Our crown prince Willem-Alexander and his wife Maxima had their baby : Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria.
Her name will be Amalia, after Amalia van Solms, a famous ancestor of Willem-Alexander.
As with every birth, one is treated on a rusk with candy coated aniseed.
Since this is a royal birth, concerning the whole of the nation, shopkeepers and tradespeople try to get something out of it and sell stuff like shown on the picture below.
Haha, it tasted delicious!
One can find the name Amalia a few times in the pedigree of the family of Oranje-Nassau. The most famous is the wife of Fredrik Hendrik (1584- 1647): Amalia van Solms (1602 - 1675).
The most recent is Amalia van Sachsen-Weimar (1830-1872). She was the first wife of prince Hendrik (1820-1879). Prince Hendrik was the uncle of our late queen Wilhelmina.
The other is Henriette Amalia van Anhalt-Dessau (1666-1726). She was the mother of Johan Willem Friso (1687-1711).
If you dig in the family tree of the Orange family can find the name Catharina Amalia. The great great grandson of William of Orange, Philipp of Hesse-Philippsthal, married Catharina Amalia van Solms-Laubach. She was a relative of William of Orange.
Which isn t that remarkable, for lots of members of the European royal house were related to one and other.
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on Dec 9, 2003
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