Princess of Orange

**Princess of Orange** is the title (_name_) used for the women who were married to the Ruling Princes of Orange in the time between 1171 to 1815. Since 1815, it was also used for the wives of the heirs to the Dutch throne, who were titled Prince of Orange. The only woman who became a _Princess of Orange_ without being married to a _Prince of Orange_ was Marie, Princess of Orange (1393-1417). Together with her husband John, Prince of Orange (1393-1418), they governed the land.

Because the title _Prince of Orange_ was only used for 'the eldest son of the King' (the _crown prince_), Dutch crown princesses did not get the title. There were no "oldest sons" for a few generations, and so the title was not used since 1877. Because Dutch law was changed in 1983 to include "oldest daughters of the King", Catharina-Amalia, the next Princess of Orange became the first Dutch Princess of Orange in her own right once her father, Prince Willem-Alexander, became King of the Netherlands.

### House of Baux

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|align="center"||align="center"|Tibors de Sarenom|align="center"|Guilhem|align="center"|1130|align="center"|after 5 June 1156|align="center"|1171 _husband's accession_|align="center"|1181 _husband's death_|align="center"|after 13 August 1198|align="center"|Bertrand I|
|align="center"||align="center"|Ermengarde de Mévouillon|align="center"|Mévouillon|align="center"|1130|align="center"|after 5 June 1156|align="center"|1181 _husband's accession_|align="center"|21 March 1203 _divorce_|align="center"|?|align="center" rowspan="2"|William I|
|align="center"||align="center"|Alix|align="center"|Unknown|align="center"|?|align="center" colspan="2"|after 1203|align="center"|1218, before 30 July _husband's death_|align="center"|1219?|||||
|align="center"||align="center"|Malberjone of Aix|align="center"|Aix|align="center"|?|align="center" colspan="2"|17 June 1239|align="center"|?|align="center"|?|align="center"|Raymond I|||
|align="center"||align="center"|Eleonore of Geneva|align="center"|Geneva|align="center"|?|align="center"|1273|align="center"|1282 _husband's accession_|align="center"|1314 _husband's death_|align="center"|?|align="center"|Bertrand II|
|align="center"||align="center"|Anne de Viennois|align="center"|Viennois-de la Tour-du-Pin|align="center"|?|align="center" colspan="2"|before 31 January 1318|align="center"|1340 _husband's death_|align="center"|after 27 November 1357|align="center"|Raymond II|||
|align="center"||align="center"|Constance of Trian|align="center"|Trian|align="center"|?|align="center"|?|align="center"|1340 _husband's death_|align="center" colspan="2"|before 1358|align="center" rowspan="2"|Raymond III|||
|align="center"||align="center"|Jeanne of Geneva|align="center"|Geneva|align="center"|?|align="center" colspan="2"|12 April 1358|align="center" colspan="2"|before 15 February 1389|||||||

### House of Châlon-Arlay

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|align="center"||align="center"|**Marie of Baux** _suo jure_|align="center"|<small>Raymond III (Baux)</small>|align="center"|-|align="center"|11 April 1386|align="center"|10 February 1393|align="center" colspan="2"|October 1417|align="center"|John I|||
|align="center"||align="center"|Joanna of Montfaucon|align="center"|<small>Henri of Montbéliard, Lady of Montfaucon (Montfaucon)</small>|align="center"|-|align="center"|April 1418|align="center"|October 1417 _husband's accession_|align="center" colspan="2"|14 May 1445|align="center" rowspan="3"|Louis I|||
|align="center"||align="center"|Eléonore of Armagnac|align="center"|<small>John IV, Count of Armagnac (Armagnac)</small>|align="center"|1423|align="center" colspan="2"|26 September 1446|align="center" colspan="2"|6/11 December 1456|||||||
|align="center"||align="center"|Blanche of Gamaches|align="center"|<small>Guillaume, Lord of Gamaches (Gamaches)</small>|align="center"|-|align="center" colspan="2"|-|align="center"|3 December 1463 _husband's death_|align="center"|23 May 1479|||||
|align="center"||align="center"|Catherine of Brittany|align="center"|<small>Richard, Count of Étampes (Montfort)</small>|align="center"|1428|align="center"|19 August 1438|align="center"|3 December 1463 _husband's accession_|align="center"|27 September 1475 _husband's death_|align="center"|before 22 Abril 1476|align="center"|William II|
|align="center"||align="center"|Joanna of Bourbon|align="center"|<small>Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (Bourbon)</small>|align="center"|1442|align="center"|21 October 1467|align="center"|27 September 1475 _husband's accession_|align="center" colspan="2"|1493|align="center" rowspan="2"|John II|||
|align="center"||align="center"|Philiberta of Luxembourg|align="center"|<small>Antoine de Luxembourg, Count of Ligny (Luxemburg-Ligny)</small>|align="center"|-|align="center" colspan="2"|January 1494|align="center"|15 April 1502 _husband's death_|align="center"|May 1539|||||

### House of Nassau

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|align="center"||align="center"|Anna of Lorraine|align="center"|<small>Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine)</small>|align="center"|25 July 1522|align=center colspan="2"|22 August 1540|align="center"|15 July 1544 _husband's death_|align="center"|15 May 1568|align="center"|René|||

### House of Orange-Nassau

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|align="center"||align="center"|Anna van Egmont|align="center"|<small>Maximiliaan van Egmond (Egmond)</small>|align="center"|March 1533|align="center" colspan="2"|6 July 1551|align="center" colspan="2"|24 March 1558|align="center" rowspan="4"|William I|||||
|align="center"||align="center"|Anna of Saxony|align="center"|<small>Maurice, Elector of Saxony (Wettin)</small>|align="center"|23 December 1544|align="center" colspan="2"|25 August 1561|align="center"|22 March 1571 _marriage annulled_|align="center"|18 December 1577|||||
|align="center"||align="center"|Charlotte of Bourbon|align="center"|<small>Louis, Duke of Montpensier (Bourbon-Montpensier)</small>|align="center"|1546/7|align="center" colspan="2"|24 June 1575|align="center" colspan="2"|5 May 1582|||||||
|align="center"||align="center"|Louise de Coligny|align="center"|<small>Gaspard II de Coligny (Coligny)</small>|align="center"|23 September 1555|align="center" colspan="2"|24 April 1583|align="center"|10 July 1584 _husband's death_|align="center"|13 November 1620|||||
|align="center"||align="center"|Eleonora of Bourbon-Condé|align="center"|<small>Henri I, Prince of Condé (Bourbon-Condé)</small>|align="center"|30 April 1587|align="center" colspan="2"|23 November 1606|align="center"|20 February 1618 _husband's death_|align="center"|20 January 1619|align="center"|Philip William|||
|align="center"||align="center"|Amalia of Solms-Braunfels|align="center"|<small>John Albert I, Count of Solms-Braunfels (Solms-Braunfels)</small>|align="center"|31 August 1602|align="center"|4 April 1625|align="center"|23 April 1625 _husband's accession_|align="center"|14 March 1647 _husband's death_|align="center"|8 September 1675|align="center"|Frederick Henry|
|align="center"||align="center"|Mary Henrietta of England|align="center"|<small>Charles I of England (Stuart)</small>|align="center"|4 November 1631|align="center"|2 May 1641|align="center"|14 March 1647 _husband's accession_|align="center"|6 November 1650 _husband's death_|align="center"|4 December 1660|align="center"|William II|
|align="center"||align="center"|Mary of England|align="center"|<small>James II of England (Stuart)</small>|align="center"|30 April 1662|align="center" colspan="2"|4 November 1677|align="center" colspan="2"|28 December 1694|align="center"|William III|||||

### House of Orange-Nassau

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|align="center"||align="center"|Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel|align="center"|<small>Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel)</small>|align="center"|7 February 1688|align="center" colspan="2"|26 April 1709|align="center"|14 July 1711 _husband's death_|align="center"|9 April 1765|align="center"|John William Friso|||
|align="center"||align="center"|Anne of Great Britain and Hanover|align="center"|<small>George II of Great Britain (Hanover)</small>|align="center"|2 November 1709|align="center" colspan="2"|25 March 1734|align="center"|22 October 1751 _husband's death_|align="center"|12 January 1759|align="center"|William IV|||
|align="center"||align="center"|Wilhelmina of Prussia|align="center"|<small>Prince Augustus William of Prussia (Hohenzollern)</small>|align="center"|7 August 1751|align="center" colspan="2"|4 October 1767|align="center"|9 April 1806 _husband's death_|align="center"|9 June 1820|align="center"|William V|||
|align="center"||align="center"|Wilhelmine of Prussia|align="center"|<small>Frederick William II of Prussia (Hohenzollern)</small>|align="center"|18 November 1774|align="center"|1 October 1791|align="center"|9 April 1806 _husband's accession_|align="center"|16 March 1815 _became queen_|align="center"|12 October 1837|align="center"|William VI|
|align="center"||align="center"|Anna Pavlovna of Russia|align="center"|<small>Paul I of Russia (Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov)</small>|align="center"|18 January 1795|align="center" colspan="2"|21 February 1816|align="center"|7 October 1840 _became queen_|align="center"|1 March 1865|align="center"|William VII|||
|align="center"||align="center"|Sophie of Württemberg|align="center"|<small>William I of Württemberg (Württemberg)</small>|align="center"|17 June 1818|align="center"|18 June 1839|align="center"|7 October 1840 _husband's accession_|align="center"|7 March 1849 _became queen_|align="center"|3 June 1877|align="center"|William VIII|
|align="center"||align="center"|Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti|align="center"|<small>Jorge Zorreguieta</small>|align="center"|17 May 1971|align="center" colspan="2"|2 February 2002|align="center"|**At the moment**|align="center"|-|align="center"|Willem-Alexander|||

## Sources

- PROVENCE
- Baux 3