Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala

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Princess Carolina
Marchioness of Sala
Born (1974-06-23) 23 June 1974 (age 49)
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Spouse Albert Brenninkmeijer (m. 2012)
Issue Alaïa-Maria Brenninkmeijer
Xavier Brenninkmeijer
Full name
Maria Carolina Christina
House Bourbon-Parma
Father Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma
Mother Princess Irene of the Netherlands
Religion Roman Catholicism
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 Maria Carolina Christina of Bourbon-Parma, Marchioness of Sala (born 23 June 1974), is the fourth and youngest child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, and is member of the Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma, as well as of the Dutch Royal Family.

Early life

Princess Carolina was born at 23 June 1974 in Nijmegen. She has two older brothers, Prince Carlos, the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma, and Prince Jaime. She also has one older sister, Princess Margarita. She was baptised at the Castle of Lignières in France with Prince Claus of the Netherlands and Princess Christina of the Netherlands as her godparents.

In 1981, when she was six, her parents decided to divorce. She moved together with her mother and her brothers and sister to the Soestdijk Palace (Baarn), the then residence of the former Queen of the Netherlands. They lived at the palace for a number of years with her grandparents, the in 1980 abdicated Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. Later on they lived for a while in a villa at Wijk bij Duurstede.

Education and career

Princess Carolina studied political science at University of Amsterdam and Harvard University, and also has an M.Sc. in Forced Migration from the University of Oxford. She has had a career at the United Nations. For this organisation she was stationed at the UN headquarters in New York City, as well as problematic areas such as Eritrea, the Gaza Strip, and in Acheh (Indonesia) after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. She is currently employed at the United Nations in Geneva, in the Organisation for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Marriage

On 9 January 2012, it was announced Carolina would marry Albert Alphons Ludgerus Brenninkmeijer, (born 16 May 1974), a member of the wealthy Brenninkmeijer family.[1] The civil marriage took place on 21 April 2012 at Wijk bij Duurstede.[2] The church wedding took place at the San Miniato al Monte on 16 June 2012 in Florence, Italy.[3] On 1 February 2014, it was announced that the couple are expecting their first child,[4] and their daughter Alaïa-Maria Irene Cécile was born 20 May 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland. She had a double christening with her cousin Princess Zita Clara of Bourbon-Parma on 4 October 2014 at Noordwijk aan Zee in the Netherlands. Her godparents are Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, Philippe Brenninkmeije] and Silvia Brenninkmeijer-Arboli.[5] The couple welcomed their second child, a son named Xavier Albert Alphons, on 16 December 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland.[6]

Other activities

The princess has been seen regularly at important events of the royal house of the Netherlands. In 2001 she was one of the maids of honor at the wedding of Prince Constantijn and Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst; and during the baptism of their daughter, Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau, she was the godmother of the child. She was a witness at the church wedding of her cousin Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, and in 2010, was named as the godmother of Floris' second child, Eliane.

Titles, styles and honours

Styles of
Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma
Coat of arms of the House of Bourbon-Parma.svg
Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Ma'am
Titles
  • 23 June 1973 – 2 September 1996: Her Royal Highness Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma
  • 2 September 1996 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma, The Marchioness of Sala[7]
Honours

Ancestry

Family of Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Charles III, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Robert I, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois, fille de France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Bourbonn-Busset, Comte de Lignières
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Georges de Bourbon-Busset, Comte de Lignières
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Adrienne de Mailly-Nesle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. René de Kerret, Vicomte de Quillien
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Marie Jeanne de Kerret de Quillien
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Marie Léonie Gautier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Countess Karoline von Wartensleben
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Baron Aschwin von Sierstorpff-Cramm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Baroness Hedwig von 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 the substantive title Marchesa di Sala (Marchioness of Sala) upon her on 2 September 1996,.[1] In 1996 she was incorporated into the Dutch Nobility by Queen Beatrix, with the highest title of nobility Prinses de Bourbon de Parme (Princess of Bourbon-Parma)[2] 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 first cousin of the present King Willem-Alexander, she is an official member of the more extended Dutch Royal Family.[3]

External links

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