Marriage and family

The King is married to Queen Máxima. The royal couple have three daughters,
Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane.

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Image: Jeroen van der Meyde

On 30 March 2001 Princess (then Queen) Beatrix and Prince Claus announced the
engagement of the Prince of Orange and Máxima Zorreguieta. On 3 July 2001 the
two houses of parliament passed a bill submitted by the government consenting to
the marriage. The Mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen, conducted the civil marriage
ceremony in the Beurs van Berlage on 2 February 2002. The church ceremony took
place immediately afterwards at the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam. The Reverend Carel
ter Linden and Father Rafael Braun officiated.

The royal couple initially lived at Noordeinde 66, The Hague. In spring 2003, they moved to Eikenhorst on the De Horsten estate in Wassenaar. Since January 2019 King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and their three daughters have lived at Huis ten Bosch Palace.

Their first child, Princess Catharina-Amalia, the current Princess of Orange,
was born on 7 December 2003. Their second child, Princess Alexia, was born on 26
June 2005, and their third child, Princess Ariane, on 10 April 2007. All three
were born at Bronovo Hospital in The Hague.