Princess Alexia of the Netherlands was born on 26 June 2005 as the second daughter of the future King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Queen Máxima. She has an elder sister, the Princess of Orange (born 2003) and a younger sister, Princess Ariane (born 2007). When she was born, she was third in the line of succession; she is currently second.
Alexia was baptised on 9 November 2005 in Wassenaar. Her godparents were her uncle, Prince Friso (died 2013), her uncle, Juan Zorreguieta, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, who was then known as the Duchess of Brabant, Jonkvrouw Alexandra Jankovich de Jeszenice, and Jonkheer Frans Ferdinand de Beaufort.
Her education started at the Bloemcampschool in Wassenaar. She then attended the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet for her secondary education between 2017 and 2021. She began studying at the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales in 2021 and graduated with an International Baccalaureate Diploma in 2023. She is currently studying Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering at the University College London (UCL).
She undertook her first official engagement in 2023 when she christened the new ship Vox Alexia by Van Oord.
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