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Princess Christina of the Netherlands (Princess Maria Christina of the Netherlands) was born on 18 February, 1947 in Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, Netherlands, is a Dutch princess (1947–2019). Discover Princess Christina of the Netherlands's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Princess Maria Christina of the Netherlands
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Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 18 February 1947
Birthday 18 February
Birthplace Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, Netherlands
Date of death 16 August, 2019
Died Place Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality The Netherlands

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Her husband is Jorge Pérez y Guillermo (m. 1975-1996)

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Princess Christina of the Netherlands Net Worth

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1947

Princess Christina of the Netherlands (Maria Christina; 18 February 1947 – 16 August 2019) was the youngest of four daughters of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.

She taught singing in New York and was a long-term supporter of the Youth Music Foundation in the Netherlands.

Born visually impaired, she worked to share her knowledge of dance and sound therapy with the blind.

Princess Christina, who was known as Princess Marijke in her youth, was born on 18 February 1947, at Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, the Netherlands.

Her parents were Crown Princess Juliana, the only child of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.

At the time of her birth, she was fifth in the line to the throne after her mother and three older sisters: Princess Beatrix, Princess Irene and Princess Margriet.

She was baptised on 9 October 1947 and her godparents included Queen Wilhelmina (her maternal grandmother), her eldest sister Princess Beatrix, Sir Winston Churchill (for whom her father stood proxy), her paternal grandmother Princess Armgard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince Felix of Luxembourg, and his niece Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma.

1948

On 4 September 1948, after a reign of nearly 58 years, Christina's grandmother Queen Wilhelmina (68) abdicated the throne and her mother was inaugurated as Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 6 September 1948.

While her mother was pregnant with Christina, she contracted either measles or rubella and as a result, Christina was born nearly blind.

With medical treatment and custom eyeglasses, her vision improved to a point that she could attend school and live a relatively normal life.

1963

In 1963, she stopped using her first name Maria, from then on referring to herself merely as Christina.

1964

Although societal attitudes were changing, because Guillermo was a Roman Catholic, it was still possible that a marriage could cause a public scandal in the Netherlands such as the one that occurred in 1964 when Christina's sister Princess Irene married the Catholic Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma.

1965

She graduated from secondary school (Amersfoort Lyceum) in 1965 and went on to attend the University of Groningen where she studied teaching theory.

At age 21 she moved to Canada to study classical music in at the École de musique Vincent-d’Indy in Montreal where she studied vocal teaching.

While living in New York as Christina van Oranje, the Princess started a relationship with Cuban exile Jorge Guillermo.

1975

She renounced her and her descendants' rights to the throne before marrying Cuban exile Jorge Guillermo in 1975, and converted to Catholicism in 1992.

Accordingly, Princess Christina, at that time ninth in line for the Dutch throne, renounced her and her descendants' rights to the throne before officially announcing her engagement on St. Valentine's Day, 1975.

The couple were married on 28 June 1975, civilly in Baarn and then religiously in an ecumenical ceremony in the Cathedral of Saint Martin, Utrecht.

After their wedding, they lived in New York but later moved to the Netherlands, where they built in Wassenaar, near The Hague.

The couple built up an extensive art collection.

They had three children:

1989

In 1989, she allowed her name to be used for the Prinses Christina Concours an annual competition held in the Netherlands to encourage the musical talents of children in the Netherlands.

She performed at the marriage of her nephew Prince Bernhard Jr. and this was one of her few public performances.

She also sang at the funerals of both of her parents Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard in the New Church (Delft).

She completed a dance therapist training and worked, in the later part of her career, with sound and dance therapy.

She worked to share her knowledge in the fields of dance/sound therapy and physical contact, with the blind.

She worked for the Visio foundation in the towns of Huizen and Breda to achieve this.

1992

She converted to Catholicism in 1992.

1996

The couple had three children and built up an extensive art collection, before they divorced in 1996.

By her request, the couple divorced on 25 April 1996.

She began teaching singing in New York after completing her vocal teaching studies at the École de musique Vincent-d’Indy in Montreal.

2000

She recorded and released several CDs (classical, Broadway) in 2000 and 2002, and was a long-term supporter of the Youth Music Foundation in the Netherlands.

2018

In June 2018, it was announced that Princess Christina had been diagnosed with bone cancer.

2019

Christina died of bone cancer in 2019.

Early 2019, Christina made headlines when she decided to sell several works of art.

These works came to her through inheritance from the Dutch royal family: art lover William II of the Netherlands.

Dutch institutions including the Museum Boymans Van Beuningen did not have enough funds to purchase the major piece of the auction, an anatomical drawing by Peter Paul Rubens.

It was sold by Sotheby's for $8.2 million.

She died on 16 August 2019, aged 72.

Her body was taken to Fagel's Garden Pavilion nearby Noordeinde Palace for a private service held on 22 August, and her remains were cremated.