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Princess Irene
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Princess Irene in 2011
Born (1939-08-05) 5 August 1939 (age 85)
Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, Netherlands
Spouse
(m. 1964; div. 1981)
Issue Prince Carlos Xavier, Duke of Bourbon-Parma
Princess Margarita, Countess of Colorno
Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi
Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala
Full name
Irene Emma Elisabeth
House Orange-Nassau
Father Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Mother Juliana of the Netherlands
Religion Roman Catholicism,
prev. Calvinism

Princess Irene of the Netherlands (born Irene Emma Elisabeth; 5 August 1939) is a Dutch royal and environmentalist. She is the second child of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.

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  • 5 August 1939 – 29 April 1964: Her Royal Highness Princess Irene of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld
  • 29 April 1964 – 15 November 1974 : Her Royal Highness Princess Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma
  • 15 November 1974 - 7 May 1977: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Piacenza
  • '7 May 1977 – 7 January 1981: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Parma
  • 7 January 1981 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Irene of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld

The Princess used the following names since her divorce:

  • Princess Irene of Lippe-Biesterfeld
  • Mrs (Mevrouw) van Lippe-Biesterfeld.
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