Princess Ariane was born in the HMC Bronovo [nl] in The Hague at 21:56 local time[2] on 10 April 2007 as the third child and youngest daughter of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.[3]Prime MinisterBalkenende addressed the nation shortly afterwards and said both mother and child were healthy and doing well.[4] The next morning, her father appeared on television with his new daughter. The names of the baby were announced on 26 October, when the birth was registered in The Hague.[5]
Princess Ariane attends the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague.[7] In May 2023, the Dutch Royal Court announced that the Princess will continue her secondary school studies at the UWC Adriatic in Italy.[8] She speaks Dutch, English and Spanish.[9]
Hospitalisation
On 2 May 2007, Princess Ariane was admitted to the Leiden University Medical Center with a suspected lung infection.[10] She was released from the hospital on 5 May 2007 after treatment for her bacterial and viral infection.[citation needed] On 13 June 2007, Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima released a thank you note "not only for the congratulations upon Ariane's birth but also for the best wishes they received upon her hospitalisation" and released a third official picture with their newborn daughter. The couple reportedly received over 30,000 letters of well-wishers.[11] On 8 October 2009, Princess Ariane was again admitted to a hospital, in which she had to stay for one night, due to a respiratory infection.[12]
Titles, styles and arms
Ariane's full title and style is "Her Royal Highness Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau.[14] (Dutch: Hare Koninklijke Hoogheid Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Inés, Prinses der Nederlanden, Prinses van Oranje-Nassau).
Coat of arms of Princess Ariane of the Netherlands
Quarterly: I and IV billety Azure and Or. A lion rampant crowned Or langued and armed Gules, holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or, and in his sinister seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. II and III Or, a horn barry Azure and Argent opened and bound Gules. An inescutcheon Or bearing a castle of three towers Gules flanked on each side by a poplar tree au naturel, and a river Azure flowing from the base, ondoyant to the gate of the castle.
^"Prinses Ariane gedoopt". nrc.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau. 21 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
^"Staatsblad 41 2002". The Hague: Staatsblad, SDU. 25 January 2002. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
^By royal decree of 25 January 2002, nr. 41 is determined that all children of King Willem-Alexander will bear the title of Prince (Princess) of the Netherlands and Prince (Princess) of Orange-Nassau.[13]
