Fund
Patron of SOS Children's Villages
Patron of Zeemanshoop Royal College
Patron of the Society of Friends of the Band of the Royal Marines
Patron of the Netherland-America Foundation (New York)
Patron of the Netherlands-American Amity Trust (Washington)
Patron of the Noorder Haaks Nautical Technical Centre
Patron of Natura Artis Magistra (Artis Zoo), Amsterdam
Patron of Stichting Apenheul (Apenheul Primate Park), Apeldoorn
Patron of Introdans Modern Ballet Company, Arnhem
Patron of Vision 2020 Netherlands
Patron of the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
Honorary chair of the Netherlands Red Cross
Honorary chair of the advisory council for the joint MSc programme in Global Health (Maastricht University and McMaster University)
Honorary chair of the De Lijn Society
Member of the Honorary Board of the International Paralympic Committee
Member of the Advisory Committee of the Association of Summer Camps for Young Cancer Patients
Member of the Ronald McDonald House Advisory Committee
Member of the Advisory Committee for the Focal Epilepsies of Childhood Foundation
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