1937-present: Title of The Dutch Royal House
By royal decree of 6 January 1937, the titles Prince of the Netherlands and Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld, with the style Royal Highness, were created in the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Prince Bernhard and his descendants. The Lippe-Biesterfeld title hereby became also a Dutch one. On 7 January 1937, Bernhard married Princess Juliana of the Netherlands (who later was the Queen regnant of the Netherlands between 1948 and 1980). From this marriage four daughters were born who all hold the title Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld:
- Beatrix (born 1938) - since 1980, the current Queen of the Netherlands.
- Irene (born 1939)
- Margriet (born 1943)
- Christina (born 1947)
Since the title is only inheritable in male line, with them the title will become extinct.
By royal decree of 26 May 1998, the descendants of Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born 1968), eldest son of Princess Margriet, all have the newly created surname van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven. This is a non-aristocratic branch of the family Van Vollenhoven.
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