Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau
Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg, in the media often styled as simply Eloise van Oranje, is the first child and daughter of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands. She is the first grandchild of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Netherlands. She is a member of the Dutch royal family and currently fifth in the line of succession to the Dutch throne.
Life
Countess Eloise was born in HMC Bronovo Hospital in The Hague.The christening of Countess Eloise took place in the chapel of Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn on 15 December 2002. Her godparents were Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands, Princess Carolina de Bourbon de Parme and Sophie van de Wouw.
In 2021, she wrote a book, Learning by Doing, about her experience of sharing on social media, covering topics such as clothing, student life, food, styling and self-confidence tips. She also appeared as a contestant on the Dutch television show The Masked Singer in 2024, performing under the mask as “Wolf”.
She has a public Instagram account with more than 400k followers. She is also a TikTok content creator, and raised money for people on the Gaza Strip using the platform.
In December 2024, her home in Amsterdam was burgled.
Style, titles and names
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 bear the title of Count of Orange-Nassau and the honorific Jonkheer van Amsberg with the style of "His/Her Highborn Lord/Lady" and have the surname Van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg.Upon the abdication of Queen Beatrix, which took place 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.