Princess of Orange

Máxima, Princess of Orange is the wife of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange. She is first Princess of Orange in over 153 years.

Princess of Orange is the title (name) used for the women who were married to the Ruling Princes of Orange in the time between 1171 to 1815. Since 1815, it was also used for the wives of the heirs to the Dutch throne, who were titled Prince of Orange. The only woman who became a Princess of Orange without being married to a Prince of Orange was Marie, Princess of Orange (1393-1417). Together with her husband John, Prince of Orange (1393-1418), they governed the land.

Because the title Prince of Orange was only used for 'the eldest son of the King' (the crown prince), Dutch crown princesses did not get the title. There were no "oldest sons" for a few generations, and so the title was not used since 1877. Because Dutch law was changed in 1983 to include "oldest daughters of the King", Catharina-Amalia, the next Princess of Orange became the first Dutch Princess of Orange in her own right once her father, Prince Willem-Alexander, became King of the Netherlands.

Princesses of Orange

House of Baux

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Princess Stopped to be Princess Death Husband
  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

House of Châlon-Arlay

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Princess Stopped to be Princess Death Husband
Marie of Baux
suo jure
Raymond III
(Baux)
- 11 April 1386 10 February 1393 October 1417 John I
  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

House of Nassau

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Princess Stopped to be Princess Death Husband
  Anna of Lorraine Antoine, Duke of Lorraine
(Lorraine)
25 July 1522 22 August 1540 15 July 1544
husband's death
15 May 1568 René

House of Orange-Nassau

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Princess Stopped to be Princess Death Husband
  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

As personal and courtesy title

House of Orange-Nassau

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Princess Stopped to be Princess Death Husband
  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
  Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti Jorge Zorreguieta 17 May 1971 2 February 2002 At the moment - Willem-Alexander

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