Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma

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Princess Margarita
Countess of Colorno
Born (1972-10-13) 13 October 1972 (age 51)
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Spouse Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn (m. 2001; div. 2006)
Tjalling ten Cate
(m. 2008)
Issue Julia ten Cate
Paola ten Cate
Full name
Margarita Maria Beatriz
House Bourbon-Parma
Father Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma
Mother Princess Irene of the Netherlands
Parmese Ducal Family
Coat of arms of the House of Bourbon-Parma.svg

HRH The Duke
HRH The Duchess

  • HRH The Hereditary Prince
  • HRH Princess Luisa
  • HRH Princess Cecilia

HRH The Count of Bardi
HRH The Countess of Bardi

  • HRH Princess Zita
  • HRH Princess Gloria

HRH The Countess of Colorno
HRH The Marchioness of Sala

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Extended ducal family

Descendants of Duke Xavier:


HRH Princess Maria Francisca of Lobkowicz
HRH Princess Maria Teresa
HRH Princess Cecilia
HRH Princess Maria de las Nieves
HRH Prince Sixtus Henry


Descendants of Duke Elias:


HRH The Dowager Duchess of Calabria


Descendants of Prince René:


  • HRH Prince Philippe
    HRH Princess Annette
    • HRH Prince Jacques
    • HRH Prince Joseph
  • HRH Princess Lorena
  • HRH Prince Alain
    HRH Princess Inge-Birgitte

HRH Prince Michel
HRH Princess Maria

  • HRH Prince Erik
    HRH Princess Lydia
    • HRH Princess Antonieta
    • HRH Princess Marie-Gabriella
    • HRH Princess Alexia
    • HRH Prince Miguel
    • HRH Prince Henry
  • HRH Princess Sibilla
  • HRH Prince Carlos
    HRH Princess Constance
    • HRH Prince Amaury
    • HRH Princess Carlota
    • HRH Princess Elisabeth
    • HRH Princess Zita

HRH Princess Marina

  • HRH Pricess Tania
  • HRH Princess Astrid
  • HRH Prince Axel
    HRH Princess Raphaela
    • HRH Prince Côme
    • HRH Princess Alice
    • HRH Princess Cure

HM The Queen of Romania


Descendants of Prince Luigi:


HRH Princess Brigitte

  • HRH Prince Louis

HRH Prince Rémy
HRH Princess Laurence

  • HRH Prince Tristan
  • HRH Princess Aude

HRH Princess Chantal
HRH Prince Jean Bernhard
HRH Princess Virginia

  • HRH Prince Armoud
  • HRH Prince Christophe

Descendants of Prince Gaetano:


HRH Princess Diana

Princess Margarita Maria Beatriz of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno (Dutch: Margarita Maria Beatrix Prinses de Bourbon de Parme; born 13 October 1972),[1] is the eldest daughter of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma,[2] and is member of the Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma, as well of the Dutch Royal Family.

Early life

Born in Nijmegen,[1] she is the twin sister of Prince Jaime. She also has an elder brother, Prince Carlos, and a younger sister, Princess Carolina. Her aunt, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, is one of her godparents. She is the eldest granddaughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard.

In 1981, her parents divorced.[3] Together with her mother and her siblings she moved from Spain to The Netherlands, to live with her grandparents, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld at Baarn. Later she moved to Wijk bij Duurstede. Margarita studied Cultural Anthropology at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam and is an interior decorator. She studied interior architecture in The Hague.

First marriage and controversy

On 19 June 2001, Princess Margarita married the entrepreneur Edwin Karel Willem de Roy van Zuydewijn. The civil marriage of the couple took place in Amsterdam,[1] and the Catholic marriage was held in Auch Cathedral (France), presided by Ronald Philippe Bär, the former Bishop of Rotterdam, on 22 September 2001.[4] De Roy van Zuydewijn was however not trusted by the Dutch Royal Family, and the marriage was therefore not attended by its senior members.

In 2003, a series of incidents had become known as the Margarita-affair.[5] In the media Margarita and her husband accused the Dutch Royal House and the Dutch secret service of obstructing the affairs of Fincentives, the company of de Roy van Zuydewijn. They also said that their telephone conversations had been secretly telephone tapped.[6] After some while it was revealed that the Queen's personal Cabinet had indeed ordered an investigation; the right to do so was legally removed from the Queen.

The couple's home was the Bartas Castle in Saint-Georges, Gers, France, but by 2004 the princess was increasingly less seen there and more in Amsterdam. On 13 August 2004, it was revealed that she was filing for a divorce; the official divorce was signed on 8 November 2006. The marriage did not produce any children.

Because of the quarrels between the princess and the Dutch Royal family during the Margarita-affair, she was not welcome at the marriage of her cousin Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange to Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, or at the funeral of her uncle, Prince Claus of the Netherlands. However, after her divorce from de Roy van Zuydewijn, the relationship with the Royals steadily improved again.

Second marriage and family

On 3 May 2008, she married Tjalling Siebe ten Cate (born 23 December 1975, in Dordrecht), a lawyer at The Dutch Bank.[7] Together they have two children:

The family currently lives in Amsterdam.

Princess Margarita is the godmother of the three of her nieces: Princess Cecilia of Bourbon-Parma, daughter of her brother Carlos, Duke of Parma, Princess Zita Clara of Bourbon-Parma, daughter of her twin brother Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi and Alaïa-Maria Brenninkmeijer, daughter of her only sister Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala.

Titles, styles and honours

Styles of
Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma
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Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Ma'am
Titles
  • 13 October 1972 – 2 September 1996: Her Royal Highness Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma
  • 2 September 1996 - Present: Her Royal Highness Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, The Countess of Colorno[10][11]
Honours

Ancestry

Family of Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Charles III, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Robert I, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Princess Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Xavier, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Miguel of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Henri de Bourbon, Count of Lignières
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Georges de Bourbon, Count of Lignières
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Adrienne de Mailly-Nesle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. René de Kerret, Viscount of Quillien
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Marie Jeanne de Kerret de Quillien
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Marie Léonie Gautier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Countess Karoline of Wartensleben
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Baron Aschwin of Sierstorpff-Cramm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Armgard of Sierstorpff-Cramm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Baroness Hedwig of Sierstorpff-Driburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Princess Irene of the Netherlands
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Juliana of the Netherlands
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. William III of the Netherlands
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

Notes

Already a ducal princess from birth, her father bestowed on 2 September 1996 the substantive title Contessa di Colorno (Countess of Colorno) upon her.[1][2] The same year she was incorporated into the Dutch Nobility by Queen Beatrix, with the highest noble title Prinses de Bourbon de Parme (Princess of Bourbon-Parma) [3] and styled Hare Koninklijke Hoogheid (Her Royal Highness). She does not belong to the House of Orange-Nassau or the limited Dutch Royal House, but as a granddaughter of Queen Juliana and niece of Queen Beatrix, she is an official member of the more extended Dutch Royal Family.[4]

External links

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  2. Dossier on Nova, Dutch TV
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Website of the High Council of Nobility in the Netherlands
  4. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Postbus 51 - Website of the Dutch Government Information Service (in Dutch)