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Princess Alexia of the Netherlands
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien prinses der Nederlanden, prinses van Oranje-Nassau) (born June 26, 2005), is the second daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, the Prince of Orange, the heir apparent to the throne of the Netherlands and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, his spouse.
By Royal Decree of 25 January 2002, nr. 41 is determined that all children of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands will bear the title of Prince (Princess) of the Netherlands and Prince (Princess) of Orange-Nassau.
Princess Alexia is third in line to the Dutch throne, behind her father and elder sister, Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands. She is going to have another sibling due in April 2007.
Princess Alexia was born at 14:41 in the Bronovo Hospital in The Hague. She was 50 centimeters (19.7 inches) long and weighed 3440 grams (7 pounds 8 ounces.)
Her baptism took place on November 19, 2005 in The Hague. The godparents to Princess Alexia are: Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant; Jonkvrouwe Alexandra Jankovich de Jeszenice; Prince Johan-Friso of Orange-Nassau; Juan Zorreguieta and Jonkheer Frans Ferdinand de Beaufort.
The official origins of her names:
- Alexia is after her father.
- Juliana is after her great-grandmother, the former Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
- Marcela is after her mother's aunt and godmother, Marcela Cerruti
- Laurentien is after her aunt Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands.
| Preceded by Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands |
Line of succession to the Dutch Throne | Succeeded by unborn child of the Princes of Orange |
| Line of succession to the British Throne |