Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (Claus-Casimir Bernhard Marius Max; born 21 March 2004), is the second child of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands and their only son. He is a member of the

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and is sixth in the

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Life

His birth was overshadowed by the death, only a day before, of his great-grandmother

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. He has two sisters: Countess Eloise, born 8 June 2002 and Countess Leonore, born 3 June 2006. His

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took place in the chapel of

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on 10 October 2004. Claus-Casimir's godparents are

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, Ed P. Spanjaard, and Countess Tatiana Razumovsky von Wigstein. After studying at Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum (VCL) in The Hague, at the age of 16, Claus-Casimir moved to Scotland to attend

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Titles and styles

By royal decree of 11 May 2001, nr. 227, it was determined that all children and male-line descendants of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands would be counts and countesses of Orange-Nassau with the honorific '' jonkheer'' or ''jonkvrouwe'' van Amsberg, and have the surname Van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg. As he is her only grandson, Claus-Casimir is currently the only one of Queen Beatrix's grandchildren who will be able to pass this title on to his children. Upon the

abdication Abdication is the act of formally relinquishing monarchical authority. Abdications have played various roles in the succession procedures of monarchies. While some cultures have viewed abdication as an extreme abandonment of duty, in other societ ...

of Queen Beatrix on 30 April 2013, the children of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien ceased to be members of the Royal House, although they continue to be members of the royal family.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Claus-Casimir of Oranje-Nassau 2004 births Living people House of Orange-Nassau Counts of Orange-Nassau Jonkheers of Amsberg